DVDA2, crash using Fonts

anthony-chiappette wrote on 5/16/2004, 10:08 PM

Maybe because I have too many fonts in my system, but I found a repeatable occurence in DVDA2. If I change the font on a text box by scrolling in the font list box, eventually DVDA2 will just shut down and return me to the desktop. In other words, I scroll through the font list to see how each font will appear on the menu, not just scrolling o select a particular font.

Not a big deal, you just have to be careful when changing the fonts.

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SonySDB wrote on 5/17/2004, 6:16 AM

We're not able to repro. Can you please post the crash dump? Also, can you post the exact steps you do starting with a new project? Thanks.

bStro wrote on 5/17/2004, 6:28 AM

How many fonts do you have installed?

Rob

anthony-chiappette wrote on 5/17/2004, 11:50 PM

I didn't realize there were THAT many, but I have 843 fonts installed.

Where would the crash dump be located? It didn't crash, per se, it just shut itself and returned me to the desktop.

SonySDB wrote on 5/18/2004, 5:25 AM

Sounds like there isn't one. When DVDA crashes, it normally provides a dialog with crash information.

Sony_DaveS wrote on 5/20/2004, 8:07 AM

I have about 600 fonts installed and I'm not repro'ing at this point. Is there a particular font that it keeps crashing on, or is it crashing on fonts that typically work in the app? (ie - after it crashes on a font - can you go in and select that same font without problems?)

Thanks.

bStro wrote on 5/20/2004, 9:10 AM

Sony -

So, keep adding fonts until you can repro it. You have about 250 fonts to go.

(Just kidding.)

843...Lordy.

Rob

anthony-chiappette wrote on 5/24/2004, 4:42 PM

Try as I might, I can't duplicate this problem again.... go figure. That one time, I kept running DVDA2 and trying this, and every time it threw me back to the desktop.

I've tried about half a dozen times now, and it won't happen again. Oh well.