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RC4 is Unstable [solved]

Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 6:52 am
by 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.

Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 8:38 am
by 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).

Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:36 pm
by 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?

Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 9:19 pm
by 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.

Re: RC4 is Unstable

Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 2:37 pm
by 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..

Re: RC4 is Unstable

Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 7:47 am
by 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 ...

Re: RC4 is Unstable

Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 11:06 am
by tukuyomi
andrew wrote: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 :D

Re: RC4 is Unstable

Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 11:14 am
by andrew
tukuyomi wrote:Definitely, RC4 does not crash on me anymore, for a few days now, thank you for the tip :D
Excellent! Thanks for the feedback.

Re: RC4 is Unstable

Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 8:59 pm
by Husky
tukuyomi wrote: Definitely, RC4 does not crash on me anymore, for a few days now, thank you for the tip :D
Same result with my Qcad :) Thanks Andrew!!!!