frame 8 and 9 crashing

[Reng, Dr. Winfried]

Hi Anita,

I encountered something similar some years ago.
I do not remember the cause of this problem, but
it helped to save the file as MIF, open the MIF and
save in fm format again. (This is the so called MIF wash.)
This step removes inconsistent formatting commands.

Best regards

Winfried


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From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Anita Legsdin
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 8:51 PM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: frame 8 and 9 crashing

I have a file that reduces both Frame 9 (p237) as well as Frame 8 to a pile of dusty rubble, although I'm wondering why it's only starting to crash NOW. The file has been in production since September, and this is the 4th update to it. Here are the particulars:
 1. Windows 7, 32-bit
 2. There are 2 major conditions in the file (SOAP and XML)
 3. Frame crashes when creating only one of the conditions (XML)
 4. It didn't start crashing until I added this 4th update--which is located far from the location which is messed up.

I added a new table, with about 8 rows at the end of the table marked with the SOAP condition. About 8 or 10 pages later is the table which has been in the file, unchanged, since the first version; the first 3 rows of this table have alternating SOAP and XML conditions applied. This is the page that is now, suddenly, messed up. The .fm file that I reopen after the crash has text superimposed on top of other text (only on the page with this last, original, table). The SOAP version of the guide is produced with no complaint; it's only when I try to set the XML condition that Frame screams and disappears. The error happens immediately after I set the Show/Hide Conditions dialog.

With Frame 9, the crash is sudden and violent. Frame 8's crash is much more polite (the error message is not the system error message, but a note from Frame saying it has encountered an error and needs to quit).

If someone wants to see the actual file, I can email it to you. If you have any hints, I'd appreciate hearing them. I finally removed the special conditions applied to the first 3 rows of the original table, and now it works smoothly, without crashing. What I don't understand is, if I added section B, why should it be section A, in a different part of the chapter, that fails?

Thanks,

Anita Legsdin
Technical Writer
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