Re: Rational Developer for Power closes unexpectedly

[Stuart Rowe <rowestu@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey all,

This just now happened to me again.  I was not editing, had no editors
opened.  I changed the font for menus in Windows from 8pt to 10pt.  WHAMMO -
Rational disappeared!  Not a regular occurrence but thought I'd mention it.
There was no left-over JVM running after it disappeared.

Stu


On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 15:01, Stuart Rowe <rowestu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Happens to me as well, although definitely not regularly.  The last time it
> happened I got the impression (dunno why) that it was due to includes.  I
> have several dozen includes that include other includes which may include
> the original one again, with conditional directives so that they're not
> included twice.  I had the thought that it was due to a structure in a
> structure in a structure in a structure...  The outline *seems* to be able
> to handle these structures (unsure to how many levels) but the content
> assist sure does not!  It's like they don't even exist.
>
> Stu
>
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> On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 10:40, Tarr, Kenneth <
> Kenneth.Tarr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > We haven't been able to determine the root cause, but the following is
> > known:
> >
> >  -- IBM believes it may be a specific Op Code or series of Op Codes
> > causing the issue.  Something is returning a Null event during the Verify or
> > Outline process.
> >  -- It happens (in my case) with a /COPY book.  I've done some whittling
> > down of the code to isolate it, but haven't cornered it.  The /COPY book
> > causing it has 28,000 + lines of code, not by our design (by vendor) which
> > is why it's not easy to zero in on.
> >
> > That's about all I can offer at this time.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > On Behalf Of Gary Thompson
> > Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 10:18 AM
> > To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client for
> > System i & iSeries
> > Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Rational Developer for Power closes unexpectedly
> >
> > Ken wrote:
> >
> > If you note it crashes outside of doing either the Verify or Outline
> > refresh, then I would let IBM know.  Be prepared to provide dumps or
> > source code if needed to help them isolate the root cause.
> >
> > Ken, thank you for the info
> >
> > In my case it would be the outline refresh.
> >
> > Do you have any insight as to how the source
> > member triggers the problem, so I can do
> > something to avoid this disruption ?
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