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Submitted by Tom on 2009/11/04 10:09

After adding a colour to grid options incorrectly, the file cant be opened

I added a colour to a file, I forgot to add the | after the name

i.e. I added this to start of the colour list:-

Grey#DDDDDD|

instead of -

Grey|#DDDDDD|

I close & reopen file - it starts to load and nothing happens

Says xxxx.sndb loading (or something similar) on the titlebar

Seems to slow down the programme thereafter - after restart prob okay

Also happened with default new file (with info)

[edit] I've replaced it with a backup - but could this be corrected by editing the ini file?

Comments

Okay -

not only did I forget to add the '|'

I also added the colour with the wrong code - using html hex instead of VB hex number

This worked

Grey|&hDDDDDD|

and a nice grey it is too ;-)

required reopening of grid

Problem with the file remains the same i.e. incorrectly add colours & your file seems to be kapputt

Cant find a page clearly telling how to add a colour, if there isnt any I can add one later this week, maybe under 3.10.20.70 This file>General

I'll look into this in priority. One thing is for sure, the file is not kaputt and can easily be fixed. When I initially tried to do what you did, my file opened just fine, but without item colors.

[quote=Pierre_Admin]

One thing is for sure, the file is not kaputt and can easily be fixed.[/quote]

I thought that

Thanks for the fix !!

OK, I was able to reproduce it. I'll release H5

Done!

I only installed H5 this morning (I seem to have missed it somehow)

Opened my main file, got this message:

---------------------------
InfoQube
---------------------------
Error loading colors specific to this IQBase. Use Tools>>Options to set these again. (You can open a backup file to retrieve the item color settings)
---------------------------
OK
---------------------------

When I look in the file options, the colours are all listed there as before, but there's no colours listed in the item context menu & there's no colour highlighting of items.

I dont have any other files with modified colour highlighting - other files open okay

I've gone back to H4 - if I open the same file with H4 there's no problem.

here's my named colours in case that relevant

Grey|&hDDDDDD|

Red|&HAAAAFF|

Orange|&H99CCFF|

Yellow|&HAAFFFF|

Blue|&HFFFFAA|

DarkBlue|&H00D5A071|

Aquamarine|&HFFFF0B|

Powder|&HF5DEB3|

Plum|&HDDA0DD|

Green|&H81B895|

LtGreen|&HA1DB66|

Purple|&HE0BBCC|

I don't know if that would make a difference -- probably -- but you should remove the "|" at the complete end (should be Purple|&HE0BBCC, instead of Purple|&HE0BBCC| )

Fixed in the next release

BTW, Armando was correct, remove the last | and the error message will go away and you can use H5.

[quote=Pierre_Admin]

Fixed in the next release

BTW, Armando was correct, remove the last | and the error message will go away and you can use H5.[/quote]

thanks to both of ye

[edit] I seem to be (totally unintentionally) testing just how much abuse IQ can take !!! [/edit]

[quote=Tom]Cant find a page clearly telling how to add a colour, if there isnt any I can add one later this week, maybe under 3.10.20.70 This file>General[/quote]

-- link to nonexistent node ID 1169 --

please check & maybe help add links & custom colours in the comments (see my comment there)