Textpad not responding any more when files open from network

frankiboy_01 · Post by **frankiboy_01** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 9:14 am

Using Textpad 5.2 on Windows XP Pro SP2.

When having Textpad running and having opened files from a mounted network share (this is e.g. Z:\ connected to a SAMBA server) then when say switching to another application and then back to Textpad, then Textpad hangs (consuming about 70% cpu) and the GUI does not respond any more. Only killing Textpad by the taskmanager helps.

Does anyone has any idea?
(If more information is needed, just state.)

Post by **helios** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 9:35 am

Please try implementing the following procedure in TextPad:

From the Configure menu choose:

1. Preferences
2. File
3. Under the heading "When files are modified by another process", check "Ignore"
4. Click Apply / OK.

I hope this helps.

frankiboy_01 · Post by **frankiboy_01** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 9:43 am

OK - I will try that, BUT

- the file was NOT changed while the other application was in the foreground and I switched back to Textpad (i.e. nothing was done with the file, not even another open or read or so)

- when switching this option to IGNORE, then I will no longer be notified IF another application changes an opened file (but I'd like to be informed...)

frankiboy_01 · Post by **frankiboy_01** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 7:23 am

For now with the proposed settings of the second post (Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:35 am) I now longer got any "not responding" errors up to now. Thus I think this is working fine for now.
However the only drawback is that the automatic re-loading is now disabled. (One has to do manually with the "FileRevert" function).

Thanks!

frankiboy_01 · Post by **frankiboy_01** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 9:47 am

Is there no other way to work around this or is there maybe any bugfix on the way to solve this?

I am asking, because after working a while with this I got into some (even big trouble) because the automatic notification (that the file changed) is now disabled!
==> This is a big drawback, as I encountered now! And since other programs do not have this problem (also with enabled change detection), there shall be a solution to this without disabling the change detection.

Can you please comment on that? - Thank you.