ScopeEdit problems...

[David Kozina]

For anyone who may be familiar with this software...
(That would most likely be you, Mr. Puckett...

I installed ScopeEdit on my new machine (OS: Win XP Professional) the other day. It seemed to be running okay.

Then I installed all the latest updates for Windows...

After that, when I tried to open any 'folded' .se file, the program semi-hangs. It seems that the menu items are working, too. I can see the file-tree structure in the left-hand pane, and even select any of the sub-links from there - yet NOTHING is displayed in the main text-editing pane. The individual file pages simply won't display. The reason I say "semi-hangs" above is that the red "Scope Edit" logo never disappears, no matter what is selected after opening a file. Just plain weird.

I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling ScopeEdit with the exact same results.

ScopeEdit WAS working properly on a previous Win XP install - though I don't know if it had all the Windows updates installed.

If you do use ScopeEdit, have you ever seen this type of behavior or know what might cause it? I haven't contacted the software company yet - (I'll do that if necessary, but since they have 'moved on' to developing a different editing program, I'm doubtful that they may have a ready answer regarding this issue.) Just thought I'd ask here first.

Thanks,
David Kozina

 

[Murph]

David,
May not be related but after I did the latest WinXP updates over the week-end I was have trouble with a few other non-Microsoft apps. I ended up restoring back to a few days before.

Murph

 

[Steve Doman]

David,

I can't help you with your install problem, but was wondering how you like ScopeEdit? I downloaded a trial version of it a couple of years ago, but at that time it was way more than I needed. Since then, I've written a lot more code and am now having trouble managing all of it.

At first I kept all my general toolbox functions in one file and all my short command functions "c:" in another file. But those files have gotten so big that they have become cumbersome to manage. I found myself at times, unable to quickly find functions that I knew I have wrote somewhere. I even found that I had cut and pasted different versions of the same functions within my files. Recently I broke up my toolbox file into smaller files just to be able to kept track of all of it -- Plotting functions, Layer functions, etc.

Does ScopeEdit help in this regards? If so, would you care to elaborate please?

Thanks.

Regards,
Steve Doman

 

[Steve Doman]

David,

Thanks for explaining how ScopeEdit works and attaching the screenshots. You inspired me to take another look at SE. After a long internet search, I finally found a demo version still kicking around --- Version 1.8 After installing and playing around with it for awhile, I remembered why during my first trial of SE a couple years ago, I had decided not to keep using it:
The help is sooo confusing, I couldn't figure out how to run it. Anyhow, with the info from your posts, I manage to figure it out: Highlight a bunch of text in the right window, hit F7, type a description, and bingo the selected text folds up into a hyperlink in the left window. Cool!

But after playing around with v1.8 awhile, I experienced a critical error. SE locked up when I tried to reposition one of the hyperlinks in the left window, using the mouse to drag and drop. I'm testing on my home PC using Windows 98 (I know, a dinosaur). SE's readme file states that it was designed for 486 machines running Win95/97 (yes 97!) or NT 3.51/4.0

I downloaded the Interspector Demo from www.loginov.com , hoping that this newer version would eliminate the error. So far so good. Interspector seems to be overkill for what I need, but it's only $99. In regards to the problems you've been experiencing running SE on XP, perhaps its time to give up the old 486 version and upgrade?

Anyhow I'm not sure I going to spend the dough for SE just yet, as I prefer TextPad for editing. (What I really like to see is for TextPad to add this "folding tree" feature.) Currently, I load the files I'm working on in VLIDE *and* TextPad. Do my editing in TextPad, do loading and debugging in VLIDE. Having SE along means using three editors simultaneously, a little bit too much to handle.

I wasn't able to find any SE tips from Michael Puckett via searching the NG's. Have you got something archived you can post or forward?

Thanks.

Regards,
Steve Doman
E m a i l : sdoman_at_qwest_dot_net

 

[David Kozina]

Steve,

Check your e-mail.