2 Replies Latest reply: Jul 29, 2009 10:13 AM by Mike_Watt RSS

    Spry CSS keeps crashing DW

    Mike_Watt Community Member

      I added a spry tabbed panel to a page... then I opened the CSS file and made a change, then clicked to switch back to the original file to see the change and DW crashes.

      I restart, open the CSS file, make the change and hit CTRL+S. DW crashes.


      There is something going on here with this file that keeps causing DW to crash.  Has anyone run into this before?

        • 1. Re: Spry CSS keeps crashing DW
          Nadia-P CommunityMVP

          I'm not sure if this could be the cause, but there is a bug in CS3 (not sure what you are using) :

           

          The 8KB bug

          This is a very rare bug that causes Dreamweaver to crash during operation, and then crash repeatedly each time you try to restart the program. It normally affects only Dreamweaver CS3 on Windows, and is caused by the presence of a file that's exactly 8,192 bytes (8KB) or a multiple thereof.

           

          The solution is to open the file in a text editor and add a few extra characters (new lines or a comment will do). Save the file, and restart Dreamweaver.

           

          If the file causing the problem is an image or other type of media file, edit it so that it's no longer an exact multiple of 8KB

           

          Other than that, are you using the latest Spry Version?

          SPRY UPDATERS:  http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs_spry

           

          If none of these help - then you may want to ask the question over at the forum dedicated to the Spry Framework:

          http://forums.adobe.com/community/adobe_labs/spry_framework_ajax_prelease

          • 2. Re: Spry CSS keeps crashing DW
            Mike_Watt Community Member

            This was the culrpit... I'd just found another site that explained this, referencing a post David Powers made in the DW Google Group. I came back here to post (or in this case, confirm) the answer so that anyone else searching might find this thread.

            I noticed that many of my files (css mostly) are "8,192 bytes" as "size on disk" - in fact, most are.  That seems to be ok, it's just the "file size" above that that matters.

            Anyway, thanks for the response - seems an odd error for Adobe to not have patched, doesn't it?