Addendum FYI for whoever runs into such stupid issues, no strange windows things, it was strange me. I had two different standalone test folders with two different versions of revxml.dll ... Thanks Mark again for your advices Tiemo
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im > Auftrag von Tiemo Hollmann TB > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 17. Oktober 2012 10:40 > An: 'How to use LiveCode' > Betreff: AW: Problems with revxml external - solved > > Just FYI, > after searching, testing and debugging for 2 days I created another > standalone this morning without changing anything and everything runs > smooth as ever. > Sometimes it seems to me that LC on windows makes strange things. > Tiemo > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im > > Auftrag von Tiemo Hollmann TB > > Gesendet: Dienstag, 16. Oktober 2012 16:11 > > An: 'How to use LiveCode' > > Betreff: AW: Problems with revxml external > > > > Hello Mark, > > thanks for jumping in. > > you are right, actually my application is a splash stack, which > > creates the standalone and calls my main program in a second > > stackfile, where I am using the xml functions (while the splash stack > > keeps in memory, just > > hidden) - which worked fine in the past. > > First I tried your suggestion with "start using ..." my splash stack > > in my "second stack". It results in the same error. > > I couldn't test to make my "second stack" to a substack of my splash > > stack, because itself is a main stack with several substacks. > > I copied the relevant xml statements from my second stack to my splash > > stack in a test button, just for testing and I get the same error > > already in my splash stack, where I am sure it is the standalone. > > So it seems to be something is going wrong in my splash stack. > > Another issue appeared now when closing the standalone after the > > revxml functions failed. When closing the application I get from time > > to time a windows error "mystandalone for windows doesn't work > > anymore" (translated from German). This seems to indicate - for my > > small knowledge - any kind of memory issue. Could there be a memory > > conflict with a custom external or something like this? (I just can't > > deactivate the custom external for > > testing) > > Thanks, Tiemo > > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > > Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im > > > Auftrag von Mark Schonewille > > > Gesendet: Dienstag, 16. Oktober 2012 15:09 > > > An: How to use LiveCode > > > Betreff: Re: Problems with revxml external > > > > > > Dear Tiemo, > > > > > > Did you attach the external to the stack that is actually used to > > > build a standalone? Is it possible that one mainstack is loading the > > > external while another mainstack is calling it? Perhaps you can > > > solve this by making one stack a substack of the other or by using a > > > separate stack that loads all externals and "start using" that stack. > > > > > > -- > > > Best regards, > > > > > > Mark Schonewille > > > > > > Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering > > > Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com > > > Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer > > > KvK: 50277553 > > > > > > Use Color Converter to convert CMYK, RGB, RAL, XYZ, H.Lab and other > > > colour spaces. http://www.color-converter.com > > > > > > > > > > > > On 16 okt 2012, at 12:35, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I have problems with the revxml external in an old LC 4.6.2 > > > > program on > > > W7. > > > > > > > > Everything worked with my xml functions for a long time without > > > problems. > > > > Since I worked on an update and made several other changes the > > > > revxml seems not to work anymore in a standalone. In IDE > > > > everything still works > > > fine. > > > > > > > > I checked the standalone options, selected the XML library > > > > manually and also by search for the required inclusions. The > > > > revxml external seems to be loaded correct, it shows up in the > > > > externalpackages in stack "home" in the IDE and in stack > > > > "revExternalLibrary" in my standalone. But calling xml functions, > > > > like "revcreateXMLTree()" or "revcreateXMLTreeFromFile()" I just get > an "error in function handler" > > > as the result. > > > > > > > > Copying the same piece of code into a fresh new stack and testing > > > > the standalone in the same folder (with the revxml.dll in the > > > > externals subfolder), everything works correct. So there must be > > > > any kind of conflict in my old stack. But I have no idea, where to > > > > look for or how to go on testing and debugging. Have you ever > > > > encountered such behavior with externals? Could there be a > > > > conflict with other > > externals? > > > > > > > > Any ideas where and what to look for highly appreciated. > > > > > > > > Tiemo > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > use-livecode mailing list > > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > > subscription preferences: > > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode