IDE crashes

[Genesis]

I have a fairly decent-size project (consisting of 7 files) I'm working on.

If I do not save changed files before I hit F7 to compile, invariably after a couple of attempts (e.g. while coding) the editor will bomb with a fatal error. Alternatively, F5 may crash partway through the load (the load may or may not complete)

Re-entering the editor shows that no changes were lost (the save happened before the blow-up) but somehow the IDE is getting very unhappy..... .making sure that I save any changed files before I hit F7 greatly reduces - but does not completely eliminate - the crashes.

Any ideas?

System is a WinXP SP2 box, runs loads of other stuff without problems.....

[mikep]

I have a similar environment and have successfully compiled and downloaded projects with more than 15 files.

I think it might help if you could isolate the problem. Here are some scenarios to try:
1. Does it only bomb if you don't save the files first.
2. Try using the compiler to compile the code from the command line. You might also get a better error message from the compiler this way. See section 6 of the Reference Manual.
3. Try downloading the code using the ZLOAD utility from the command line. See section 7 of the Reference Manual.
4. Are there any error popups that you could describe? The ones containing module and address inside Windows are the most useful if you get them.

[Genesis]

I'll see if I can isolate it....

It does not happen if I try to provoke it (e.g. by inserting a couple of trash characters in the front of a couple of source files, then hit F7)

But when actually editing, it is quite maddening. If I save before doing the compile, it usually does not crash. If I don't save, it will reliably within a couple of iterations of code/compile.

I'll see if I can get a traceback on it....

[pjc30943]

Using ZLoad solved the problem for me. Originally, I had the same issues: crash on compile. Not a single crash since switching over...

[dkinzer]