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SlickEdit Product Discussion => SlickEdit® => Topic started by: adipreneo on May 30, 2014, 03:40:23 PM
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Using SlickEdit 2012 (v17.0.2.0 64-bit).
All of sudden the "Find and Replace" tool window became invisible. If I press CTRL+F, although the tool window cannot be seen, I can still search for keywords by "blind" typing and the search results will still be displayed on the search window. Tried go to Option to set the tool window "Visible", but didn't work. And if I go back to Option and check, the "Visible" box becomes unchecked again.
Any ideas, fellow SlickEditors?
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The first thing I'd try is a clean config. Create a blank directory & start w/
VS -sc c:\fooif it's a config thing, that will definitely get you going.
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Okay so with that it works. But I will not have all the customized configurations on the clean config
Is there a way to diff the clean config and my current one and tell where things could go wrong?
The first thing I'd try is a clean config. Create a blank directory & start w/
VS -sc c:\fooif it's a config thing, that will definitely get you going.
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Well try this. Make a backup of your original config folder. Run slick with your original config folder and use tools -> options -> export/import to export all of your settings to a zip file.
Then, close slick. Delete vslick.sta in your original config folder. Run slick from your original config folder. Your settings should all still be there and hopefully the find tool window works normally. If not, you can import your settings to your new config.
Another possibility, Slick stores info (size and location) about the find replace tool window in a file called vrestore.slk - so with slick closed, open vrestore.slk from your original config in another editor and look for a line something like this
@xy _tbfind_form:11265 2820 6000 8835
- try deleting the line.
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Ya da man Graeme!!!! :D :D :D
So deleting vslick.sta didn't help, but deleting @xy _tbfind_form:11265 2820 6000 8835 did work!
It had the first two numbers as zeros like this: @xy _tbfind_form:0 0 6000 8835 and became some non-zero numbers after it got regenerated.
Thanks a ton!
Well try this. Make a backup of your original config folder. Run slick with your original config folder and use tools -> options -> export/import to export all of your settings to a zip file.
Then, close slick. Delete vslick.sta in your original config folder. Run slick from your original config folder. Your settings should all still be there and hopefully the find tool window works normally. If not, you can import your settings to your new config.
Another possibility, Slick stores info (size and location) about the find replace tool window in a file called vrestore.slk - so with slick closed, open vrestore.slk from your original config in another editor and look for a line something like this
@xy _tbfind_form:11265 2820 6000 8835
- try deleting the line.
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Be careful if you remove lines in "vrestore.slk" since if you don't adjust the line counts, the vrestore.slk file will be corrupt. It's better to modify the line or just just delete the vrestore.slk file. I sometimes delete entire sections but I have a bit more understanding of the format and always backup the file in case I make a mistake.
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Wow. Thanks Clark. It's great that slick team post in these forums.
adipreneo - if you backed up your configuration folder you could restore vrestore.slk from there if you want to keep your command line history and a few other things.
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Thanks guys. These are all good inputs. Hope it also helps folks who are facing similar issues.