Re: Re: Re: Computer freezes when moving horizontal scroll bar in describe window and datagrid?

I doubt if that will hlp. Mostlikely it's a bug deep in Delphi. Just a
guess. I just learned to not use the slider, i.e. click in the tray.
Regards,
Mike


On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 6:22 AM, Wendy Penfold <[email protected]> wrote:

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> ** It was 1 for me--moving the slider with my mouse.  I set my fonts and
> scheme to windows default as suggested and the hardware folks replaced my
> video cards.  Hopefully that will resolve the issue.
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> On 10/14/2011 2:18 PM, John Dorlon wrote:
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>  I think it was 1)
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> - John
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> On Oct 14, 2011, at 12:05 PM, "Michael Moore" <[email protected]>
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> Wendy,
> There are 3 ways to move the scroll bar
> 1) grab the slider
> 2)click in the slider tray
> 3) click on the end arrows
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>  I had a problem with Toad a long time ago where moving a slider would
> cause it to freeze but only if one of the above. I don't recall which one.
> The other ways of moving the same slider did not cause a freeze. You might
> want to experiment.
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>  Mike
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> On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 6:20 AM, Boneist <[email protected]>wrote:
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>> Ah, good to know, thanks!
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>> Historical Messages
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>> Author: Boneist
>>  Date: Fri Oct 14 06:20:48 PDT 2011
>> Ah, good to know, thanks!
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>> Author: John Dorlon
>> Date: Fri Oct 14 05:03:43 PDT 2011
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>> I don't think it's related to the lockups but there was definitely a
>> problem with toad regaining focus after a describe window was closed. That
>> problem is fixed for next beta - John On Oct 14, 2011, at 4:04 AM, "Boneist"
>> [email protected] > wrote: Message from: Boneist I've just had
>> what I think is a similar issue - I had the audacity to close a describe
>> window, and Toad froze up. It was showing up as 25% CPU (I've the equivalent
>> of 4 CPUs, so this has taken one of them to 100%). As it happened 5 mins
>> before hometime, I left it going in the hopes that Toad would come back to
>> itself ok by morning, but no dice. If you've only got one CPU on the
>> machine, I could easily see this issue causing the whole pc to lock up.
>> _______________________________________ Historical Messages Author: Boneist
>> Date: Fri Oct 14 02:28:12 PDT 2011 I've just had what I think is a similar
>> issue - I had the audacity to close a describe window, and Toad froze up. It
>> was showing up as 25% CPU (I've the equivalent of 4 CPUs, so this has taken
>> one of them to 100%). As it happened 5 mins before hometime, I left it going
>> in the hopes that Toad would come back to itself ok by morning, but no dice.
>> If you've only got one CPU on the machine, I could easily see this issue
>> causing the whole pc to lock up. __ Author: wpenfold Date: Thu Oct 13
>> 07:30:04 PDT 2011 Unfortunately the entire computer freezes...the only thing
>> that works is the off button. Toad was the only application I had open at
>> least a couple of times. I know what you mean though--when a virus scan
>> starts on my computer, I either have to kill it or forget using Toad. On
>> 10/13/2011 10:21 AM, Phyllis Helton wrote: I was going to write about the
>> latest GA version being painfully slow when I have a number of tabs and
>> grids open but as I was looking, I realized that Firefox was consuming huge
>> amounts of resources at the time (with TOAD being a close contender). I
>> closed Firefox and TOAD started responding normally. Not saying this is the
>> solution here, but it might be worth looking at. . . __ Author: wpenfold
>> Date: Thu Oct 13 07:24:47 PDT 2011 I'll give it a try. Thanks. On 10/13/2011
>> 9:59 AM, Mark Lerch wrote: I've seen pretty odd behavior over the years with
>> things like Windows Themes, Large/Small Fonts and so forth. It's something
>> we often have to code for. It may sound like a stretch but maybe try
>> simplifying as much as possible - Windows Classic Theme, regular Fonts and
>> so forth. __ Author: Phyllis Helton Date: Thu Oct 13 07:21:20 PDT 2011 I was
>> going to write about the latest GA version being painfully slow when I have
>> a number of tabs and grids open but as I was looking, I realized that
>> Firefox was consuming huge amounts of resources at the time (with TOAD being
>> a close contender). I closed Firefox and TOAD started responding normally.
>> Not saying this is the solution here, but it might be worth looking at. . .
>> __ Author: mark.lerch_828 Date: Thu Oct 13 06:59:19 PDT 2011 I've seen
>> pretty odd behavior over the years with things like Windows Themes,
>> Large/Small Fonts and so forth. It's something we often have to code for. It
>> may sound like a stretch but maybe try simplifying as much as possible -
>> Windows Classic Theme, regular Fonts and so forth. __ Author: wpenfold Date:
>> Thu Oct 13 06:54:14 PDT 2011 No, nothing atypical, just regular fairly small
>> datagrids and column lists. No, I can't do process explorer because the
>> computer is totally frozen. I doubt it has anything to do with Toad if no
>> one else is having this issue. Hardware support changed my video cards
>> because I kept getting a 'blue screen of death'...not sure this is an
>> improvement. On 10/13/2011 9:29 AM, Mark Lerch wrote: Sorry. I doubt it's
>> the video driver. It sounds like it's entirely grid/data related, not video.
>> What about the number of columns in the grid - very large? When this happens
>> can you bring up Process Explorer to see if the Toad process is spiked? __
>> Author: mark.lerch_828 Date: Thu Oct 13 06:29:33 PDT 2011 Sorry. I doubt
>> it's the video driver. It sounds like it's entirely grid/data related, not
>> video. What about the number of columns in the grid - very large? When this
>> happens can you bring up Process Explorer to see if the Toad process is
>> spiked? __ Author: wpenfold Date: Thu Oct 13 04:55:58 PDT 2011 I'd probably
>> see the humor if my computer didn't keep freezing...6 times now and only in
>> Toad. Video driver? On 10/12/2011 4:46 PM, Mark Lerch wrote: This was
>> intended as a jest, by the way, maybe it was too subtle : ) __ Author:
>> mark.lerch_828 Date: Wed Oct 12 13:46:07 PDT 2011 This was intended as a
>> jest, by the way, maybe it was too subtle : ) __ Author: wpenfold Date: Wed
>> Oct 12 12:13:31 PDT 2011 Make that 4 times in 2 days...and no, but I would
>> if I had that option... On 10/12/2011 2:37 PM, Mark Lerch wrote: Have you
>> tried turning on Options > General > Horizontal scroll lock protection? __
>> Author: mark.lerch_828 Date: Wed Oct 12 11:37:48 PDT 2011 Have you tried
>> turning on Options > General > Horizontal scroll lock protection? __ Author:
>> wpenfold Date: Wed Oct 12 11:00:05 PDT 2011 Hi, I just upgraded to
>> 11.0.0.116. I don't know if this is a Toad problem or not... 3 times in the
>> last 2 days, my computer has frozen when moving a horizontal scroll bar in
>> Toad...twice in a describe window and once in a datagrid in the editor.
>> Frozen like in nothing works...mouse won't move, alt-tab and alt-ctrl-del
>> don't work....nadda. I have to turn my machine off and back on. It doesn't
>> happen every time I move the scroll bar. __
>> _______________________________________
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>> Author: Boneist
>> Date: Fri Oct 14 02:28:12 PDT 2011
>> I've just had what I think is a similar issue - I had the audacity to
>> close a describe window, and Toad froze up. It was showing up as 25% CPU
>> (I've the equivalent of 4 CPUs, so this has taken one of them to 100%).
>>
>> As it happened 5 mins before hometime, I left it going in the hopes that
>> Toad would come back to itself ok by morning, but no dice.
>>
>> If you've only got one CPU on the machine, I could easily see this issue
>> causing the whole pc to lock up.
>> __
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>> Author: wpenfold
>> Date: Thu Oct 13 07:30:04 PDT 2011
>> Unfortunately the entire computer freezes...the only thing that works is
>> the off button. Toad was the only application I had open at least a couple
>> of times. I know what you mean though--when a virus scan starts on my
>> computer, I either have to kill it or forget using Toad. On 10/13/2011 10:21
>> AM, Phyllis Helton wrote: I was going to write about the latest GA version
>> being painfully slow when I have a number of tabs and grids open but as I
>> was looking, I realized that Firefox was consuming huge amounts of resources
>> at the time (with TOAD being a close contender). I closed Firefox and TOAD
>> started responding normally. Not saying this is the solution here, but it
>> might be worth looking at. . .
>> __
>>
>> Author: wpenfold
>> Date: Thu Oct 13 07:24:47 PDT 2011
>> I'll give it a try. Thanks. On 10/13/2011 9:59 AM, Mark Lerch wrote: I've
>> seen pretty odd behavior over the years with things like Windows Themes,
>> Large/Small Fonts and so forth. It's something we often have to code for. It
>> may sound like a stretch but maybe try simplifying as much as possible -
>> Windows Classic Theme, regular Fonts and so forth.
>> __
>>
>> Author: Phyllis Helton
>> Date: Thu Oct 13 07:21:20 PDT 2011
>> I was going to write about the latest GA version being painfully slow when
>> I have a number of tabs and grids open but as I was looking, I realized that
>> Firefox was consuming huge amounts of resources at the time (with TOAD being
>> a close contender). I closed Firefox and TOAD started responding normally.
>> Not saying this is the solution here, but it might be worth looking at. . .
>> __
>>
>> Author: mark.lerch_828
>> Date: Thu Oct 13 06:59:19 PDT 2011
>> I've seen pretty odd behavior over the years with things like Windows
>> Themes, Large/Small Fonts and so forth. It's something we often have to code
>> for. It may sound like a stretch but maybe try simplifying as much as
>> possible - Windows Classic Theme, regular Fonts and so forth.
>> __
>>
>> Author: wpenfold
>> Date: Thu Oct 13 06:54:14 PDT 2011
>> No, nothing atypical, just regular fairly small datagrids and column
>> lists. No, I can't do process explorer because the computer is totally
>> frozen. I doubt it has anything to do with Toad if no one else is having
>> this issue. Hardware support changed my video cards because I kept getting a
>> 'blue screen of death'...not sure this is an improvement. On 10/13/2011 9:29
>> AM, Mark Lerch wrote: Sorry. I doubt it's the video driver. It sounds like
>> it's entirely grid/data related, not video. What about the number of columns
>> in the grid - very large? When this happens can you bring up Process
>> Explorer to see if the Toad process is spiked?
>> __
>>
>> Author: mark.lerch_828
>> Date: Thu Oct 13 06:29:33 PDT 2011
>> Sorry. I doubt it's the video driver. It sounds like it's entirely
>> grid/data related, not video. What about the number of columns in the grid -
>> very large? When this happens can you bring up Process Explorer to see if
>> the Toad process is spiked?
>> __
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>> Author: wpenfold
>> Date: Thu Oct 13 04:55:58 PDT 2011
>> I'd probably see the humor if my computer didn't keep freezing...6 times
>> now and only in Toad. Video driver? On 10/12/2011 4:46 PM, Mark Lerch wrote:
>> This was intended as a jest, by the way, maybe it was too subtle : )
>> __
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>> Author: mark.lerch_828
>> Date: Wed Oct 12 13:46:07 PDT 2011
>> This was intended as a jest, by the way, maybe it was too subtle : )
>> __
>>
>> Author: wpenfold
>> Date: Wed Oct 12 12:13:31 PDT 2011
>> Make that 4 times in 2 days...and no, but I would if I had that option...
>> On 10/12/2011 2:37 PM, Mark Lerch wrote: Have you tried turning on Options >
>> General > Horizontal scroll lock protection?
>> __
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>> Author: mark.lerch_828
>> Date: Wed Oct 12 11:37:48 PDT 2011
>> Have you tried turning on Options > General > Horizontal scroll lock
>> protection?
>> __
>>
>> Author: wpenfold
>> Date: Wed Oct 12 11:00:05 PDT 2011
>> Hi, I just upgraded to 11.0.0.116. I don't know if this is a Toad problem
>> or not... 3 times in the last 2 days, my computer has frozen when moving a
>> horizontal scroll bar in Toad...twice in a describe window and once in a
>> datagrid in the editor. Frozen like in nothing works...mouse won't move,
>> alt-tab and alt-ctrl-del don't work....nadda. I have to turn my machine off
>> and back on. It doesn't happen every time I move the scroll bar.
>> __
>> _______________________________________
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