safe mode

[blepore]

Just had an issue where I was trying to load a large JS file from the internet and it caused WeBuilder to lock up. It was functioning perfectly fine, but this seems to be a lengthy process, so I decided to save the file normally and open it from the disc (which I probably should have done from the start, but don't see why the other method couldn't work). I exited WeBuilder and restarted, but I have WeBuilder set to open the previous tabs upon start up. This caused WeBuilder to keep on locking up waiting for it to finish downloading the file. This took like a minute or two to finish up. It would be nice if there was a "safe mode" option (or something to that affect) that let you override the 're-open existing files' option to avoid this in the future.

[chrisjlocke]

I found the registry setting that affects this, so wrote a quick program which sets the option to 'Do nothing' and then fires up WeBuilder.
It puts back the setting to what it was after WeBuilder loads, so I might change that. I might add an option to remove a file, as thats a setting in the registry too.

Download and more details here:
http://www.creapsoft.co.uk/programs/69/ ... e-mode.htm
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[syrupcore]

chris, you're such a rock star. you gonna package all of these little utilities up into one little launch bar called "WeBuilder Utils" or what? :)

[syrupcore]

What do you use to write these in? I started looking into Delphi last week, hoping to do some of the same sorta stuff but damn, it aint cheap.

[chrisjlocke]

Rock star?!
I use VB6, but the .Net side of things should be the way to go now. VB .Net is fine, but c# is also good. It comes in handy to know, and keeps the brain ticking over!
And don't forget the 'Express' editions of the .Net languages are free.

[syrupcore]

Yes, rock star. Go do coke off of the ass of a groupie and be ok with it.

I have a strong anti-microsoft gene that I need to let go of. Totally absurd. We have, I think now, 7 C#/.NET developers in our shop. If ever there was a time to learn, with training wheels, it's now.

I was running IIS/.NET 2 on my box a while back and I had nothing but problems. I run it at work because I have to but I'm loathe to open that can of worms on my home box. After I do some backups, I'll have to reconsider.

[chrisjlocke]

Just use a virtual machine. Virtual PC is free. You can even download a working copy of XP from Microsoft, so everything is really 'download 'n go'. I use this with their 90day trial. 90days over? Download XP, install and have another 90days on us! Wahooooooooo!

I can understand some people being 'anti-Microsoft', as I have to fight with their software and weird dialog boxes every day, but equally, some stuff they produce is quite good. I love the .Net environment as the IDE is very friendly, compared to VB6 which I have to use on a daily basis. Having said that, VB6 starts up in the click of a finger, and takes seconds to compile a program. .Net takes an age to load, days to compile, and is a bloated piece of software - its eyes would be bulging out and milk squirting out its udders if it was a cow.

...but this is taking this topic off-topic!

[syrupcore]

lol @ milk vision and Visual Studio. That made my day. Running it in a VM is a great great idea, thanks.