I have trouble with 8 crashing on save also. I found that I have an external La Cie drive that spins up on open and save activity, which is normal, but seems to cause this. When I dismount the drive, no problem.
Peter > On Feb 3, 2017, at 11:26 AM, Dr. Hawkins via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > My project is in a dozen or so stacks which I turn into substacks before > filing. > > In 8.x, as I go through this dance, in addition to the bug that stops "save > as" from working (although it does seem to change the name on the next save > after, some of the time. I've worked around it with "set the filename" and > a gratuitous save), I am now seeing crashes when saving after adding a sub > stack. > > Even looping through, and saving after each added substack, I get crashes > at different points each run. Off the cuff, I'm estimating a crash (of > livecode itself) about 10% of the time, so getting through the whole set is > rather rare event. > > I've found that if I run the combination code in 7.1.4, it works (but > doesn't compile correctly, failing to add the database and other support > modules [it identifies them, and gives a list of failures at the end]). > > So for the moment, I'm combing in 7 and compiling in 8. > > Another odd observation is that when I *do* manage to combine in 8, > compilation takes something like 10 minutes when it succeeds (but it > usually crashes on the way). If I combine in 7 and compile in 8, > compilation is quick (maybe a minute; I haven't measured), and no crash. > > > > -- > Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. > (702) 508-8462 > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
