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njsden
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Hello folks,

I've been searching for a solution to this but haven't been able to find one so far.

After upgrading from DS 769 to 7610 I found an annoying "feature" with the code editor: regardless of where I am in the code, as soon as I save the contents of my procedure the cursor moves automatically to line 1. This would not be an issue if the code could fit in one single screenshot but that is rarely the case and browsing down again trying to find the line where I was originally is rather bothersome particularly with long procedures.

Are any of you aware of some setting in Dev.Studio that could be tweaked to change that behaviour?

I tried searching in "Window -> Options" and "View -> Options" but I couldn't see anything related to this.

Previous versions of Dev.Studio (534 and 769) did not behave like this.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions you may share!

- Neftali.

PS: I installed DS 7610 Hotfix 2 to be up-to-date but the "feature" is still there.

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You may have to put in a case with IBI for this one.


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njsden
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Frowner

Thanks Waz. I'll talk to my client to see if they wish to create the case with IBI.

In the meantime I'll try to survive with this new behaviour but thinking about productivity and how impatient I become with these annoying "features" I think I'll go back to 769 unless IBI comes up with a quick Hotfix that makes the behaviour consistent with previous versions! Hey, everything it's possible! Music

Thanks again,
- Neftali.


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annoying "features" I think I'll go back to 769

Welcome to my world!! I still return to 7.1.6 for just this reason!

T


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trob
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I noticed this undocumented feature quite quickly after upgrading. However thankfully they did fix my previous "quick close" feature. Also a big thanks to them for listening and dropping the forced fully qualified names. That was reason one for me to upgrade to 10.

BTW, I do have a case entered for this problem.

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Prarie
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Wonder why they thought anyone would want this "Return to line one" feature?

Glad to hear about dropping the qualified name feature.
 
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njsden
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a big thanks to them for listening and dropping the forced fully qualified names


You're right! I think I remember seeing that behaviour when I was playing a bit with the GUI in DS 769 and it would not go away even if you changed your settings but since I use mostly the editor for my coding that did not really affect me. On the other side of course, for developers who use the GUI almost exclusively this new issue with the editor would not be a big deal either.

I hope I won't be shooting myself in the foot by saying this but I think that setting the editor to work as it always has before (why did they change it, anyway?) should be less difficult than trying to implement some other features in the GUI such as, for example, supporting comments when they live inside of a TABLE FILE ... END block, so hopefully I'll see that fix soon (preferably before WF 8.0 comes to light Wink )

- Neftali.


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Tony A
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so hopefully I'll see that fix soon

Remember to breathe whilst you're waiting Wink

T

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trob - Please update this post when you hear back from IBI on your case.

Who ever was testing 7-6-10, must have been working with a "TABLE FILE CAR" sample that was not longer than a single-screen length of code.

We are having to upgrade for other reasons and this go-back-to-the-top "enhancement" is very annoying to put it mildly. Mad

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Waz
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Simple solution....



Use an External Text Editor


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I would but I'm rather lazy to configure them to support FOCUS syntax highlighting Roll Eyes

I did it once a couple of years ago with Notepad++ but after an upgrade the syntax file just disappeared and I was so mad I refused to repeat that configuration all over again.

Are you aware of a good FREE editor out there that supports FOCUS syntax highlighting out of the box?

On the other side, I don't know if I can really integrate an external text editor into DevStudio ... I tried before and the best I saw DevStudio doing was just invoking the editor but the procedure content had to manually be copied/pasted from and to the editor ... and that seems as annoying and less productive than trying to go back to a specific line, unless of course there is a better method I don't know of.

Anyway, I'll get a hold of an oxygen tank just in case.

quote:
Remember to breath whilst you're waiting


Thanks for the ideas!


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Although its not free, I use EditPlus, it gives you 30 days trial, and its only US 35$.

On the EditPlus site there is Syntax definitions I uploaded in 1999, FOCUS.ZIP.

I should update it.


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njsden
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Thanks Waz! I'll take a look at it.


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Francis Mariani
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EditPlus is my favourite Windows program. I have created updated syntax and auto-completion files. The updates are a little haphazard - I haven't added every new syntax or function, but I'm happy with them.


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Waz
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Francis, I'm interested.

If I show you mine, will you show me yours ? Music


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Prarie
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njsden
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Kids, take this to another forum! Wink


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Doug
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About those editors: I like the fact that IB finally added some shortcuts such as F5, cntl+S, cntl+m, and cntl+r. Now for a cntl+G (to Goto a specified line number / return from the line you were on in 7610 before the save). What about being able to PRINT WITH LINE NUMBERS? Breathing whilst waiting.




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Waz
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Kids, take this to another forum!


Kids, thanks, its nice to be thought of as young.


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PRINT WITH LINE NUMBERS


Thats one of the many reasons for using an external editor.


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Case: 60272517
Summary: UC:76x->7610:Text editor, SAVE returns cursor to line 1

The issue reported in this Information Builders
case has been fixed in the next culmative release of Developer Studio, 7611,
and higher.


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njsden
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Yay! I can't wait to get my hands on that release as soon as it becomes available. Of course I am a bit nervous as to what other "surprises" I might encounter there but I guess some faith ought to do it for now !

Thanks for the great news trob!


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njsden
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Developer Studio 7.6.11 is finally here! I just installed it and confirmed that the issue I had been whining about is now fixed.

Now I have to be prepare to face any new "features" introduced by this release Music

Neftali.

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Francis Mariani
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I have been advised by Information Builders to ensure I work with the same versions of WF Dev Studio and WF Server. None of the clients I work with are enthusiastically upgrading their WF Servers every few weeks, so why would I upgrade my Dev Studio?

We're going 7.6.8 this coming weekend...


Francis


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njsden
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You have a very valid point there Francis but my reasons for upgrading are a bit different. As the WF Server I use at my current site is still 5.3.4, I have no real attachments to its corresponding version of Dev. Studio.

This may sound like a very silly reason for an upgrade but what made me use Dev.Studio 7.6 initially was the ability to easily comment out pieces of code while in the editor Smiler but of course I am more interested of having the choice to try new reporting server features out as they become available with each release ... not that I have that much idle time to play anyway Frowner but at least, time permitting, I can explore a little using the local WF server that comes with Dev.Studio.

I don't use any of the Wizard/Assistants in Dev.Studio anyway so the fact that version 7.6 cannot parse 5.3.4 masterfiles does not really impact my job.


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