+Refresh problem

[HBB]

Test on a flash disk (P:\) :

1) TC's left and right panes shows P:\
2) Created a Test.vbs file which includes followings : WScript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject").OpenTextFile("P:\Test.txt", 2, True).Write ""
3) Created a button which executes above Test.vbs file
4) When the button is pressed, only one pane is refreshed (Test.txt appears only in the right pane)

Regards

[petermad]

Hmm - it works OK here (tested with 32bit TC 8.5b4 under Windows XP and 64bit under Windows 8 ).

What are your settings for "Configuration" -> "Options..." - > "Refresh" ?

[HBB]

Sorry for missing info.

Win7 x64 + TC8.5B4 (same behavior both for x32 & x64)

Only followings are checked in Configuration>Options>Refresh :
1. item (Refresh when files are created ...)
2. item (Also when size, date...)

EDIT > Tested on Windows XP Pro as Virtual machine -> No refresh in both sides
EDIT2 > Tested with TC8.01 with same configuration -> No problem, refresh on both panes.

[petermad]

I can now confirm the bug with WatchDirs=3 as you use.

If I change to WatchDirs=55 (which I use) or any setting that includes the "Update header (free disk space)" option, both panels are updated.

[ghisler(Author)]

Sorry, not confirmed on Windows 7. The file appears after about 1 second with WatchDirs=3

Only difference is that I had to use drive g: instead of p: because I don't have a drive p. It's a FAT32-formatted thumb drive.

[petermad]

I have now tested some more, all with TC 8.5b4:

32bit version under Windows XP SP3 32bit:
It happens 8 or 9 out of ten times that only the right panel is updated

32bit and 64 bit version under Window 7 SP1 x64:
Both panels are almost always updated, but occasionally only the right panel is updated.

32bit and 64 bit version under Window 8 x64:
It happens 8 or 9 out of ten times that only the right panel is updated.

1. All tests are performed with clean ini files.
2. I enable the two options "Refresh when files are created, deleted and renamed" and "Also when size, date, or attributes change" in the config dialog.
3. Then I paste this button to the otherwise original button bar:

Code: Select all

TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
g:\test.vbs

C:\WC\TOTALCMD.EXE,3



-1

4. Then I open the root of the same (on all 3 computers) USB 4 Gb Memory-stick in both panels, using the dropdown drive combo box.
5 And finally, I click the new button in the button bar.

[ghisler(Author)]

Sorry, I missed the part that you have the same directory in both panels. I can reproduce it now: The refresh of the other side is optimized away by accident (TC gets the same refresh message twice in a row and assumes that it's a duplicate).

[HBB]

Tested TC8.5B5 :

Win7 64bit : OK, refresh on both sides.
WinXP on Virtual machine : Problem continues, no refresh on both sides.

[ghisler(Author)]

Strange, I'm using the exact same functions on XP and 7. Did you try the 32-bit version on Windows 7? Maybe it's a 32-bit problem? But here it works with 32-bit too...

[HBB]

WinXP on real machine -> OK. refresh on both sides.

Sorry, I had tested it on the WinXP installed as virtual machine (virtualbox). Today, I open my old XP notebook for the test. You are right, it works well. It seems that TC does not refresh only on WinXP installed as virtual machine.

Regards

[MarcinW]

I just checked WinXP with VirtualPC (TC 8.50 beta 5 32-bit).

For local drives refreshing works in both panels.
For network drives (i.e. shared folders, existing on host computer drive) refreshing doesn't work.

[ghisler(Author)]

Are they true network folders, or these special Virtual PC "Shared folders"? It's possible that the latter don't support notifications at all.

[MarcinW]

You are right.

Special VirtualPC "Shared folders" don't support autorefreshing, neither with Test.vbs, nor when filesystem on host PC has changed.

Network drive mapped in normal way supports refreshing with both Test.vbs and host filesystem change. Both panels refresh properly.

Above was tested with VirtualPC 2004.

[petermad]

I testet TC8.5B5

Under Windows XP and Window 7 x64 both panels are now updated at the same time - BUT if TC is freshly started when I do the test, NONE of the file panels are updated at all. This applies to both 32- and 64 bit version of TC

If I Refresh the panels manually and delete the test.txt file and test again there are no problems.

It happens both with WatchDirs=3 and with WatchDirs=55


Under Windows 8 x64 it works OK.

Since there are differences betwen my OS'es I guess it is some kind of timing problem. My XP machine has the fastest processor and my Windows 8 the slowest

So I dont' think this bug is fully fixed

[ghisler(Author)]

Unfortunately I cannot reproduce that - I tested on Windows 7 and 8 by clicking on thevbs button just after starting TC with a fresh ini - no problem.

Can anyone else reproduce the problem?