RC4 is Unstable [solved]

[Retiree]

Running RC4 under MAC OS 10.7.3
After adding some text in several locations I got the dreaded beachball for 10 seconds then crash out. Another after big select.
These events can happen but need to be very rare.

[andrew]

Yes. This is the reason why QCAD 3 is still in RC (release candidate) stadium. Mac OS X handles events differently than other systems which causes 'random' problems. If you experience these problems, please use QCAD 2.2 (current stable release).

[tukuyomi]

I experience some instabilities on Windows XP as well.
Crashes happen randomly, so it's not easy to give you details on what was going on just before :/.
But for sure, these did not happen that frequently on RC3, nor on linux RC4.
In any case, is windows crash debug going to be useful for you?

[andrew]

tukuyomi: thanks for the report. Crash logs are not helpful at the moment. I know what the problem is (scripts being interrupted by system events). It needs some time to fix it, but we're on it.

[andrew]

Please disable the script debugger and restart QCAD:

- 'QCAD Professional' - 'Preferences' - 'Scripting' - untick 'Enable Debugger'

This seems to fix or at the very least improve the situation a lot. I'm still investigating if this is really the cause though..

[Husky]

@ Andrew - JFYI

I have the same experience like tukuyomi under XP - from time to time QCad RC4b crashed every couple minutes. I will try your hint with the Debugger. We will see what happens ...

[tukuyomi]

Please disable the script debugger and restart QCAD:

- 'QCAD Professional' - 'Preferences' - 'Scripting' - untick 'Enable Debugger'

This seems to fix or at the very least improve the situation a lot. I'm still investigating if this is really the cause though..

Andrew, thank you for replying.
Definitely, RC4 does not crash on me anymore, for a few days now, thank you for the tip

[andrew]

Definitely, RC4 does not crash on me anymore, for a few days now, thank you for the tip

Excellent! Thanks for the feedback.

[Husky]

Definitely, RC4 does not crash on me anymore, for a few days now, thank you for the tip

Same result with my Qcad Thanks Andrew!!!!