Re: Code.comment.die.die.die (was RE: Footer records in subfile display - FIXED)

Hmm,

WDSC isn't done until Outlook doesn't run?

Revenge of the old Microsoft:  Windows isn't done until 1-2-3 doesn't 
work.  ?

Each day I count my blessings I work where I do.

Rob Berendt
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Rob:

Sigh. I'd happily use WDSC much more than I do and it would certainly 
help. Unfortunately, it crashes at least once a day when I use itand stuff 
does get lost. In recent desperation, I even applied XP SP2 along with all 
available WDSC fix packs, but it only fixed things enough to bring it down 
to the once-a-day I currently experience. It was significantly worse.

Not a horrible PC -- 1.80Ghz processor w/1GB RAM and a boatload of disk 
space. Except for Lotus stuff, my active processes are generally similar 
to what you've listed.

My best guess is that MS Outlook is somehow involved because I've noted 
that the WDSC crashes always seem to come at the same time a new e-mail or 
calendar reminder arrives. (I'd get rid of Outlook in an instant, but I'm 
stuck with it for now and need it active all the time.) That doesn't mean 
Outlook _causes_ trouble, but...

Tom Liotta

rpg400-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>   3. RE: Footer records in subfile display - FIXED (rob)
>
>Me, I use WDSC and my comments automatically appear in a different color.
>
>Have a dinosaur here that won't give up SEU.  Wasted 45 minutes in a CL
>program trying to figure it out.  I pulled it up in WDSC and immediately
>saw that what he thought was being executed, was really a comment.
>/*                 +
>                   +
>MYCLCMD            +
>MYOTHERCMD         +
>                   +
>*/
>
>He saw the problem solved.  Still hasn't sunk in how the right tool
>helped.
>
>(Tom Liotta)
>rpg400-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>>   5. Re: Footer records in subfile display - FIXED (Steve Landess)
>>
>>> Douglas W. Palme wrote:
>>> This has got to be the most idiotic mistake I have made in months and 
I
>>> apologize to everyone for wasting your time.  I sincerely apologize 
and
>I
>>> mean that.
>>
>>Doug -
>>It happens to all of us...
>>
>>One time I spent almost 8 hours debugging a program and the problem was
>that
>>I had overlooked a commented-out line of code - since that time (in
>1983), I
>>ALWAYS put something like ***@@@ on lines that I comment out to make 
them
>
>>stand out!
>
>When I can, I like to go a step beyond that. I really hate comments that
>clutter code for years (decades!) after the change becomes moot. When I
>can get away with it, I'll remove all such comments if I'm effectively
>creating a new version of a program. The fact that a variable was
>increased from 3-digits to 7-digits in 1992 has little relevance in 2005
>for a lot of programs. Likewise, a comment about moving a SETON from 
after
>an EXFMT to before the EXFMT just doesn't add to the useful sense of the
>program five years later.
>
>Code archives can always be kept as needed.

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