UltraEdit.activeDocumentIdx with many open files has wrong document index number (fixed)

eduardo.canadas · Feb 17, 2018#12018-02-17T20:23+00:00

I need to work with more than 10 open documents.

UltraEdit.activeDocumentIdx never gives values higher than 10, so I have problems to jump from one file to another.

An example to identify my problem:

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var idxDocument=0;
for (var i=0; i<12; i++)
{
   UltraEdit.newFile();
   idxDocument=UltraEdit.activeDocumentIdx;
   UltraEdit.outputWindow.write("Open document:"+UltraEdit.document.length+" Document IDX:"+idxDocument+" "+UltraEdit.document[idxDocument].path);
}

Mofi · Feb 17, 2018#22018-02-17T22:14+00:00

Good script!

Which version of UltraEdit do you use?

I tried to reproduce this issue with 32-bit English UltraEdit v22.20.0.49 on Windows XP and with 32-bit English UltraEdit v24.20.0.62 on Windows 7 and failed. All the lines in output window showed right data on all my test runs with various GUI modes (ribbon mode, contemporary menus, traditional menus), with file tabs bar shown/hidden, with dockable and not dockable file tabs, with new files being ANSI, UTF-8, or UTF-16 encoded, with new files being DOS/UNIX/MAC files.

The value of UltraEdit.activeDocumentIdx assigned to idxDocument and used on line writing to output window was right also for the the files with document index greater 9.

eduardo.canadas · Feb 17, 2018#32018-02-17T22:53+00:00

I use UE 24.20.0.62 x64 in Windows 10 64-bit

In Windows 7 32-bit with same version of UE 24.20 32-bit something better works.

Ovg · Feb 18, 2018#42018-02-18T05:32+00:00

I've the same issue as eduardo.canadas, even with clean INI files. UE 24.20.0.62 x64 / Windows 7 SP1

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Open document:1 Document IDX:0 Edit1
Open document:2 Document IDX:1 Edit2
Open document:3 Document IDX:2 Edit3
Open document:4 Document IDX:3 Edit4
Open document:5 Document IDX:4 Edit5
Open document:6 Document IDX:5 Edit6
Open document:7 Document IDX:6 Edit7
Open document:8 Document IDX:7 Edit8
Open document:9 Document IDX:8 Edit9
Open document:10 Document IDX:9 Edit10
Open document:11 Document IDX:10 Edit11
Open document:12 Document IDX:11 Edit12
Open document:13 Document IDX:12 Edit13
Open document:14 Document IDX:13 Edit14
Open document:15 Document IDX:13 Edit14
Open document:16 Document IDX:12 Edit13
Open document:17 Document IDX:13 Edit14
Open document:18 Document IDX:11 Edit12
Open document:19 Document IDX:12 Edit13
Open document:20 Document IDX:13 Edit14

With clean INI files:

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Open document:1 Document IDX:0 Edit1
Open document:2 Document IDX:1 Edit2
Open document:3 Document IDX:2 Edit3
Open document:4 Document IDX:3 Edit4
Open document:5 Document IDX:4 Edit5
Open document:6 Document IDX:5 Edit6
Open document:7 Document IDX:6 Edit7
Open document:8 Document IDX:7 Edit8
Open document:9 Document IDX:8 Edit9
Open document:10 Document IDX:9 Edit10
Open document:11 Document IDX:10 Edit11
Open document:12 Document IDX:11 Edit12
Open document:13 Document IDX:12 Edit13
Open document:14 Document IDX:13 Edit14
Open document:15 Document IDX:14 Edit15
Open document:16 Document IDX:15 Edit16
Open document:17 Document IDX:16 Edit17
Open document:18 Document IDX:16 Edit17
Open document:19 Document IDX:15 Edit16
Open document:20 Document IDX:16 Edit17

I've found that UltraEdit.activeDocumentIdx is affected by Configuration->Application Layout->Miscellaneous->Sort tabs on file open.
When this setting is checked, the same index may be assigned to different documents when a name of the file is being processed starts with a letter "greater" than "E" (F and so on) or whole file name is "greater" than editxx (xx - numbers).

Simple sample script :-)

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UltraEdit.outputWindow.showWindow(true);
src = UltraEdit.activeDocumentIdx;
UltraEdit.outputWindow.write(src.toString(10));
UltraEdit.newFile();
dst = UltraEdit.activeDocumentIdx;
UltraEdit.outputWindow.write(dst.toString(10));

Add this script to script list, close any documents, open this script in UE as test file and run script. Then both indices would be 0.

Mofi · Feb 18, 2018#52018-02-18T13:55+00:00

I can reproduce this issue with UltraEdit v24.00.0.42 to v24.20.0.62 with opening 20 new files instead of just 12 independent on Sort File Tabs state.

This issue does not exist with UE v22.20.0.49 or any former version. So it is obviously a bug introducing on recoding UltraEdit for ribbon interface.

Please report this bug by email to IDM support as I have done too.

It is possible as workaround to use the function GetFileIndex, but without the optimization of using UltraEdit.activeDocumentIdx and optimized to get document index number of active file.

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function GetFileIndex ()
{
   // Compare the name of active file with the file names of all already
   // opened files. Return the document index of active file on being found.
   for (var nDocIndex = 0; nDocIndex < UltraEdit.document.length; nDocIndex++)
   {
      if (UltraEdit.document[nDocIndex].path == UltraEdit.activeDocument.path)
      {
         return nDocIndex;
      }
   }
}

var idxDocument=0;
for (var i=0; i<20; i++)
{
   UltraEdit.newFile();
   idxDocument=GetFileIndex();
   UltraEdit.outputWindow.write("Open document:"+UltraEdit.document.length+" Document IDX:"+idxDocument+" "+UltraEdit.document[idxDocument].path);
}

Ovg · Feb 18, 2018#62018-02-18T14:11+00:00

2Mofi

Thank you for workaround!

I'll write to IDM about these two issues tomorrow, that's for sure!

eduardo.canadas · Feb 18, 2018#72018-02-18T14:24+00:00

Thanks

Ovg · Feb 19, 2018#82018-02-19T16:51+00:00

I've got an answer from the IDM support to both issues:

IDM support wrote:Thank you for your message and the attached script. I can reproduce the issue you've described and will ask our developers to investigate and correct this.

Mofi · Mar 16, 2018#92018-03-16T06:29+00:00

The bug with UltraEdit.activeDocumentIdx returning wrong document index number is fixed with UE v25.00 and UES v18.00.

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