Spry Crashing DW CS3

Question

I am using DWCS3 and just started getting the following error
when opening files:
A script in file c:\[filepath]\Adobe Dreamweaver
CS3\configuration\shared\spry\designTime\EditingUtils.js has been
running for a long time. Do you want to continue?
Before this warning is posted, DW stops responding and acts
like it is about to crash. If I select 'Yes' the program stops
responding again until the notice reappears. If I select 'No' the
file I have opened does open but then other problems persist.
I need help ASAP. Thank you so much!
-Scott
Any help is greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

Several users have complained that Dreamweaver CS3 hangs when
opening specific files that contain a Spry TabbedPanels or
CollapsiblePanel widget, and that it eventually shows a dialog that
says:
A script in file c:\[filepath]\Adobe Dreamweaver
CS3\configuration\shared\spry\designTime\EditingUtils.js has been
running for a long time. Do you want to continue?
This problem happens if you manually modify the widget
constructor's options so that they make use of non constant
parameters.
This is an example of a widget constructor that works fine:
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
var TabbedPanels1 = new
Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels("TabbedPanels1", {defaultTab: 0});
-->
</script>
and here's an example of one that was manually modified to
make use of a JS variable:
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
var TabbedPanels1 = new
Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels("TabbedPanels1", {defaultTab:
(params.panel ? params.panel : 0)});
-->
</script>
Modifying the widget constructor's options to use server-side
markup will also cause the same problem:
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
var TabbedPanels1 = new
Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels("TabbedPanels1", {defaultTab:
<%=foo%>});
-->
</script>
Below are the instructions for manually applying the 2
one-liner patches necessary to fix the problem. Please note that
before applying any of these patches to the files mentioned, you
should make a backup of the files so you can restore them if
necessary.
Before you begin, make sure Dreamweaver is not running and
that you know where your Dreamweaver installed configuration folder
is located on your drive:
==================================
= Default location on WINDOWS:
==================================
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Dreamweaver CS3\Configuration
==================================
= Default location on MAC:
==================================
Applications/Adobe Dreamweaver CS3/Configuration
==================================
= Step 1:
==================================
Make a backup of the following files which you will be
editing:
<INSTALLED CONFIG
DIR>\Shared\Spry\Widgets\TabbedPanels\DesignTime\SpryTabbedPanelsDesignTime.js
<INSTALLED CONFIG
DIR>\Shared\Spry\Widgets\CollapsiblePanel\DesignTime\SpryCollapsiblePanelDesignTime.js
You can name the backup copies something like:
<INSTALLED CONFIG
DIR>\Shared\Spry\Widgets\TabbedPanels\DesignTime\SpryTabbedPanelsDesignTime.js.BACKUP
<INSTALLED CONFIG
DIR>\Shared\Spry\Widgets\CollapsiblePanel\DesignTime\SpryCollapsiblePanelDesignTime.js.BA CKUP
==================================
= Step 2:
==================================
Edit SpryTabbedPanelsDesignTime.js and make the following
changes:
1. Go to line 188, you should see something that looks like
this:
eval("opts = " + args[ 1 ]);
Change it so that it looks like this:
try { eval("opts = " + args[ 1 ]); } catch(e) { opts = null;
2. Save the file.
==================================
= Step 3:
==================================
Edit SpryCollapsiblePanelDesignTime.js and make the following
changes:
1. Go to line 188, you should see something that looks like
this:
eval("opts = " + args[ 1 ]);
Change it so that it looks like this:
try { eval("opts = " + args[ 1 ]); } catch(e) { opts = null;
2. Save the file.
==================================
= Step 4:
==================================
Launch Dreamweaver and make sure that you can now load your
file.
--== Kin ==--