Cannot change text color

[satyr40]

Running Labview 5.1 on NT. Attempting to change text color in a VI. After changing and I go to "file", "save" I get "FPSANE.C" line 250. I have tried changing the color and then close the VI window where I get asked "do you want to save changes?", click yes, the window closes but the changes aren't saved.

Satyr40

[AESulzer]

The line/file in this error is hit for any fatal insanity in LabVIEW, so it doesn't tell much. The important information for an insanity is actually the information in the dialogs you get before you get the line/file dialog. If you'd like to explain those dialogs here, then I can attempt to give you more information about it, but the reality is that if this is a bug, it is probably not even relevant anymore. LabVIEW 5.1 is such a dated version that if the bug was not fixed directly by now, it probably has been overwritten and no longer exists. I know this is best news for you, but I would strongly recommend upgrading -- you may be surprised at the significant usablility improvements that have been made since 5.1 as well.

Regards,

[LV_Pro]

I can't speak to this particular "insane error", but most that I have run into in 5.1 were caused by LabVIEW getting "lost" due to some odd data corruption in the vi I was working in. If the vi that is giving you trouble isn't too big, one, annoying, method to get past this is to start a new vi and duplicate the old one. Don't copy and paste though, it will sometime just copy the corrupted code. Save it before you close the old one (so that you don't crash LabVIEW)

Good Luck, there is a reason that they call them insane errors, they drive you insane! LV 2.5.2 would get them about every hour, or just before you saved your code, if you were doing intense coding, particularly as the diagram got a little complicated. Helped teach me to make sub-vi's!


Putnam Monroe