The Find in Files function stopped working a few days ago, both using Ctrl-Shift-F and the menu Edit > Find in Files.
I completely uninstalled and reinstalled VIP 802, but no joy. The same function worked normally in VIP 904 (before I uninstalled it). The 802 problem started before installing 903.
Addendum:
I noticed that there is a registry setting for grep. Could this be related to FIF not working?
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VIP 802 Find in Files stopped working
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Re: VIP 802 Find in Files stopped working
What do you mean by "stopped working"?
The registry settings should not prevent the dialog from working.
The registry settings should not prevent the dialog from working.
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Re: VIP 802 Find in Files stopped working
I now understand about the 'grep' registry settings -- they appear to store the settings and position of the Find in Files dialog.
What happens is that if I highlight a folder in the project tree and press Ctrl-Shift-F the IDE greys out slightly as it would do when losing focus, but the search dialog does not appear. The same thing happens if I try to use the main menu to do the search ( Edit > Find in Files... ).
I have completely removed and reinstalled 802, but the behavior persists.
What happens is that if I highlight a folder in the project tree and press Ctrl-Shift-F the IDE greys out slightly as it would do when losing focus, but the search dialog does not appear. The same thing happens if I try to use the main menu to do the search ( Edit > Find in Files... ).
I have completely removed and reinstalled 802, but the behavior persists.
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Re: VIP 802 Find in Files stopped working
This problem recurred today. I closed the IDE and deleted the <project>.env file using Windows File Explorer and the problem went away.
Restarting the computer does not help.
Restarting the computer does not help.
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Re: VIP 802 Find in Files stopped working
Next time you may rename <project>.env instead and compare the files and/or send it to us.
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Re: VIP 802 Find in Files stopped working
Solved:
For some unknown reason, the FIF dialog was opening almost completely off the top of the desktop screen and only a tiny sliver of the grey bottom of the dialog was visible.
I couldn't use the mouse to "grab" the title bar of the dialog because it was far off the screen, so I was able to relocate it using Alt-Spacebar M and the arrow keys.
It restored in erratic positions a few times before settling down and also I noticed (recently) that the Task Bar would become about 50% taller when opening the 802 IDE (but not the 906 IDE), so I unlocked, resized and re-locked the Task Bar, which stabilized the Task Bar sizing issue.
For some unknown reason, the FIF dialog was opening almost completely off the top of the desktop screen and only a tiny sliver of the grey bottom of the dialog was visible.
I couldn't use the mouse to "grab" the title bar of the dialog because it was far off the screen, so I was able to relocate it using Alt-Spacebar M and the arrow keys.
It restored in erratic positions a few times before settling down and also I noticed (recently) that the Task Bar would become about 50% taller when opening the 802 IDE (but not the 906 IDE), so I unlocked, resized and re-locked the Task Bar, which stabilized the Task Bar sizing issue.
- Thomas Linder Puls
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Re: VIP 802 Find in Files stopped working
Happened again after a Windows update today -- fixed it the same way as before.
This doesn't happen with VIP 9x.
This doesn't happen with VIP 9x.