Author Topic: Non-stop refreshing (Read 24,489 times)

lanux128 · « **on:** February 09, 2007, 06:34 AM »

in v2.30.03, the thumbnail pane refresh continuously.. any idea why, mouser?

mouser · « **Reply #1 on:** February 09, 2007, 06:48 AM »

let me see if im doing some unnescesary refreshing..
it does stop though, right? once the thumnails are all updated..

lanux128 · « **Reply #2 on:** February 09, 2007, 06:53 AM »

nope, it doesn't..

in fact, it show only image files plus cab & zip files. at 1st, i thought you had implemented this request: http://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=6724.0

lanux128 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 09, 2007, 07:15 AM »

i deleted the ini file then restarted. all was ok until i specified a custom folder in the "Screenshot Folder" section.. then the non-stop refresh started. so, i think i've found the problem..

mouser · « **Reply #4 on:** February 09, 2007, 07:18 AM »

hmm.. so you are saying it really keeps refreshing forever?

lanux128 · « **Reply #5 on:** February 09, 2007, 07:34 AM »

yes, it refreshes, pauses a second then refreshes again.. an endless cycle.. anyway, i'm attaching the INI file, in case you want to have a look..

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P.S. the system doesn't allow me to attach the INI file so i'm renaming it..

xcopy · « **Reply #6 on:** February 09, 2007, 08:48 AM »

Same here.

1) I placed an "Archive" folder in my standard screenshot directory.
The updating makes the pane flash every 4 seconds and never stops flashing. I'm getting wooozy

2) Additionally it steals the focus.
1. After opening SSC choose "MoveTo... > Configure MoveTo Folder List"
2. Place Cursor in the MoveTo Folders box
3. Wait a couple of seconds till the left pane refreshes
4. The options window is gone

3) And a third problem with this pane:
When I try to drag and drop an image to my Archive folder I get the error

Quote

"Access violation at address 00779523 in module 'ScreenshotCaptor.exe'. Read of address 00000330"

and SSC crashes.

After the restart I got

Quote

"The work item queue of the TWorkerThreadPool should be empty now, nut the number of elements were: 2 (C:\Libs\BCB6\JAMSoftware\ShellBrowser\BCB6\lib\ThreadPool.pas, line 820)"

(I don't have C:\Libs\ so there's something hardcoded?)

mouser · « **Reply #7 on:** February 09, 2007, 08:57 AM »

something is clearly wrong with the thumbnail browser pane..
lanux do you also have non-image files in your screenshot directory.. might that be the clue?
I'm trying to think what could cause this on your systems but not mine.

what OS are you two using?
Anything else strange about it? if you experiment can you figure out when this behavior happens and when it doesnt?

xcopy · « **Reply #8 on:** February 09, 2007, 11:09 AM »

Nothing special here. Tested on WinXP pro and home with different themes.
As lanux wrote: apparently it's the custom folder we have in the screenshot directory.

I just played around a bit (deleted the custom folder, created a new one, recreated the old one) and now the refreshing is gone.
Instead I am getting that second error message I posted with each SSC start. The number of elements in this message correspond to the number of screenshots in my default screenshot directory.

mouser · « **Reply #9 on:** February 09, 2007, 11:13 AM »

damn it this release sounds like its going to bring some troubles

i just wish i knew why it was doing this..
the error you are seeing is an exception being thrown in the 3rd party thumbnail explorer library i use.. damn thing

f0dder · « **Reply #10 on:** February 09, 2007, 11:37 AM »

Isn't the thumbnail pane the single most troublesome and aggravating thing in SSC?

lanux128 · « **Reply #11 on:** February 15, 2007, 02:33 AM »

Quote from: mouser on February 09, 2007, 08:57 AM

lanux do you also have non-image files in your screenshot directory.. might that be the clue?
...what OS are you two using?

yes, i do have other type of files in the custom folder, mostly zip & cab files.. btw, i'm using WinXP Pro SP2. and as stated earlier, this behaviour appears only when i assign a custom folder in the "Screenshot Folder" section.

mouser · « **Reply #12 on:** February 15, 2007, 03:18 AM »

lanux does it matter what folder you specify in the screenshot folder entry (we are talking folders tab of options)?

lanux128 · « **Reply #13 on:** February 15, 2007, 03:24 AM »

Quote from: mouser on February 15, 2007, 03:18 AM

lanux does it matter what folder you specify in the screenshot folder entry (we are talking folders tab of options)?

i'm not sure if i understand this, but any folder other than the default "Screenshots" sub-folder triggers this problem..

Dr-Leech · « **Reply #14 on:** February 23, 2007, 10:11 PM »

I see that problem too.. Is there any way to disable the file browser control ?

mouser · « **Reply #15 on:** February 24, 2007, 10:02 AM »

you can switch it into Details mode, that might solve the problem.

I will try to make a fix for this available this coming week.

Dr-Leech · « **Reply #16 on:** February 24, 2007, 03:36 PM »

hey, mouser..

well, switching to Details mode still continous loading, except if you leave the default directory (program root/Screenshots). Leaving the default, it loads in longer periods.

Another thing, can you add a simple checkbox or something to disable this file browser in v2?
Because I don't need it at all, and I gues many other people neither.

And another, an Open File option in the File menu should be great (in case we disable the file browser).

Thanks for this awesome app!

mouser · « **Reply #17 on:** March 01, 2007, 01:13 PM »

I think these are sensible ideas, and I will add them to the next release coming in early march. I think maybe a checkbox or toggle button somewhere on the main window to make it easy to hide and show the thumbnails would be nice..

mouser · « **Reply #18 on:** April 03, 2007, 04:07 AM »

Can you guys try this new version and see if it fixes the non-stop refreshing:
http://www.donationcoder.com/Beta/ScreenshotCaptor.exe

Dr-Leech · « **Reply #19 on:** April 03, 2007, 02:51 PM »

ok, seems to work fine now.

Didn't tried it too much, but changed to my old screenshots folder (with 200+ pictures) and now it no refreshes.

I'll update you about the normal usage of this.

Thanks!

Dr-Leech · « **Reply #20 on:** April 03, 2007, 09:03 PM »

bad news..
It still fails. Non-stop refreshing thing is back and disturbing again.

Only solution is using the \programfolder\Screenshots

mouser · « **Reply #21 on:** April 03, 2007, 09:27 PM »

damn it.
do you know how to reproduce it reliably? ie. can you cause it to happen consistently after exiting the program and restarting it? the problem is it's so hard for me to find the problem because i can't get it to happen for me. but if you can reliably reproduce it even after installing a new version, then you are like my golden goose and i will try to send you some test versions..

Dr-Leech · « **Reply #22 on:** April 03, 2007, 09:36 PM »

I've deleted the old version (current) and extract the new one (this one you link in this post), in the same folder. Only folder I didn't deleted was Screenshots and MyJunk (to preserve my previous screenshots).

Once I extract everything, I needed to setup some stuff in the options (such remove antialiasing, and template name for files). Ok, it worked fine here.
But for testing I changed the storage directory to another "My Documents\My Pictures\My Screenshots". And here, it starts to non-stop refresh.

Also tried changing the view to List or Details and same thing.

Anyway, please don't worry about this if you plan to add any way to remove the file list if we want.

mouser · « **Reply #23 on:** April 03, 2007, 09:50 PM »

well i will add a way to remove it, but if i could impose on you - you are now my #1 way to test this bug and fix it, so i dont want you to escape before i can use you to track down the problem

mouser · « **Reply #24 on:** April 03, 2007, 09:53 PM »

dr leech can you send me you screenshotcaptor.ini file, maybe that will help me to be able to reproduce the error.