launch TB..get progress bar...CTD

Hipshot · 01-27-2007, 08:37 AM

I know this is something that I am overlooking...but damned if I can find it.

I had a working profile, then I went into the toolkit and added some
buttons and commands. now I ctd after the progress bar cycles
Toolkit says profile is valid ..no errors
Any suggestions?

Wild.Bill.Kelso · 01-27-2007, 02:46 PM

The Toolkit Validation Check is not a total check. It only looks for some basic mistakes.

Do you still have your .bak backup? Rename that to .tbc and try loading it in TouchBuddy. The Toolkit may have made a mistake. I have not seen this error, but I know of one bug where if you rename a tab, you loose all of the buttons on that tab. But that's the only bug I know of right now.

Whenever you have a problem with a profile, always go back to your backup 'before' you try to re-load your Profile in the Toolkit. Or you will then overwrite your 'good' backup, with the new 'broken' profile, and thus loose your good backup.

Do these tests and post back...

Good Luck.

Hipshot · 01-27-2007, 03:06 PM

Thanks WB, looks like you nailed it!
I was doing a lot of copy n past and renaming with the TBC's
NOTE TO SELF "do not delete the BAC. files...really.)
Got everything back to square 1....now back to getting all those peskie MFD buttons to work!
Thanks dude.

Wild.Bill.Kelso · 01-27-2007, 03:09 PM

Were you doing that copy and pasting manually, or with the Toolkit?

I don't like seeing all of these pesky .bak files in my profile folder.... until one saves my a$$.

Hipshot · 01-27-2007, 03:32 PM

I was doing it manually.....but I recon I wont be doin it anymore!

zorlac · 01-27-2007, 08:43 PM

As you seem to have this uncanny knack of totally breaking TB on a regular basis, can I ask a favour? If you do ever get TB to CTD due to some dodgy profile option somewhere, can you send me the TBC file and tell me its broken? I probably wont need the images files. This would at least give me a chance to look and see what imaginative ways there are to totally screw it up and maybe put some code in to prevent it happenning.

The problem when the coders of the applications test the application is that they know how it works... and subconsciously they also know how it DOESNT work and avoid doing that without thinking about it. They just dont do unusual things because they know it doesnt work like that, and they know that would be a very bad thing to do. "Users", on the other hand, are far more imaginative and destructive

Hipshot · 01-28-2007, 01:55 AM

Well..let's see........
If memory serves me correctley,
all the issues that I have had turned out to be opperator error

I like to think of it as pushing the envelope. I'm ...you know..... "TESTING"

01-27-2007, 08:37 AM	#1 (permalink)
Hipshot Dealer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Ft. Worth Texas Posts: 244	launch TB..get progress bar...CTD I know this is something that I am overlooking...but damned if I can find it. I had a working profile, then I went into the toolkit and added some buttons and commands. now I ctd after the progress bar cycles Toolkit says profile is valid ..no errors Any suggestions?

01-27-2007, 02:46 PM	#2 (permalink)
Wild.Bill.Kelso Toolkit Creator Join Date: May 2006 Location: On your Six! Posts: 1,913	The Toolkit Validation Check is not a total check. It only looks for some basic mistakes. Do you still have your .bak backup? Rename that to .tbc and try loading it in TouchBuddy. The Toolkit may have made a mistake. I have not seen this error, but I know of one bug where if you rename a tab, you loose all of the buttons on that tab. But that's the only bug I know of right now. Whenever you have a problem with a profile, always go back to your backup 'before' you try to re-load your Profile in the Toolkit. Or you will then overwrite your 'good' backup, with the new 'broken' profile, and thus loose your good backup. Do these tests and post back... Good Luck. __________________ (a.k.a. Snacko) Touchscreen: Innovatek TM-868 8"; Running Local Mode on XP Pro

01-27-2007, 03:09 PM	#4 (permalink)
Wild.Bill.Kelso Toolkit Creator Join Date: May 2006 Location: On your Six! Posts: 1,913	Were you doing that copy and pasting manually, or with the Toolkit? I don't like seeing all of these pesky .bak files in my profile folder.... until one saves my a$$. __________________ (a.k.a. Snacko) Touchscreen: Innovatek TM-868 8"; Running Local Mode on XP Pro

01-27-2007, 08:43 PM	#6 (permalink)
zorlac Creator Join Date: May 2006 Location: Cambridge, UK Posts: 1,623	As you seem to have this uncanny knack of totally breaking TB on a regular basis, can I ask a favour? If you do ever get TB to CTD due to some dodgy profile option somewhere, can you send me the TBC file and tell me its broken? I probably wont need the images files. This would at least give me a chance to look and see what imaginative ways there are to totally screw it up and maybe put some code in to prevent it happenning. The problem when the coders of the applications test the application is that they know how it works... and subconsciously they also know how it DOESNT work and avoid doing that without thinking about it. They just dont do unusual things because they know it doesnt work like that, and they know that would be a very bad thing to do. "Users", on the other hand, are far more imaginative and destructive __________________ (Setup: XP Pro, classic mode, LinITX 8" touchscreen (Client/Server), 19" touchscreen (Local), latest development version of TouchBuddy)

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01-27-2007, 03:06 PM	#3 (permalink)
Hipshot Dealer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Ft. Worth Texas Posts: 244	Thanks WB, looks like you nailed it! I was doing a lot of copy n past and renaming with the TBC's NOTE TO SELF "do not delete the BAC. files...really.) Got everything back to square 1....now back to getting all those peskie MFD buttons to work! Thanks dude.

01-27-2007, 03:32 PM	#5 (permalink)
Hipshot Dealer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Ft. Worth Texas Posts: 244	I was doing it manually.....but I recon I wont be doin it anymore!

01-28-2007, 01:55 AM	#7 (permalink)
Hipshot Dealer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Ft. Worth Texas Posts: 244	Well..let's see........ If memory serves me correctley, all the issues that I have had turned out to be opperator error I like to think of it as pushing the envelope. I'm ...you know..... "TESTING"