Sigil 2.3.0 crashes when opening Fictionwise epubs - Page 5

DNSB · Yesterday, 11:58 PM

Not sure is this may be relevant but when I have Sigil in a window, the error popup pops up and the main Sigil window does not show up until I close the popup. In full screen, both show up as near as simultaneous as my eyes can see with a blank epub in the main window. Looking back a couple of messages, this seems to match up with what KevinH wrote.

mrprobert · Yesterday, 11:58 PM

WinDbg says the problem causing my crash is an invalid pointer in Qt6Core!QBitArray.

BeckyEbook · Today, 02:19 AM

I built Sigil with the last commit and I see that it is OK.

It also handles other files that were causing a crash when calling the epub file directly (or double-clicking), such as those with errors in the container.xml or encryption.xml file.
I specifically corrupted the files and Sigil handles the exceptions very nicely. If only it is able to fix the file it does so, and if not it informs that something is wrong. It handles even if the container.xml file is completely missing.
I have a feeling that one of these cases could be solved (when an ncx file is missing, but there are entries in the opf file that identify this missing file), but I guess it's a waste of time for such a rare case.

Summary: However, creating a new file before the message is the solution. A little strange, but it works.
Thank you!

@DiapDealer: And as for the differences in Qt (I was worried about that too), I have the June 28 version from your repository, so I guess there are no differences here.

Edit: Oops. I was still supposed to test without the maximized Sigil window, but I immediately downloaded a fresh version from github and didn't check that.
But I did a test on another “faulty” files on released version 2.3.0 and indeed - when the main window is not maximized this crash problem does not occur.

JSWolf · Today, 04:54 AM

If someone can build a Windows installer for the current version, I can try it on a Windows 10 system to see if maybe it has something to do with Windows 11. I have both 10 & 11 here.

Today, 02:19 AM	#63
BeckyEbook Guru Posts: 749 Karma: 2296998 Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Poland Device: Various	I built Sigil with the last commit and I see that it is OK. It also handles other files that were causing a crash when calling the epub file directly (or double-clicking), such as those with errors in the container.xml or encryption.xml file. I specifically corrupted the files and Sigil handles the exceptions very nicely. If only it is able to fix the file it does so, and if not it informs that something is wrong. It handles even if the container.xml file is completely missing. I have a feeling that one of these cases could be solved (when an ncx file is missing, but there are entries in the opf file that identify this missing file), but I guess it's a waste of time for such a rare case. Summary: However, creating a new file before the message is the solution. A little strange, but it works. Thank you! @DiapDealer: And as for the differences in Qt (I was worried about that too), I have the June 28 version from your repository, so I guess there are no differences here. Edit: Oops. I was still supposed to test without the maximized Sigil window, but I immediately downloaded a fresh version from github and didn't check that. But I did a test on another “faulty” files on released version 2.3.0 and indeed - when the main window is not maximized this crash problem does not occur. Last edited by BeckyEbook; Today at 02:45 AM.

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Yesterday, 11:58 PM	#61
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 38,995 Karma: 153098470 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Not sure is this may be relevant but when I have Sigil in a window, the error popup pops up and the main Sigil window does not show up until I close the popup. In full screen, both show up as near as simultaneous as my eyes can see with a blank epub in the main window. Looking back a couple of messages, this seems to match up with what KevinH wrote.

Today, 04:54 AM	#64
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 75,710 Karma: 134319572 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	If someone can build a Windows installer for the current version, I can try it on a Windows 10 system to see if maybe it has something to do with Windows 11. I have both 10 & 11 here.