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[bug catcher challange] Find bugs in my program
Author:  Tony [ Wed May 21, 2003 3:54 pm ]
Post subject:  [bug catcher challange] Find bugs in my program
I attached my compiled - semi finished ISP program in the zip. It has lots of bugs as I wasn't really fool proffing it while coding as I was behind the skedual.

So here's the deal. You find bugs, I award you with bits... the more comple the bug (and the more of them you find), the more bits you get.

Top bug finders will also recieve a bug catcher award that will be added to their items.

Things that can be considered bugs:
Program crashes - explain what you did to cause it to crash and if you can recreate the bug

Program outputs inaccurate information - where?

You run into a dead end - a window opens up, but you cant get back to the start one.

Anything else that is wrong with program...


In case anyone is wondering, this program is used to interact with "house database" where all students are assigned to a group called "house" and are given points for school events.

An example of the known bug:
If I add enough events and then go to edit student screen, its possible that some will get cut off.

Program removed... Contest Over... Thx for your help guys

Results:
Catalyst +35Bits
Darkness +15Bits
Octopi +10Bits

Catalyst Also scores a nice trophy that is now added to his item's list. Award has no bit value if you try to sell it... so dont do it Wink

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Author:  Martin [ Wed May 21, 2003 4:00 pm ]
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Found one! A crash too. Click Find Student, clear the text field and click select.
Author:  Catalyst [ Wed May 21, 2003 4:01 pm ]
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found two

it crashes when you enter a event that has the same name as a previus event

it crashes if u enter a number of events (try 3) then hit update totals
Author:  Martin [ Wed May 21, 2003 4:01 pm ]
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Same with 'Manage events' Clear the text field and click one of the >> or << buttons. Pop goes the program. I guess it's like that for all of the text fields.
Author:  Martin [ Wed May 21, 2003 4:03 pm ]
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Harry Potter, eh?
Author:  Catalyst [ Wed May 21, 2003 4:03 pm ]
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find and select a student when there r no events it crashes
Author:  Catalyst [ Wed May 21, 2003 4:04 pm ]
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the textfield in manage houses works
Author:  Catalyst [ Wed May 21, 2003 4:06 pm ]
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cant get out of the edit student window
Author:  Martin [ Wed May 21, 2003 4:06 pm ]
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Only one of the buttons works. Blank the tf and it still crashes if you click >>
Author:  Catalyst [ Wed May 21, 2003 4:07 pm ]
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it crashes if u hit select and dont have ne one selected
Author:  Martin [ Wed May 21, 2003 4:07 pm ]
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Err...you don't even need to blank the tf for it to crash.
Author:  Catalyst [ Wed May 21, 2003 4:09 pm ]
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all of the little arrow will crash the prog if there nothing there or selected
Author:  Catalyst [ Wed May 21, 2003 4:12 pm ]
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in the edit student box restore values doesnt seem to do ne thing
Author:  Catalyst [ Wed May 21, 2003 4:14 pm ]
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not a bug but a tip: use capital letters at the beginning of words
Author:  Catalyst [ Wed May 21, 2003 4:15 pm ]
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if the event name goes too long it crashes
Author:  Martin [ Wed May 21, 2003 5:41 pm ]
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Looks like it's me vs. Catalyst for this one...
Author:  octopi [ Wed May 21, 2003 5:47 pm ]
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On the main menu, when you click Update Totals with nothing entered, it says
"please wait..."
then
"No events yet, you need to add an event"
then
"totals were updated"



now, were the totals really updated?...I doubt it since there aren't any totals to be updated as said by message 2 above.
Author:  octopi [ Wed May 21, 2003 5:51 pm ]
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If you goto find students, and select grade, and type in 1 and click find, it gives you a runtime error.
Author:  Martin [ Thu May 22, 2003 3:55 pm ]
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Hmm...fix any of these yet? Update it and we'll dig deeper.
Author:  Tony [ Thu May 22, 2003 6:18 pm ]
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thx guys, you're all a great help Very Happy

this "contest" was short lived, but thats cuz you guys are soo quick Wink I'll post the results and give out the trophy later today (ether Catalyst or Darkness) I think I got most of bugs out thx to your guys...

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