SCARA, 6-Axis and Modules
Technical Support Notes

Article ID: T45
Date: 3/3/2000 (Revised 6/14/2000)
Product: Vision Guide 2.x (all versions up to and including 2.2.2)
OS: Windows NT 4.0
Problem: Hang up during program reformat

Symptoms
After making changes in the Vision Guide window without saving, clicking on another child window title bar will cause continuous "Reformatting programs" message on the status bar and the software hangs.

Causes
Steps to Repeat:
1. Open a program window.
2. Open Vision Guide.
3. Change a vision object.
4. Click on the program window title bar.
5. You will see the "Reformatting programs" message continuously displayed on the status bar.

Remedies
There are two workarounds for this problem:

1. After making changes in Vision Guide, save the changes before clicking on another window. One easy way to save changes is to click the Save button on the tool bar.
2. Avoid clicking on a child window title bar to activate the window. Click in the text area.

Status
This problem has been fixed in version 2.2.3.

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