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TCMD 14.0 IDE Crash

Oct
19
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While trying to debug a TCMD script, I consistently get an IDE crash as soon as I click on the Start icon. Please note I have added a few commands to the IDE Toolbar, the debugger works fine if there are no customizations to the Toolbar. Is this a bug or intended behavior? TCMD itself was also crashing when I added a few custom commands to its Toolbar, but now I got it to work. Could not find a way to fix the IDE, though.

Unfortunately I cannot attach the screenshots of the problem to this message, I am getting a Server Error message. I am enclosing the BTM script, the GPF file and the file listing of the directory I am using to the bottom of this message. I can send the JPEG of the crash by some other means, if necessary.

I am running Take Command 14.00.29 on 32-Bit Windows 7 Ultimate. The hardware is a Dell Precision 4600 with 4GB of RAM.

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@Echo Off
SetLocal
For %File In (*.v2i) Do GoSub RenameFile
EndLocal
Quit
:RenameFile
Set FileName=%@Name[%File%]
Set FileExt=%@Ext[%File%]
Set Serial=%@Right[3,%FileName%]
Iff "%@IsDigit[%Serial%]" == "1" Then
Set Len=%@Len[%FileName%]
Set Len=%@Eval[%Len%-3]
Set FileName=%@InStr[0,%Len%,%FileName%]
Set RightMostChar=%@Right[1,%FileName%]
Iff "%RightMostChar%" == "_" Then
Set Len=%@Len[%FileName%]
Set Len=%@Eval[%Len%-1]
Set FileName=%@InStr[0,%Len%,%FileName%]
EndIff
Set FileDate=%@FileDate["%File%",c,4]
Set FileDate=%@Replace[-,.,%FileDate%]
Set FileTime=%@FileTime["%File%",c]
Set FileTime=%@Replace[:,.,%FileTime%]
Set NewFile=%FileName%_%FileDate%-%FileTime%.%FileExt%
Rename %File% %NewFile%
EndIff
Return
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TCC 14.00.29
Module=C:\Program Files\Take Command\IDE.EXE
Address=0055F368
Exception=C0000005
EAX=01AAF3B0 EBX=00000000 ECX=3B32336D EDX=01AAF3E0
ESI=035C6760 EDI=035C8E88 EBP=01AAF394 ESP=01AAF38C
CS=0000001B DS=00000023 ES=00000023 SS=00000023
Flags=00010202
Stack:
1 : IDE.EXE 0001:0015e368
2 : IDE.EXE 0001:0015f979
3 : IDE.EXE 0001:0000d4bd
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Directory of J:\Backup\Images\*
2012/07/23 10:58 <DIR> .
2012/07/23 10:58 <DIR> ..
2012/07/23 10:56 898 Rename.btm
2012/07/22 23:13 10,719 RFA.sv2i
2012/07/22 23:11 164,032,660 RFA_Dell Recovery001.v2i
2012/07/22 22:29 11,086,361,890 RFA_Drive C (RFA-Win7-32)001.v2i
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TCC 14.00.29 Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
*WinXP Pro SP3 (32b).

IDE works!

Several points about your .BTM that simplify it without solving the reported problem:
1/ When you want to use the value of an environment variable, trailing percent sign (%) is useful only if the next character in the command is one that can be part of a variable name, e.g. underscore (_).
2/ To use the leftmost n characters of a variable's value, use %@left[n,%variable] - much simpler than %@instr[0,n,%variable]
3/ To drop the last n characters of a variable use %@left[-n,%variable] - considerably simpler than your method of finding the current length, subtracting n, and using that much of the left part of the variable.
4/ Using a DO loop is much easier for debugging than using FOR ... GOSUB. It is also faster (though in your case probably not significantly).
5/ The date/time retrieval could be combined with the character replacement thus:
set FileDate=%@replace[-,.,%@filedate["%file",c,4]]
set FileTime=%@replace[:,.,%@filetime["%file",c]]
Below is the revised version:
Code:
@Echo Off
SetLocal
Do File In *.v2i
  Set FileName=%@Name[%File]
  Set FileExt=%@Ext[%File]
  Set Serial=%@Right[3,%FileName]
  Iff %@IsDigit[%Serial] == 1 Then
    Set FileName=%@Left[-3,%FileName]
    if %@Right[1,%FileName] EQC _ Set FileName=%@Left[-1,%FileName]
    set FileDate=%@replace[-,.,%@filedate["%file",c,4]]
    set FileTime=%@replace[:,.,%@filetime["%file",c]]
    Set NewFile=%[FileName]_%FileDate-%FileTime.%FileExt
    Rename %File %NewFile
  EndIff
EndDo
 
Anyone who looks at this carefully might want to know exactly what the toolbar customizations were.
 
I wish I could attach the JPEG with the IDE screen showing the Toolbar customizations, but I keep getting Server error messages when I attempt to attach any files.

Anyway, the additions to the standard toolbar were: File | Close, File | Save As, Edit | Go To, Options | Display Line Numbers, Edit | Replace, Edit | Move Line Up / Down and Edit | Add to Watch.

Adding them (or some of them) to the standard toolbar caused the IDE to crash *every* time I clicked on the Start icon.

However, I found a reasonable workaround: I created a new toolbar named Custom and added all the commands I wanted to have in the customized standard toolbar and disabled it (the latter).

I am all set, but I thought it would be interesting to report what it seems to be a bug.
 
And many thanks to Steve Fabian for the programming tips! Always nice to learn better ways of doing things...
 
While trying to debug a TCMD script, I consistently get an IDE crash as soon as I click on the Start icon. Please note I have added a few commands to the IDE Toolbar, the debugger works fine if there are no customizations to the Toolbar. Is this a bug or intended behavior? TCMD itself was also crashing when I added a few custom commands to its Toolbar, but now I got it to work. Could not find a way to fix the IDE, though.

Are you just adding things to the toolbar or are you also removing things? That crash is in Microsoft's code, when trying to retrieve the arguments in the batch parameters combo box.

Can you provide a reproducible failcase? (I.e., add one or more specific items to the stock toolbar and then recreate the crash?)
 
Hi Rex,

In my computer, adding any extra commands to the toolbar (appropriately named) "Toolbar" will cause the IDE crash. In Take Command itself, adding any icons to the toolbar named "Explorer" will cause the same type of crash.

BTW, the computer is a Dell Precision 4600 running Windows 7 Ultimate 32-Bits with 4GB of RAM installed.
 

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