M. Katz writes:
> On Windows XP, I run some pretty complex IDL gui applications that
> always run well in IDL 6.4. Lately, in IDL 7.0, I've had a problem
> where the Workbench window freezes (hourglass cursor) while the rest
> of the gui applications remain up and running, responsive, and fine.
> Usually it happens while I'm editing in the program window, or typing
> a simple print statement (like adding two numbers) in the command
> line. The Workbench hangs indefinitely until ctrl-alt-delete.
>
> It seems just about impossible to debug in the usual way because it's
> de-correlated from the gui apps, and it's not related to a program
> execution error when it occurs. Any ideas?
>
> BTW, this is on a recent quad-core Intel machine with 1 GB of RAM and
> an up-to-date XP version.
Good luck coming up with an example program you can send
to ITTVIS. :-)
I have *absolutely* no basis for thinking so, but I wouldn't
be a bit surprised if adding 2-3 more GB of RAM to this
machine didn't solve this problem. Let's just call it
intuition, and experience running the IDL Workbench on
a variety of machines.
Cheers,
David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Se****e ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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