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File Info Tips with many .avi files causes Xyplorer to hang

Posted: 17 Apr 2007 13:38
by Chris Wood
I've recently created a folder containing a lot (22) of large (700MB) avi files. With File Info Tips enabled in XP, merely waving the mouse anywhere in XYplorer when this folder is open in the current tab causes 100% CPU usage and XYplorer hangs (is totally unresponsive) for a few seconds until CPU usage goes back to normal.

I'm using an Athlon64 3000+ with 1GB RAM.

Re: File Info Tips with many .avi files causes Xyplorer to h

Posted: 17 Apr 2007 13:43
by admin
Chris Wood wrote:I've recently created a folder containing a lot (22) of large (700MB) avi files. With File Info Tips enabled in XP, merely waving the mouse anywhere in XYplorer when this folder is open in the current tab causes 100% CPU usage and XYplorer hangs (is totally unresponsive) for a few seconds until CPU usage goes back to normal.

I'm using an Athlon64 3000+ with 1GB RAM.
Yes, the same can happen with large PDFs. I'm exploiting a system function here and it takes ages until it returns. Don't know why or how to change this.

Posted: 17 Apr 2007 13:48
by Chris Wood
Couldn't XYplorer be prevented from fetching info tips for such files?

Posted: 17 Apr 2007 13:59
by surrender
Maybe you can uncheck some fields such as duration etc.
or increase the initial delay.

Posted: 17 Apr 2007 14:10
by jacky
Configuration/File Info Tips: enable Show tip only when hovering file icon

That way XY only deals with info tips if you're hovering the icons, so waving the mouse isn't a problem anymore, and you can still get your infotips when you need to!

Posted: 18 Apr 2007 11:03
by admin
jacky wrote:Configuration/File Info Tips: enable Show tip only when hovering file icon

That way XY only deals with info tips if you're hovering the icons, so waving the mouse isn't a problem anymore, and you can still get your infotips when you need to!
Yep. And on top of that I just added a new Tweak. 8) Look for FileInfoTipHoldShift...

Posted: 18 Apr 2007 13:16
by surrender
Wow! I like the new "FileInfoTipHoldShift" tweak. :D

Posted: 18 Apr 2007 13:49
by Chris Wood
Where? I've downloaded 80.0026 and can't see FileInfoTipHoldShift in my ini file. Can I just add FileInfoTipHoldShift=1 under [FileInfoTips]?

FileInfoTipHoverIcon is good but still causes massive CPU usage if your mouse flicks past an icon (eg. on the way to the tree scrollbar). There should be a delay before anything is read.

Posted: 18 Apr 2007 14:06
by surrender
You have to restart app once more.

Posted: 18 Apr 2007 14:07
by admin
Chris Wood wrote:Where? I've downloaded 80.0026 and can't see FileInfoTipHoldShift in my ini file. Can I just add FileInfoTipHoldShift=1 under [FileInfoTips]?
The new key is created when you close 5.80.0026.

Posted: 18 Apr 2007 14:55
by Chris Wood
Ah thanks. Unfortunately it doesn't fix the CPU usage problem at all, it still happens even when you aren't pressing shift.

Posted: 19 Apr 2007 09:40
by admin
Chris Wood wrote:Ah thanks. Unfortunately it doesn't fix the CPU usage problem at all, it still happens even when you aren't pressing shift.
Huh? Seems not possible from my point of view. You sure? You have CPU usage without seeing the tip??

Posted: 19 Apr 2007 13:06
by Chris Wood
Oh, my bad. Yeah it works thanks.

Re: File Info Tips with many .avi files causes Xyplorer to hang

Posted: 20 Apr 2009 15:49
by Chris Wood
Just confirming this still happens, and under Vista it seems to crash XY on the second hang. I think Show tip only when hovering should be enabled by default.

Re: File Info Tips with many .avi files causes Xyplorer to hang

Posted: 28 Apr 2009 12:22
by admin
Chris Wood wrote:Just confirming this still happens, and under Vista it seems to crash XY on the second hang. I think Show tip only when hovering should be enabled by default.
Really? That's bad. Cannot see why it should crash. It certainly does not under XP.