Select Directory 'Not Responding' - bug report

[Believer]

Hi,

I was editing a step and realized that I needed to add another search directory.

After choosing 'Select Directory' and then 'Add...' TestStand appears to lock up.

Actually it has not really locked up, but as Filemon shows, is iterating through every directory.

After 15 minutes it finally allowed user interaction and I was able to drill down into the next folder.

However the response was still sluggish each time I opened up a new folder in my attempt to reach the final directory.

[I am still trying to get there.]

So there are times when the Select Directory function gives an abnormal behavior.

Ronnie

Message Edited by Believer on 09-29-2009 01:29 PM

[Snowman 6008]

Ronnie,

Are you adding the C directory as part of your search directories? If so depending on the size of your drive could take quite awhile. Do you have the check box enabled for searching Subdirectories and does this slow down only happen when you are adding a search directory, or during other parts of your teststand execution? 

[Believer]

Richard,

No, I wasn't adding C:\ to the list. However, when I 'Add...' a directory, the dialog box begins at C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\National Instruments, and I then went straight to C:\ in order to then get to Program Files\IVI etc.

I agree that searches would take awhile if I had selected C:\ but I am simply trying to Add a directory.

My point was that TestStand should not be searching directories while I am just trying to add a directory to the search path.

The graphic above shows for sure that TestStand is scanning through directory structures for some reason while I am trying to do this.

This to me is odd. Why should it scan at this point?

The Search Subdirectories check box is not valid at this time because I am adding a new directory (see the above graphic).

As it happens I have not been able to reproduce the behavior I mentioned above - although it has happened to me once before.

Thanks for your help,

Ronnie