Crash: Loading layout in Beta 3

Rebuilt the layouts. On finishing rebuilding the last layout, I opened the 1st one of the 3 again, & crash. Now, it crashes every time I start Logos, unless I open to blank layout. I'm going to uninstall this beta & reinstall the last release. I can't run beta until this is fixed.

Logs attached:

66434.Logos.log

8284.LogosCrash.txt

21073.LogosError.log

5008.LogosError-2.log

At this point, the last release is already installed. On 1st load, it opened layouts & gave me a preview but told me I didn't have a license to any of the resources. It's now downloading all 12.1 Gb of resources again. [:@] Logos REALLY needs a BETTER solution than that when the resources are already on the machine!!!!!!!! [:@][:@][:@][:@][:@]

I don't mind reindexing. But redownloading? [:@] That won't finish until tomorrow, & there will still be a couple hours of indexing afterward!! [:@] High speed internet services don't yet recognize north Idaho as being in the continental US & eligible for anything over 3.5Mbps.

Yes, I have a bunch of RI's in each layout that failed. But I also have RIs open in the layouts that still worked before I bailed out of beta.

In my opinion, the main difference between the layouts that failed & the layouts that work is number of resources (mid 20s resources for sermon layouts, mid teens on bible studies), & the inclusion of lexicons in the sermon layouts. I don't normally put those in my Bible study layouts (but open them as needed). In the sermon layouts, I include all the language lexicons (including AKOT & ANLEX) that I regularly use (BDB, HALOT, Genesius' Hebrew & Chaldee, BDAG, Liddell & Scott), as well as all the language texts (plus Lexham Greek-English interlinear in serial relationship to its Hebrew-English equivalent). Wish I could help more, but I can't see my resources yet & the layouts aren't fully functional until the download completes. This is as best I remember, with the help of the "previews" it'll let me have while it restores what's already on my machine.

[:@]

While I'm not a happy camper about redownloading all my files, I'd still choose Logos.Thanks for getting this one fixed.

Dave Hooton said:

Do you mean you just updated to the beta 3 "at this point",

No, Dave. I dropped back to the last production release. Help About says it's 5.1b SR-3 (5.1.2.0092).

I was on beta 2 & had no problems with any of my layouts as late as yesterday morning. Install beta 3 & bam.... When there wasn't an immediate response, I chose the fastest seeming way to restore productivity.

Blessings, & thanks for the response!

Dave Hooton said:

the resources Logos gave us to test the "Smart Selection" feature.

As I read it, it was up to us to download those. I didn't.....

Dave Hooton said:

However, I believe there is a case for leaving the Resource folder by itself and allowing the Setup program to scan that folder for resources and only download those that are found to be incompatible. So you just have to allow an extra 10 - 30 GB on the HDD/SSD! I also advocate this course when users have a drive/folder with resources from another installation.

** this also resolves an installation with corrupt databases.

Agreed there's a case, but I do not agree that users should have to do this manually in a hidden directory. If Logos chooses to make the resource folder visible & put it in My Documents? I could see the end user being responsible. If Logos keeps it hidden it as now? No way should an end user have to be responsible for manually making that kind of change, no matter how good the procedure you've written up for us. 

15 min shy of 6hr later: 46% complete on downloading 12.91Gb. Grrrrrr.....

Dave Hooton said:

Manually? I said "allowing the Setup program to scan that folder for resources"; meaning that it knows where they are placed after an uninstall. Setup could also scan a folder/drive "when users have a drive/folder with resources from another installation"; but Setup would have to be told the location.

So the Setup program would have options for fully downloading or loading from HDD/SSD

If you're talking about how it SHOULD be--I agree... thought you were talking about how it works now (user does, using your procedures).

Thanks again, Dave. Many blessings to you!

Anyone,

As of this morning, L5's behavior is deteriorating. Most of my layouts (all but one that I've tested so far) cause a crash. Because I NEED some of those layouts for Bible studies next week, I can't go into the week with this beta installed. Is there a safe way to drop back to the production release that doesn't involve re-downloading & re-indexing? I haven't downloaded the beta formatted books.

Unless I hear from someone in the next couple of hours, I'm going to try the least invasive of Dave Hooton's methods.

Thanks for any wisdom

Maybe I'll try HIDING the NIV84 & see if that'll enable my layouts to open.