Trouble Starting TA

[Scott Elliott]

I did have TA workign just fine, but then suddenly it just stopped loading.  Or more correctly no window appears.  I've gone looking for a file called ta_open_files_list that according to the handy guide:

Why won’t it start?

In the settings directory, there is a file called ta_open_files_list. This file contains the names of the timing diagram files that were left open when you last closed the program. If one of the files is missing or it was moved, this would cause the program to hang when starting. If one of the files is saved on a network drive and the network drive is not mapped or not responding, this would also cause the program to hang when starting.

 

I did not find any such file.  Is there a particular place this file might be fond?  Could an old installation in a different directory lurking on my drive be found and cause trouble?

I also noticed in Windows Task Manager that a new instance of Java(TM) Platform SE Binary is created each time I double click on the shortcut.  This ends up consistently using about 20% of my CPU with just one instance and 48.6 MB for each instance.  I am using Java 8.0.1210.13 Win 8.1 Pro.

I wold value any suggestions.

[Dan Fabrizio]

Hi Scott,

The settings directory is created under the the users homes directory.   Like C:\Users\dfabrizio\settings on my system.

If you open it using the dos shell.   

> cd \TimingAnalyzerb_XXX

> java -jar TimingAnalyzer.jar

There will be a log dump of the startup.  Can you send that to me?   Also,  can you send me the last .tim file you worked on?

Thanks, Dan

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[Scott Elliott]

Here is what I'm seeing:

C:\TimingAnalyzer_b9896>java -jar TimingAnalyzer.jar

TimingAnalyzer Version 0.9896 Standard Edition(SE)

  OS Name        = Windows 8.1

  OS Version     = 6.3

  OS Arch        = amd64

  Java Version   = 1.8.0_121

  User Home      = C:\Users\scotte

  User Dir       = C:\TimingAnalyzer_b9896

  Locale         = en_US

  Install Dir    = .

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[Scott Elliott]

Oh, I'm no longer seeing anything Java show-up in my task manager when I try to start TA.  Also, the DOS box does not show a prompt after I try to run TA, but does recover and give me a prompt when I enter ^c

[Dan Fabrizio]

Hi Scott,

Look in C:\Users\scotte\.ta\ta_open_file_list.  There is a period in front of the ta 

See my listing below.   

Dantes-MacBook-Pro:controlsfx-8.40.12 dfab1954$ ls -la ~/.ta
total 32
drwxr-xr-x   6 dfab1954  staff   204 Apr 22 16:22 .
drwxr-xr-x+ 29 dfab1954  staff   986 May 23 19:08 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 dfab1954  staff    72 Apr 21 21:00 ta_defaults
-rw-r--r--   1 dfab1954  staff    63 May 21 20:28 ta_open_file_list
-rw-r--r--   1 dfab1954  staff   710 May 21 20:28 ta_recent_files
-rw-r--r--   1 dfab1954  staff  1001 Apr 21 21:00 td_defaults
Dantes-MacBook-Pro:controlsfx-8.40.12 dfab1954$

Do you see the file now?    Is there any old files listed in ta_open_file_list?  

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[Dan Fabrizio]

Hi Scott,

I uploaded a new beta version for you to use.  It will dump out more info during startup.

The following will be added to the output log.

  File Found:     = /Users/dfab1954/.ta/ta_open_file_list
  File Found:     = /Users/dfab1954/.ta/ta_recent_files
  Load Open File: = /Users/dfab1954/Projects/app_beta/examples/cnstrnt_err.tim
  Load Open File: = /Users/dfab1954/Desktop/TESTCASE_Beta_0.9898_Timing_PTOF_12us_V13.tim

Download

http://www.timing-diagrams.com/TimingAnalyzer_b9898.zip

Please send me the log output.  

[Scott Elliott]

The .ta directory is showing:

Directory of C:\Users\scotte\.ta

6/13/2016  03:16 PM    <DIR>          .

6/13/2016  03:16 PM    <DIR>          ..

6/13/2016  03:16 PM                75 ta_defaults

1/26/2017  03:23 PM                93 ta_open_file_list

1/26/2017  03:23 PM                88 ta_recent_files

6/13/2016  03:16 PM             1,047 td_defaults

              4 File(s)          1,303 bytes

              2 Dir(s)  147,302,952,960 bytes free

The file ta_open_file_list contains:

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examples\cnstrnt_err.tim

C:\Users\scotte\Documents\FooBar\Timing_05\Timing_0_5_001.tim

Of note, the file C:\Users\scotte\Documents\FooBar\Timing_05\Timing_0_5_001.tim no longer exists at the location described in the open file list.  I had moved this data file to another location.

Upon removing C:\Users\scotte\Documents\FooBar\Timing_05\Timing_0_5_001.tim from ta_open_file_list the program now works great again.  I suspect that if you check for the existence of the file before trying to open it will prevent this hang.  

Thanks Dan for a great tool and outstanding support.

-scott

[Scott Elliott]

Out of curiosity, after fixing the open file list problem, I tried opening a no longer existent file in the recently used file list and got the same hang issue.

[Dan Fabrizio]

Hi Scott,

I will add a check to make sure the file exists for the files in both the open_file_list and recent files in the next beta version (b9898) which will be coming very soon.   I'm glad it's working for you now. 

Thanks, Dan    

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