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I believe that it is not only a matter of increasing the number. I have two almost identical installations on two computers. Almost, because one is not a copy of the other but a true separate installation -- usually done a couple of days later to better experience changes and their effects.
There is the same number of styles on both computers but still the StylePicker shows different numbers. On my desktop everything is easy and relaxed, on my laptop the StylePicker laments about too many entries. On both computers the number of entries in the StylePicker is way below 20.000. On my desktop the number is currently 6.917 while on my laptop the number is about twice that.
Having been software tester for quite a while, I would create a version that records the path through the program and give that to the users that have problems, especially users like me that have problems on one computer but not on the other. But also some to users who do not have problems.
I would be happy to test run a test version to find the faulty part of the code. And yes, I would make sure to have both installation as identical as possible.
Desktop; i7-2600k, 8 GB mem., Win 10 Pro, BIAB 2017; RB 2017 - latest build
Laptop: i5-2410M, 4 GB mem, Win 10 Pro, BIAB 2017; RB 2017 - latest build
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It's not so much the style files per se, but what is listed in the BBW.LST and any *.ls3 files you have in your BIAB folder. That's where the duplication happens. And then, of course, BIAB picks up any additional style files it finds and inserts them into the [Other Styles Found] category (or whatever it's called).
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It's not so much the style files per se, but what is listed in the BBW.LST and any *.ls3 files you have in your BIAB folder. That's where the duplication happens. And then, of course, BIAB picks up any additional style files it finds and inserts them into the [Other Styles Found] category (or whatever it's called).
Thanks for the clarification John. My BBW.LST has 18,150 lines, plus a couple of dozen lines in LS3 files, so I'm closer to the edge than I thought!
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But this still does not explain why my laptop has twice as many entries than my desktop.
I don't develop styles on my laptop, when I'm gone from home, I only preview styles and songs. I sometimes even create an arrangement. But essentially, when I did something new, that is moved to my dropbox and as soon as my desktop starts I have it there, too. I try to have both installations as similar as possible, a certain type of laziness is a good reason for this.
The program "StylePicker" behaves in an unpredictable way on different computers -- so it seems.
I said it before and I repeat it: I would be happy to run a test version of the StylePicker that protocols its ways through the code on both of my computers. And I'm sure there are quite a few users on this forum who would be happy to assist also. The result could be zipped and maild to PGMusic or uploaded to one of their servers.
Desktop; i7-2600k, 8 GB mem., Win 10 Pro, BIAB 2017; RB 2017 - latest build
Laptop: i5-2410M, 4 GB mem, Win 10 Pro, BIAB 2017; RB 2017 - latest build
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GHinCH,
You make some good points there.
I don't have the answers, but maybe PGM can analyze and explain why this number might be so high on some computers, and not others. This might help to track down the issue that causes this, and resolve the issue rather than just extending a list capacity when this is not the actual source of the problem.
Hope these ideas help
Trev
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But this still does not explain why my laptop has twice as many entries than my desktop. You didn't inadvertently copy [not move] all your styles from the main BIAB folder to the BIAB\Styles folder, did you? Have you looked at you BBW.LST files on both computers to make sure they are the same? Likewise any *.LS3 files. (BBW.LST and *.LS3 files are all text files, easily editable) Additionally, this was supposedly fixed, but in the past I know there was a problem with the BBW.LST file, where it didn't show me all my styles. The lack of that blank line prevented the StylePicker from showing any user styles (which are found in LS3 files). To fix it, all I had to do was edit the file and add a blank line to the very end of the file, and all the styles would pop in. And then every time PG did an update, I had to do that again when the it got overwritten. Have you tried to rebuild stylepicker on both machines? Are both installations on the hard local drive, or does one run off the external drive? I'm sure you've looked at those things, but just checking...
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Hello John, oh yes, I've checked them before. See here: http://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Main=39457&Number=281269#Post281269 and following messages. Even PGMusic's Andrew didn't find more when he looked around on my laptop with TeamViewer. Here are the the laptop's current figures: 6660 in C:\BB 7416 in C:\BB including all subdirectories. The figures from January -- BB itself (no subfolders): Laptop: 6654 Desktop: 6661 Being on the laptop I don't have the destop's current figures. No, there is some odd behavior in the StylePicker's ways.
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Maybe it doesn't zero the existing count before it recreates the new count value? (Double-counts)
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Yeah, something like that -- that is one of the reasons why I would like to run a test version across both of my installations.
I still don't believe that raising the number fixes it, it will just be a remedy for a symptom.
Desktop; i7-2600k, 8 GB mem., Win 10 Pro, BIAB 2017; RB 2017 - latest build
Laptop: i5-2410M, 4 GB mem, Win 10 Pro, BIAB 2017; RB 2017 - latest build
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