Author Topic: RichEdit line insertion error... (Read 50415 times)

lanux128 · « **on:** September 27, 2005, 11:55 PM »

hi there mouser,

i just noticed that if i click on "About", an error message pops up.
it doesn't hinder the functionality but just thought that you should know...
here's the screenshot:

http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/7659/frerror9cm.png

RichEdit line insertion error...

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best regards,
lanux

mouser · « **Reply #1 on:** September 28, 2005, 12:02 AM »

yipes!!
does anyone else see this?
this is quite bad actually and not at all ok, because the about box is how users enter license info, so this should never happen!!!
anyone else see this?

mouser · « **Reply #2 on:** September 28, 2005, 12:03 AM »

what operating system do you have?

lanux128 · « **Reply #3 on:** September 28, 2005, 01:08 AM »

what operating system do you have?
-mouser (September 28, 2005, 12:03 AM)

hi there mouser,

i'm using WinXP Pro on P4 1.8GHz with 256MB RAM... this is the 1st time i noticed this.

best regards,
lanux

lanux128 · « **Reply #4 on:** October 03, 2005, 09:21 PM »

hi there mouser,

just tried out the v1.07.18 beta, you are going so fast that i totally skipped v1.07.15 beta... ;-)
anyway, there are few pointers that i would like to share...

the above-mentioned error keeps popping up in the v1.07.18 beta, so i thought i'd just google it...
and this solution came the closest:

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RichEdit line insertion error.

This error message is due to a size limitation with richedit components for some versions of Windows.
An exception error is raised when trying to insert text greater than 64KB.
It has to do with the version of riched32.dll that you're using on your computer.

Source: http://www.philosophers.co.uk/quotations/bugs.htm

then i checked my version of Riched32.dll, which is 5.1.2600.0
so maybe there is some version conflicts...

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/5821/riched32dll9hn.png

RichEdit line insertion error...

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another thing is that while the "Auto-shrink window to fit results" is cool, i wish there was a way that it doesn't save the windows' size because i also use "Blank search shows files from launch history" which i've set to 9 entries (so i'd like to retain the windows' height)...

okey, that's it for now...

best regards,
lanux

P.S. to try out the skins thingy... :-)

mouser · « **Reply #5 on:** October 03, 2005, 09:35 PM »

i saw that on google too but i couldn't figure out why it would be writing so much info as to show that error...
does it happen EVERY time you bring up about box? if not, do you have any clues when it does?
i really need to find this problem and fix it. does it happen on all donationcoder.com programs about boxes?

ps.
can you explain a little more the issue with window sizing?

mouser · « **Reply #6 on:** October 04, 2005, 12:26 AM »

this richedit bug really needs to get fixed otherwise you (and anyone with same problem) willl have no way to enter license key..
or did you already enter a license key and maybe thats the cause of the issue?

mouser · « **Reply #7 on:** October 04, 2005, 01:29 AM »

lanux regarding the about box problem, could you try going to your find and run robot directory and moving the file DonationCoder_findrunrobot_Key.dat out of that directory and restarting F&R and then go to about box and see if you get the error?
maybe there is something in the license key that is upsetting the program..

and with regard to F&R window size - does autoshrink mode properly set the window size when showing results normally - and it's only when you close and re-open that has those bad scrollbars?
and if you resize the window by just one pixel taller or wider does everything fit and scrollbars go away?

lanux128 · « **Reply #8 on:** October 04, 2005, 09:03 PM »

hi there mouser,

sorry, "real life" kept me back... ;-)
ok, to answer your questions...

lanux regarding the about box problem, could you try going to your find and run robot directory and moving the file DonationCoder_findrunrobot_Key.dat out of that directory and restarting F&R and then go to about box and see if you get the error?
-mouser

the error still recurs, as you can see from the screen-shot...

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/4897/frerror25ul.png

RichEdit line insertion error...

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and with regard to F&R window size - does autoshrink mode properly set the window size when showing results normally - and it's only when you close and re-open that has those bad scrollbars? and if you resize the window by just one pixel taller or wider does everything fit and scrollbars go away?

yes, only when i close & re-open does the scrollbars appear & yes, if i resize then the scrollbars disappear.

and can you try latest version and see if the window size problem is still there with this version

man, that was fast! but sorry mouser, the sizing problem is still persistent. anyway it's okay, it's a minor annoyance that i can live with... ;-)

best regards,
lanux

mouser · « **Reply #9 on:** October 04, 2005, 09:12 PM »

we don't live with such problems - we fix them!
don't worry we will get it fixed, as long as you are still willing to test fix attempts.

one of things i've learned is that for every 1 person who reports a bug, probably 100 others experience it and just get mad and uninstall, so i treat all bug reports as things that need to be fixed.

let me prepare another test version to try.

lanux128 · « **Reply #10 on:** October 04, 2005, 09:25 PM »

we don't live with such problems - we fix them!
don't worry we will get it fixed, as long as you are still willing to test fix attempts.
-mouser (October 04, 2005, 09:12 PM)

man, that's the spirit!
anyway as they say, if you insist, i can't resist. keep them test versions coming.. ;-)

best regards,
lanux

mouser · « **Reply #11 on:** October 04, 2005, 10:17 PM »

i'd like to fix the richedt line problem first.

see this interesting entry from clipmate faq:
http://www.thornsoft...hEditlineinserterror

can you try their test app here:
http://www.thornsoft...rt/richedittest1.zip

and see if it also causes an error for you?

actually you know i use a richedit control just because i thought i might allow some formatting text (bold,etc.) but since i don't, i could just change to a control that doesnt use richedit at all and that would solve the problem. maybe i'll just do that...

mouser · « **Reply #12 on:** October 04, 2005, 10:40 PM »

im going to split off the window sizing stuff into a separate thread - let's use this one just for the richedit issue.

lanux128 · « **Reply #13 on:** October 04, 2005, 10:53 PM »

and see if it also causes an error for you?
-mouser (October 04, 2005, 10:17 PM)

well, the test app works fine...

http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/2355/richedittestapp4au.png

RichEdit line insertion error...

actually you know i use a richedit control just because i thought i might allow some formatting text (bold,etc.) but since i don't, i could just change to a control that doesnt use richedit at all and that would solve the problem. maybe i'll just do that...
-mouser (October 04, 2005, 10:17 PM)

that's ok, since the formatting makes the about box look much nicer... but why no one else have this problem?
i made a search inside my system folder & found these files:

riched20.dll --> v5.40.11.2210
riched32.dll --> v5.1.2600.0
richtx32.ocx --> v6.1.97.82

i'm no expert but does these version numbers match with the one in your pc?

best regards,
lanux

mouser · « **Reply #14 on:** October 04, 2005, 10:56 PM »

well if that test works then its a different issue for sure.
let me try something else then.

mouser · « **Reply #15 on:** October 04, 2005, 11:15 PM »

can you try this version:
https://www.donation.../FindAndRunRobot.zip
and test window sizing and about box again?

probably both will still be there.

IMPORTANT NOTE:
this is not a setup program! it is a replacement .exe in a zip file, so you need to copy this over on top of your existing Find and Run Robot directory and restart F&R.

If you would prefer i make setup programs as usual let me know.

mouser · « **Reply #16 on:** October 04, 2005, 11:17 PM »

ps. your versions are more recent than mine, so i don't think its a dll problem..
must be something that i'm doing that is reacting strangely in your case..

does the same problem occur in other donationcoder.com program about boxes?

lanux128 · « **Reply #17 on:** October 04, 2005, 11:46 PM »

you da man! ;-)

the about box is displayed & the sizing bug is also nowhere to be seen (yet)...

http://img250.imageshack.us/img250/9695/frok3ds.png

RichEdit line insertion error...

this is not a setup program! it is a replacement .exe in a zip file, so you need to copy this over on top of your existing Find and Run Robot directory and restart F&R.

If you would prefer i make setup programs as usual let me know.

btw, why not distribute all releases this way since it'll make zip file smaller... just a thought...

best regards,
lanux

mouser · « **Reply #18 on:** October 04, 2005, 11:58 PM »

ok so i guess its just a bug with the richedit control, i used a different way of setting the text this time.
good to know the richedit error bug is killed!

lanux128 · « **Reply #19 on:** October 05, 2005, 08:42 PM »

good to know the richedit error bug is killed!
-mouser (October 04, 2005, 11:58 PM)

yup, we can break out the champagne on this one! ;-)
btw, if it's not too technical, may i know what's the different way of setting of the text.
just in case, if i ran into another program that has the same bug then i can notify the author...

best regards,
lanux

mouser · « **Reply #20 on:** October 05, 2005, 08:58 PM »

sure, that's a great idea. btw the solution here is relevant for C++ Builder and Delphi. It may not be direclty relevant for other languages that use the RichEdit control.

the first thing to realize is that it is a bug in the RichEdit control.

normally to set the text in a RichEdit control you could do this:

InfoText->Lines->Text=message;

instead i changed it to this:

InfoText->Lines->Text="";
InfoText->SelStart=0;
InfoText->SelText=message;

i also went into the properties for the RichEdit and changed MaxLength from 0 to 16000,
which should not be necesary but i figured i might as well.

the ideas to try these things came from google groups posts describing that RichEdit has some bugs that are triggered when you try to set text the normal way and that you should try setting it using SelText kludge. Seems to work!

Thanks for helping me find this lanux, it really is appreciated since this could be a really nasty surprise for anyone trying to enter a license key in one of our programs!

lanux128 · « **Reply #21 on:** December 07, 2005, 12:20 AM »

hi there mouser,

i found another instance of the RichEdit error... ;-)
this time the error propped up in this program, Icon Factory 1.1...

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/6553/iconfacterror4wb.png

RichEdit line insertion error...

best regards,
lanux

mouser · « **Reply #22 on:** December 07, 2005, 02:49 AM »

did you pass on a pointer to this thread to them i hope?

lanux128 · « **Reply #23 on:** December 07, 2005, 07:07 PM »

yeah, i did but the author replied saying he's not developing the software anymore...

best regards,
lanux