FB II COMPILER
Eliminate strange compile errors
I have had infuriating cases with supposed problems in the runtime.
Normally they go away when i replace the staz extras but occasionnally
no.
Then you have to go to heart surgury.
Do this (each and every step) order doesn't much matter
1/ Replace Staz Extras (grab the one from the working Mac :-)
2/ kill the pi file
3/ open all your program files (.INCL, .MAIN, .FITR, etc) in resEdit
and erase *all* the resources in them just leave the data.
4/ verify the integrity of all the resources in your .rsrc file
this means opening ResEdit with the alt-key pressed and then looking
at each resource in list view to try and see if one is abnormally
large - if it is then replace it from a backup. (in fact if the
resource file is OK on the other mac, just copy it in)
5/ had you not said what you did (but in case anyone archives
this i would also reccommend using TechTool 1.17 on your system
file)
jonathan
Another thing on the Contaminated incl file ..
In response to a private letter to Ted .. He pointed out something
that I was unaware of
<< a hidden character problem which use to crop up back in my
old Apple II days. Every once in a while I would hit some combination
of keys that would enter a control character into the code and
bingo, the code wouldn't run anymore. >>
That hidden Char is a REAL "Bug A Boo" AND .. The Mac has it too
..
I am an atrocious Speller .. and a very poor typist .. My "Delete"
key is the Most Used Key of the keyboard
So I often get a contaminated FN where I've made several changes
or additions in an FN on one incl file .. And did a Compile All
after each change or addition ..
The incl file gets Contaminated .. Not the Project Manager ..
If I copy it .. ALL .. Copy .. & Paste into a new incl File ..
The new incl file is ALSO contaminated ..
BUT .. If I copy the old File a few parts at a time .. Until I've
rebuilt a new Duplicate ..
The Corruption is eliminated
I've always blamed FB .. Now I know it is my "3 Finger Keyboard"
that enters a hidden control character into the code
Thank you Ted .. And you are right ..
SOMEONE in the "list" knows the answers when you have a problem
Sorry Andy .. for my insistence a couple years ago that it was
an FB "Bug" .. I was wrong
Jim Henson