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Re: [ECS] System Hang Mark Gilmore Wed, 17 Jan 2001 17:48:26 -0500

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2nd is ignored (as is reported by ECS in the warning message).
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Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
http://omnipotencesoftware.com
423-745-0026
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Scott Danks wrote:
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> Speaking of painful, If I have two items that are defined with the same item name
or event name, ECS seems to complain but still works.  Does it use the first one or
the last one, or does it ignore the duplicated item all together?  Would it be smart
to have a .cfg file that has my special changes in it and then just merge it with the
newly released ecs.cfg file when upgrading?  Any thoughts?
> 
> Thanks!
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> >>> Mark Gilmore <omnip@usit.net> 01/17 4:03 PM >>>
> Hi Garren,
> If you try to open "too many" windows, Win will crash (not ECS).
> If this is not the case, you should consider upgrading.
> I don't know of anything else that could cause this.
> But even if there was, I could not correct it in an older version.
> BTW, the longer you wait to upgrade, the more painful it is :-).
> Later...
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> Mark Gilmore
> Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
> http://omnipotencesoftware.com
> 423-745-0026
> Hours: Mon-Sat, 9AM-8PM/EST
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> Garren Davis wrote:
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> > I have been building on to my ECS system a lot lately and
> > now my PC hangs once in a while. I thought I remembered
> > reading a post where someone had a hang problem when he had
> > a lot of windows open. I thought it had something to do with
> > a resource problem and Mark found a bug that fixed it. Is
> > my memory correct and if it is does anyone know which version
> > the bug was in. I am running 4.2.009. Is there any way to
> > help track down this problem.
> >
> > Garren

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