How to Insert a Header

[streborc]

I just recently transitioned to Studio V2.1.0.4 from V2.0.3.3.  I've used V2.1.0.4 for updating and editing some existing *.bas files.  Today, I wanted to start a new program from scratch, clicking on New\Source.  A blank editing screen appears.  (When I click New on V2.0.3.3, an editing screen appears with the header present.)  I navigated into Tools\Options\Headers, and from there have tried every permutation of settings I can think of, but nothing results in the insertion of a header.  Neither "Add Header Automatically" nor "Use Custom Header" does anything.  What is the blank box on the right beneath "Add Header Automatically" intended for?  I can type in it, but it produces nothing.  I can create a *.bas file, call it "My_Header", open it as a starting point and then store it as a renamed file, but why is this work-around necessary, when the Tools\Options\Header is supposed to do this?  I'm running under Win7 Pro if this has any impact.  I must be overlooking something obvious, but certainly not obvious to me.

[top204]

I'm running version 2.1.0.4, and I cannot get the Header to work either.

I always create my own header text, so I have never tried it before, but even when set with a text such as "Hello World, this is my code", a new file remains empty.

I've also noticed that there is no way back from some of the header tick boxes, so if one is chosen, and you change your mind, it does not seem possible to go back to the original format for them.

Regards
Les

[streborc]

Les -

Thanks for the sanity check on this.  I've also noticed that when I click on the "Fuses" from the opening blank page, a Windows error box pops up, and completely locks up the Studio app.  I can close it only through Task Manager's End Task.

[Frizie]

For Windows 7, I always use the Mecanique IDE which is included with Positron.
It is simple, but stable 

[Stephen Moss]

What is the blank box on the right beneath "Add Header Automatically" intended for?

I may be wrong but believe it should provide a preview of the header showing what it would look like according to which of the option from the Left had box have been selected, just as it does for the "Procedures and Routine Headers" at the bottom of the headers tab.

However, it seem that instead of doing that, the data which should be presented in the right text box is instead being presented in the left hand box, resulting not only in a reduction in the initial number of option check boxes but also preventing any checkbox from being highlighted as selected, which could be why no header is being added, as it does not think you have selected any option to display.
Consequently, it may also be messing with the data in the .ini as I would expect to find a list of the options with True/False settings storing which options have been selected but I could not see under the Header section which where I would it to be.

[streborc]

Yes, that is what I expected also -- the items in the left side box could be clicked on, and the selected items would display in the right side box, where edits could be done.  But none of this works.  Instead, clicking on an item in the left box deletes the other 3 items and nothing gets displayed in the right side box.

Another anomaly is when starting anew, if I select create a *.bas, all that happens is a blank page.  If I click on project, I'm guided through a sequence of selecting a PIC device, its clock speed and the fuses.  This setup seems necessary for either a project file or a *.bas file, and should be included for both selections.

I've returned to the Positron Studio V2.0.3.3.  While I still have Microcode Studio available from my PIC Basic days, I like the fuse add-in that's available in PS V2.0.3.3.

[Stephen Moss]

There is a line in the .ini file that reads CheckedRoutines=X for Routine Headers

Where X equals the sum of the selected options which I believe have the following values...
Title = 1
Input = 2
Output = 4
Notes = 8

thus selecting all four options would equal 15, selecting Title & Output would equal 5.
I would therefore expect there to be a similar enter in the Headers section of the File headers but it does not appear to exist, I tried entering it manually but without success, but I may have put it in the wrong place or given it the wrong name for the IDE to act upon it.

The .ini file is located in C:\ProgramData\Positron Studio, I do not have V2.0.3.3 so if the add header function is indeed working in that version it would be interesting to compare the .ini file for that version to that of other (later) versions and see what (if any) differences there are as it may be possible to manually patch the .ini file of later versions to make the Add Header function work until a proper fix is implemented.
Note: C:\ProgramData is a Hidden folder, you would have to enable "Show Hidden Folders" to be able to access it