DW CS3 build 3481 on Win XP just dies instantly.
Here's the code....
Instant Dreamweaver Killer??
PeteTheBloke wrote:
%26gt; Anyone get the same thing? I paste this code into a doc
and DW CS3 build 3481
%26gt; on Win XP just dies instantly.
Yes, I can confirm it. Someone else reported a similar
problem over the
weekend. With your code example, I can confirm that putting
PHP code in
a select or option tag seems to cause CS3 to crash. The same
code is
fine in Dreamweaver 8.0.2. Very weird.
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Instant Dreamweaver Killer??
Well thanks for confirming it David. I'm sure I use similar
code to this all the time with no previous problems. After all,
it's the kind of snippet you reel off regularly in dynamic sites.
It's frustrating when you open a file and forget it's there because
DW just keels over.
David:
I just tried this code from a post in the DW forum -
%26lt;html%26gt;
%26lt;head%26gt;
%26lt;/head%26gt;
%26lt;body%26gt;
%26lt;form id=''form1'' name=''form1'' method=''post'' action=''''%26gt;
%26lt;select name=''select'' id=''select''%26gt;
%26lt;?php
?%26gt;
%26lt;/select%26gt;
%26lt;/form%26gt;
%26lt;/body%26gt;
%26lt;/html%26gt;
and it doesn't crash my CS3.
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''David Powers'' %26lt;david@example.com%26gt; wrote in message
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%26gt; PeteTheBloke wrote:
%26gt;%26gt; Anyone get the same thing? I paste this code into a
doc and DW CS3 build
%26gt;%26gt; 3481 on Win XP just dies instantly.
%26gt;
%26gt; Yes, I can confirm it. Someone else reported a similar
problem over the
%26gt; weekend. With your code example, I can confirm that
putting PHP code in a
%26gt; select or option tag seems to cause CS3 to crash. The
same code is fine in
%26gt; Dreamweaver 8.0.2. Very weird.
%26gt;
%26gt; --
%26gt; David Powers, Adobe Community Expert
%26gt; Author, ''The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3''
(friends of ED)
%26gt; Author, ''PHP Solutions'' (friends of ED)
%26gt;
http://foundationphp.com/
Murray *ACE* wrote:
%26gt; I just tried this code from a post in the DW forum -
%26gt;
%26gt; and it doesn't crash my CS3.
Murray, if you look at some of the crash threads, you'll see
that some
people are reporting that the issue is resolved by turning
the computer
clock back to before the weekend. I have tested several of
these crash
reports on both XP and Vista. They always crash. That
prompted me to
open the files from Chapter 11 of my ''Essential Guide to
CS3''. They also
crash. They most definitely didn't crash when I developed and
tested
them earlier in the year.
This prompted me to open the same files in Mac OS X 10.5.
They don't crash.
What appears to be the common feature? Windows, plus the fact
that the
clocks went back in Europe over the weekend. Why doesn't it
affect you?
The one clear difference is that you're in the USA, which is
no longer
in sync with Europe on daylight saving time. I suspect that
if you
changed your computer's time zone to a European one, you
might
experience the same results. What is odd is that this doesn't
affect DW
8.0.2. The crashes occur only in CS3 on Windows.
I have sent a private email to a couple of senior members of
the DW team
asking them to get on this case ASAP. There are just too many
reports of
crashes for it to be a coincidence.
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Author, ''The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3'' (friends of
ED)
Author, ''PHP Solutions'' (friends of ED)
http://foundationphp.com/
I have come to the same conclusion, David. It was only on
reading the last
post regarding this that I realized Europe and US are not on
the same time
schedule.
It's a strange one, indeed.
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''David Powers'' %26lt;david@example.com%26gt; wrote in message
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%26gt; Murray *ACE* wrote:
%26gt;%26gt; I just tried this code from a post in the DW forum -
%26gt;%26gt;
%26gt;%26gt; and it doesn't crash my CS3.
%26gt;
%26gt; Murray, if you look at some of the crash threads, you'll
see that some
%26gt; people are reporting that the issue is resolved by
turning the computer
%26gt; clock back to before the weekend. I have tested several
of these crash
%26gt; reports on both XP and Vista. They always crash. That
prompted me to open
%26gt; the files from Chapter 11 of my ''Essential Guide to
CS3''. They also crash.
%26gt; They most definitely didn't crash when I developed and
tested them earlier
%26gt; in the year.
%26gt;
%26gt; This prompted me to open the same files in Mac OS X
10.5. They don't
%26gt; crash.
%26gt;
%26gt; What appears to be the common feature? Windows, plus the
fact that the
%26gt; clocks went back in Europe over the weekend. Why doesn't
it affect you?
%26gt; The one clear difference is that you're in the USA,
which is no longer in
%26gt; sync with Europe on daylight saving time. I suspect that
if you changed
%26gt; your computer's time zone to a European one, you might
experience the same
%26gt; results. What is odd is that this doesn't affect DW
8.0.2. The crashes
%26gt; occur only in CS3 on Windows.
%26gt;
%26gt; I have sent a private email to a couple of senior
members of the DW team
%26gt; asking them to get on this case ASAP. There are just too
many reports of
%26gt; crashes for it to be a coincidence.
%26gt;
%26gt; --
%26gt; David Powers, Adobe Community Expert
%26gt; Author, ''The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3''
(friends of ED)
%26gt; Author, ''PHP Solutions'' (friends of ED)
%26gt;
http://foundationphp.com/
Please fix this by
1. Closing Dreamweaver
2. Set your clock to the correct time if it isn't already so
3. delete WinFileCache*.dat from
C:\Documents and Settings\[Your username]\Application
Data\Adobe\Dreamweaver 9\Configuration
4. Start Dreamweaver and use it as usually
Thanks
Thanks. That's great.
quote:
Originally posted by:
Marius Andreiana
3. delete WinFileCache*.dat from
C:\Documents and Settings\[Your username]\Application
Data\Adobe\Dreamweaver 9\Configuration
Hi, small Problem:
I have installed DW on my desktop and on the laptop.
While the file exists on the desktop (and after deleting it
DW works fine) on my laptop there is NO such file and NO such
directory. So DW still crashes.
A allready searched for a file named as above, but no file
was found....
Any glue?
Any help?
Thanks
WebZopp wrote:
%26gt; on
%26gt; my laptop there is NO such file and NO such directory.
Start %26gt; My Computer %26gt; Tools %26gt; Folder Options %26gt;
View. Make sure that Show
hidden files and folders is selected.
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quote:
Originally posted by:
Marius Andreiana
Please fix this by
1. Closing Dreamweaver
2. Set your clock to the correct time if it isn't already so
3. delete WinFileCache*.dat from
C:\Documents and Settings\[Your username]\Application
Data\Adobe\Dreamweaver 9\Configuration
4. Start Dreamweaver and use it as usually
Thanks
I've spent hours tracking the crash problem, so nice to know.
But I would like to know if its because a update, if so, why nobody
inform the solution to your registered customers?
Thanks for the fix and the effort it took to figure it out.
I was experiencing the same thing with DW CS3 with CF code in
select elements.
I am posting this on Nov 8, 2007 and am really disappointed
in Adobe for not having issued an automatic update / fix, or at
least posted an updater or a solution in the support areas. Sure
get enough updates for other CS3 products.
Maybe they are sucking too much AIR to be bothered?
hatethisnamegame wrote:
%26gt; I am posting this on Nov 8, 2007 and am really
disappointed in Adobe for not
%26gt; having issued an automatic update / fix, or at least
posted an updater or a
%26gt; solution in the support areas.
This issue first came to light after clocks in Europe
switched from
summer time to winter time on 28 October. I alerted the
Dreamweaver team
to mysterious crashes involving PHP. Within 36 hours, with
the help of
many people in this forum and expert advice from the
development team,
the solution was worked out. It was posted widely on this
forum, and I
blogged about it to get the information out to as many people
as possible.
In the meantime, Adobe investigated further; and with the
help of
scripts provided by people who experienced crashes, one of
the quality
engineers, David Alcala, managed to reproduce the problem.
This led to
the publication of a technical note, which was widely
publicized:
http://www.adobe.com/go/kb402776
The technical note refers only to PHP and ASP, but it appears
that some
ColdFusion users have also been affected.
The problem exists only on Windows, and is triggered by the
automatic
change to the computer clock at the end of summer time.
Although it's
impossible to say with any certainty, it appears that the
clock change
in Windows corrupts a cache file in Dreamweaver. No update
has been
issued because the cache file is unique to each user.
Clearing the cache
by deleting it solves the problem.
I'm sorry it's taken you so long to find the fix, but this
issue and its
solution have been widely discussed in these forums over the
past couple
of weeks. The technical note I referred to also comes up if
you search
for ''crash'' in the Dreamweaver Knowledgebase.
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Author, ''The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3'' (friends of
ED)
Author, ''PHP Solutions'' (friends of ED)
http://foundationphp.com/
I believe that there was a potential fix posted within 24
hours of the issue
being raised.
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''David Powers'' %26lt;david@example.com%26gt; wrote in message
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%26gt; hatethisnamegame wrote:
%26gt;%26gt; I am posting this on Nov 8, 2007 and am really
disappointed in Adobe for
%26gt;%26gt; not having issued an automatic update / fix, or at
least posted an
%26gt;%26gt; updater or a solution in the support areas.
%26gt;
%26gt; This issue first came to light after clocks in Europe
switched from summer
%26gt; time to winter time on 28 October. I alerted the
Dreamweaver team to
%26gt; mysterious crashes involving PHP. Within 36 hours, with
the help of many
%26gt; people in this forum and expert advice from the
development team, the
%26gt; solution was worked out. It was posted widely on this
forum, and I blogged
%26gt; about it to get the information out to as many people as
possible.
%26gt;
%26gt; In the meantime, Adobe investigated further; and with
the help of scripts
%26gt; provided by people who experienced crashes, one of the
quality engineers,
%26gt; David Alcala, managed to reproduce the problem. This led
to the
%26gt; publication of a technical note, which was widely
publicized:
%26gt;
%26gt;
http://www.adobe.com/go/kb402776
%26gt;
%26gt; The technical note refers only to PHP and ASP, but it
appears that some
%26gt; ColdFusion users have also been affected.
%26gt;
%26gt; The problem exists only on Windows, and is triggered by
the automatic
%26gt; change to the computer clock at the end of summer time.
Although it's
%26gt; impossible to say with any certainty, it appears that
the clock change in
%26gt; Windows corrupts a cache file in Dreamweaver. No update
has been issued
%26gt; because the cache file is unique to each user. Clearing
the cache by
%26gt; deleting it solves the problem.
%26gt;
%26gt; I'm sorry it's taken you so long to find the fix, but
this issue and its
%26gt; solution have been widely discussed in these forums over
the past couple
%26gt; of weeks. The technical note I referred to also comes up
if you search for
%26gt; ''crash'' in the Dreamweaver Knowledgebase.
%26gt;
%26gt; --
%26gt; David Powers, Adobe Community Expert
%26gt; Author, ''The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3''
(friends of ED)
%26gt; Author, ''PHP Solutions'' (friends of ED)
%26gt;
http://foundationphp.com/
Murray *ACE* wrote:
%26gt; I believe that there was a potential fix posted within
24 hours of the
%26gt; issue being raised.
%26gt;
From watching the forum over the last couple of weeks it
would appear
that the fix wasn't that easy to find. I have just looked at
the Support
site, and think that whilst having the ''Hot Issues'' on the
support home
page is great, maybe they should do the same with the
Dreamweaver
support page. It does have Top Issues listed, but the latest
is 19 Apr
07. What it needs is a new box with issues like the one we
have just
experienced.
What is weird is that I have not experienced this issue and I
am based
in the UK. I have worked on dynamic select lists without any
problems.
Steve
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