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Originally posted by feline

Not good.

Have you seen this problem with previous versions of VA?
Are you seeing this while debugging? We have recently fixed a bug that was causing a crash while viewing multi-line strings while debugging. I am wondering if you are seeing a related problem.

Are you able to get a call stack when the IDE crashes?

Are the crashes related to running Find References?
If you disable or uninstall TestDriven.NET does this make any difference?

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• Nope, no such problem with the previous versions


• Nope, I got this problems when I was editing in non-debugging mode


• Haven't try, will try next time when the IDE hangs


• Don't know, and may not plan to test. TestDriven.net is such an important element in my development that I can't simply remove it from my IDE.

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Originally posted by feline

Do you remember the previous version of VA that you used? The fact this is a recent problem is interesting, and important.

Do you get any form of error message?
Any form of feedback?
Any messages on the IDE status bar to give a clue? For example if VA reports that is parsing a specific file, and it is the same file, or same library / block of code each time the problem happens that would suggest a connection.

Does Find References or refactoring seem to be a factor? We have had some recent reports of crashes when running more than one Find References search at once.

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Originally posted by feline

We are currently trying to find the cause of the crashes in VA 1624, but most people are finding the other 16xx builds to be stable.

Which IDE and OS are you using?
Which programming language are you using?
Is there any form of pattern to these crashes? Perhaps related to triggering a second Find References while the first one is still running?

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Originally posted by feline

Nightwish this is most strange. I am very glad you have found a fix for the crashing problem. We are working on a fix for a crash, but I don't know if it will help you or not.

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Bracket highlighting, if you set the IDE to use "Courier New" as the font, does bracket highlighting now work?

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What about "Lucida Console"? I am focussing on standard fonts to start with. Some downloaded fonts can behave a little strangely.

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What colour have you set:

VA Options -> Advanced -> Display -> Highlight matching {} and () using

to use? Does changing this colour make any difference?

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#ifdef DEBUG
#define _DBG_STR_LENGTH_MAX 2048

int _DebugMessage(HWND hwndDlg, struct MessageWindowData *dat, const char *fmt, ...)
{
	va_list va;
	char    szDebug[_DBG_STR_LENGTH_MAX];

	va_start(va, fmt);
	_vsnprintf(szDebug, _DBG_STR_LENGTH_MAX, fmt, va);
	szDebug[_DBG_STR_LENGTH_MAX - 1] = '\\0';

	LogErrorMessage(hwndDlg, dat, -1, szDebug);
	return 0;
}
#endif

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Are developers are still looking into the problem, but unfortunately I do not have much to report at the moment.

st80rules your info lists VA build 1559. Are you seeing crashes even with this version? Was there any difference with any of the VA 16xx builds?

You may be seeing a different problem.

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Looking at your about info you have your stable include directories split between C and D drives, but this on its own should not cause any problems.

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Have you seen any form of pattern to these crashes?

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We have a test dll for 1624 that might help to stop the crashes, would you be willing to try this and see if it helps?

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