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Anybody having problems with FTP Optimized publishing (build 2759_3962) ?

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    Anybody having problems with FTP Optimized publishing (build 2759_3962) ?

    Whenever I turn on Optimized FTP publishing and start using it I get all sorts of errors like:

    A5 hanging or crashing (forced quit)
    html editor generating errors
    component editor generating errors
    publishing stalling
    or simply opening another workspace throws me out.

    The errors usually complain about variables not found.

    There's really no systematic something I can detect: when I repeat the same sequence things work fine then some time later they don't.

    I really love the feature as it speeds up publishing drastically but it it is not usable for me.

    Anybody ?
    Frank

    Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand

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    Re: Anybody having problems with FTP Optimized publishing (build 2759_3962) ?

    I have been having issues for a while now in the latest official release and pre-release builds. I have never been able to find a repeatable scenario to submit a bug report on but it has gotten better in the latest builds. These issues are also not limited to the optimized publishing as they happen just as much when I publish to localhost for testing.

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      #3
      Re: Anybody having problems with FTP Optimized publishing (build 2759_3962) ?

      Luke,
      Can you be more specific as to your problems?
      Frank

      Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand

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        Re: Anybody having problems with FTP Optimized publishing (build 2759_3962) ?

        Normally I get an error window saying a variable is missing or just gibberish then alpha five crashes, the only way to recover is to force close the program and reopen it. I have the xbasic debugger pop-up on error feature enabled so normally the xbasic debugger will come up after the error message. I have not been able to track down anything of importance in the debugger though because I am not sure what to look for in alpha's code.

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          Re: Anybody having problems with FTP Optimized publishing (build 2759_3962) ?

          This morning I had alpha idle with only one a5w page open in the editor & I was testing for session timeouts by browsing to localhost. All of a sudden the localhost pages were not being served anymore, so I decided to restart the server but that gave me a series of errors & I had to quit alpha. All errors referred to variables that could not be found. I start wondering if optimized publishing is not just a trigger for some sort of other problem?
          Frank

          Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand

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            Re: Anybody having problems with FTP Optimized publishing (build 2759_3962) ?

            Even though we've been instructed not to post issues on this forum regarding pre-releases, I hope it's ok to respond here (since concept is already posted...)

            I'm on build 2848-3987 pre-release, and on August 15, I sent following video to Alpha about getting random variable errors: http://screencast.com/t/ljskyRsA9

            Their response was:
            This has all of the characteristics of an out of memory condition. Just close Alpha Five and restart. If you open and close builders often with complex components, the amount of data in memory rise. Under the "right" conditions, this can cause odd errors.
            Since others are having these issues, I believe you ought to let Alpha know so they know that it's not just me. I did not used to get these kinds of errors. Now I making sure to click the Save button a lot more.
            Carol King
            Developer of Custom Homebuilders' Solutions (CHS)
            http://www.CHSBuilderSoftware.com

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              Re: Anybody having problems with FTP Optimized publishing (build 2759_3962) ?

              Carol that is exactly what I am seeing but for me it seems to be triggered when I do optimized publishing apart from an occasional incident but with the same kind of error (variable missing)
              Last edited by Clipper87; August 26, 2012, 09:35 AM.
              Frank

              Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand

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                Re: Anybody having problems with FTP Optimized publishing (build 2759_3962) ?

                I keep wondering why people call me Wendy? :) The name is Carol.
                Carol King
                Developer of Custom Homebuilders' Solutions (CHS)
                http://www.CHSBuilderSoftware.com

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                  Re: Anybody having problems with FTP Optimized publishing (build 2759_3962) ?

                  Edited, have no idea...
                  Frank

                  Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand

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                    Re: Anybody having problems with FTP Optimized publishing (build 2759_3962) ?

                    Originally posted by kingcarol View Post
                    Even though we've been instructed not to post issues on this forum regarding pre-releases, I hope it's ok to respond here (since concept is already posted...)
                    I was experiencing the same issues on the latest official release and this is one of the reasons I switched to the pre-release builds so I feel it is relevant to discuss on the board. Also the problem is not limited to optimized FTP publishing for me, it is application wide, it sometimes happens when just saving a dialog or grid. Next time it happens I will post a screen shot of the error.

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                      Re: Anybody having problems with FTP Optimized publishing (build 2759_3962) ?

                      I had a few crashes today, all with different errors. Here is one I took a screen shot of, this happened when I went to publish a modified grid from the web projects control panel. I have launch xbasic debugger on error enabled so that is why the debugger is open.
                      publish_errors.PNG

                      I should have typed in "projName" and "SelectedFilename" in the debugger watch window to see their values, I will do this if it happens again.
                      Last edited by LukeS; August 28, 2012, 02:00 AM.

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