Strange IDE flash

[Nro]

I have a strange annoying behaviour of my VFP 9.0 IDE. When I’m coding, sometimes the whole ID flash, like some apps running in background. It’s very annoying because VFP stop responding for a second or two, and then restart. One example, is when I type “THIS.nMess = 123” the typing stop before “=” , the IDE flash two or three times, and restart with displaying “123” …

I hope I’ve get that clear. It’s not a big thing, but when it happen, I almost throw my mouse to my 900$ screen.

I’m using VFP 9.0 SP1, with Win XP SP2. I have MSDE working in background (deactivate it does nothing) and no special services in back.

I'm using the exact same config on my laptop, and it's working fine.

Thanks for your help.

Nro

 

[Mike Lewis]

sometimes the whole ID flash

What exacly do you mean? Do you mean that the entire screen literally flashes on and off?

Mike

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Mike Lewis (Edinburgh, Scotland)

My Visual FoxPro site: www.ml-consult.co.uk

 

[Nro]

Salut Mike

Only the VFP IDE. It's like intellisense refreshing the entire screen two or three times. It’s seems to happen when VFP invoke intellisense. It’s strange because it’s the first time I notice that. I though it might be the form design area but I change it to 800X600 and I have the same behaviour. Arrggg ...

Thanks

Nro

 

[Mike Lewis]

Nro,

So, you're saying that the main VFP window flashes on and off?

I've never seen that before. But I'm still not clear what you mean by "like intellisense refreshing the entire screen". In what way does Intellisense "refresh the screen"?

Mike


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Mike Lewis (Edinburgh, Scotland)

My Visual FoxPro site: www.ml-consult.co.uk

 

[Nro]

Salut


This « flashing » happens when I type some code. Ex :

LOCAL lnMi as

Intellisense start showing options like

Integer
Boolean
.
.
.

I choose integer, continue typing, then, 2 or three refresh (flash) of the IDE.

I think it’s hard to explain, because it’s the first time I see that behaviour. Anyway, I’ll continue working and if I find the source, I’ll post it.

Thanks

Nro

 

[TamarGranor]

Try turning off background compilation and see if that cures it.

Tamar

 

[Olaf Doschke]

Hi Nro,

maybe restore the foxcode.dbf. I had C5 errors because of a corrupt foxcode.dbf, which caused intellisense to crash. Not only once. What you see is new, but may be related to table corruption too. Although I don't see anything in intellisense code macros etc. which would affect the _screen.

Bye, Olaf.

 

[Nro]

Thanks for all your suggestions’

Olaf, I copied the original Foxcode into my development directory, and no change.

Tamar, I changed Background Compile to NONE and the “Flash” does not appear so often. Maybe it has something to do with my video card setting because the only difference with my workstation and the laptop is the refresh rate and video resolution. I have to go out of the office and I thank all of you for your help. I’ll check fore more tests tomorrow.

Nro

 

[white605]

I notice that with vfp9 sp1 when into a report, if i delete an object from the report layout i get the so called flash while the screen updates, also sometime brackets get left where the object used to be. Havent noticed it elsewhere
wjwjr

 

[dgrewe]

Sounds more like a hardware problem to me.
Are you sure your monitor and/or Video Driver and/or Graphics Card are all Win XP Compatiable.
XP has an approved hardware compatiable list. You may want to check it.


David W. Grewe Dave