Hello,

i cannot open horus ide 3.0.0 rc2 on my win7 x64 os. It opens only the process. And when i click more than once on the shortcut it opens more processes. The processes disappear after a while.

I have installed net framework 4.5.1. Cannot install 4.0 of course.

So, what could be the problem?

On my old win7 x64 installation it works very well.

Btw: The same is with version 2.3

Is here anyone who had the same problem?

The windows event logger says:

Anwendung: HorusIDE.exe Frameworkversion: v4.0.30319 Beschreibung: Der Prozess wurde aufgrund eines Ausnahmefehlers beendet. Ausnahmeinformationen: System.NullReferenceException Stapel: bei HorusIDE.App.Current_DispatcherUnhandledException(System.Object, System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherUnhandledExceptionEventArgs) bei System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.CatchException(System.Exception) bei System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.CatchExceptionStatic(System.Object, System.Exception) bei System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.CatchException(System.Object, System.Exception, System.Delegate) bei MS.Internal.Threading.ExceptionFilterHelper.TryCatchWhen(System.Object, System.Delegate, System.Object, Int32, System.Delegate) bei System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.LegacyInvokeImpl(System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherPriority, System.TimeSpan, System.Delegate, System.Object, Int32) bei MS.Win32.HwndSubclass.SubclassWndProc(IntPtr, Int32, IntPtr, IntPtr) bei MS.Win32.UnsafeNativeMethods.DispatchMessage(System.Windows.Interop.MSG ByRef) bei System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.PushFrameImpl(System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherFrame) bei System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.PushFrame(System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherFrame) bei System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.Run() bei System.Windows.Application.RunDispatcher(System.Object) bei System.Windows.Application.RunInternal(System.Windows.Window) bei System.Windows.Application.Run(System.Windows.Window) bei HorusIDE.App.Main()

Thanks for reporting this issue!



This is the normal behaviour. Horus is designed as single instance application. It checks after starting if there´s already a running process, passes it´s own startup arguments (if present) to it and terminates. Thus, the already running instance receives the arguments and processes them (open files).

You don´t have to install 4.0 since 4.5.1 is backward compatible to 4.0 applications. v4.0 is the version Horus is build against and the minimum to be able to run. If your system were not capable of this, the software would fail earlier (with a fancy message box).

When you start the process it loads up to a few MB of RAM and then it hangs forever, right? I know this behaviour, I had this while development a few times. Horus fails to load the UI due to an exception. Common causes are:
1.) directory structure in AppData is incomplete/damaged
2.) a DLL is missing
3.) Horus is linked to a DLL but the wrong version

Try a clean install:
- uninstall Horus
- delete C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\HorusIDE
- delete C:\Program Files\HorusIDE (if still there)
- install Horus again

I checked reason 2 and 3, according to the setup configuration all needed files are included. Installing on a clean Win7 x64 (with .NET 4.5.1 installed) virtual machine works like a charm.

Thanks for the fast reply!!
Ok, now it works.

But your clean install didn't help.
On my new Win7 installation i work with a restricted user and install software with an admin account within the restricted session with "execute as admin...".
On my old installation i gave my restricted user admin rights and then i installed a software.
So, this old procedure worked for horus.

But horus needs about five seconds until the gui appears. Is this normal?

EDIT: Now horus starts not every time. Sometimes it aborts with the exception above. So i think it's a thing which should be fixed

BTW: The installer doesn't create a startmenu entry!

The current release candidates are not performance optimized yet. An update of a 3rd party component even increased the lag. This will be improved until the final release.


Interesting. I will install it like you. If I can reproduce this behaviour I´ll on the best way to fix this


Added on my todo list

Version 3.0.0 RC3 available

Changed:
[Bugfix] Parser: invalid characters in strings
[Bugfix] Installation issue on restricted windows accounts
[Bugfix] Frensh language updated

I remember this IDE. It was much better than SED. Now i want to install again but windows 10 is preventing me from running the setup file. Any help?

@Emre can you pls share the installation file? I'll try to run it on my side (win10 as well). If it won't work, I could help with setting up VSCode, I'm currently using it for development.

Did SmartScreen denied the execution of the installer?

Try enabling compatibility mode for Windows 7

I just tried the installation by using the "Program Compatibility troubleshooter" (or however this is called in english) in the Context Menu and tested Windows 7. Worked as expected, I was able to install and run the application.

Thank you for response Tempelbauer. Yes, it was the smart screen. Compatibility did not work for me. But after that i selected the tick next to "This file is blocked for computer protection" in file properties, now i'm able to install it.



@3run click here.

Thank you again.

Same here, SmartScreen denied installer execution, but I was able to install it anyway. Clicked "More info" in SmartScreen's warning window and then "Run anyway" button.

@Tempelbauer does HorusIDE have auto-format function? I've only found indent functionality (left/right).

Best regards!