Re: gnuplot.exe hangs instead of exiting on Windows 7

[Tatsuro M. <tma...@ya...>]

Hello

--- Bastian M将」rkisch wrote:

> 
> 2011-03-20  Bastian Maerkisch  <bma...@we...>
> 
> 	* src/win/wgnuplib.c|h, src/win/wgraph.c, src/win/winmain.c, 
> 	src/win/wmenu.c, src/win/wpause.c, src/win/wtext.c: FAR pointers are
> 	no longer required.
> 
> 	* src/win/winmain.c (WinExit): Explicitly close help window on exit.
> 	Fixes hangs of gnuplot when it is closed via the Windows taskbar 
> 	and help window	and graph window open.
> 
> The later might be the reason for hangs or crashes on exit - but not after
> issuing a command. I also don't see why the changes should influence 
> opening files. Going over the diff and the source again, I see no obvious 
> suspect. 
> 
> Removing FAR should be innocent - it should be define'd empty anyway.
> (And so is "far" in syscfg.h btw).

Indeed.
If I comment out like below,

#ifdef WITH_HTML_HELP
//        HtmlHelp(NULL, NULL, HH_CLOSE_ALL, (DWORD_PTR)NULL);
#else

the exit error did not occur on windows 7.

Maybe for windows 7, newer version HTML HELP workshop is required.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd940316(v=vs.85).aspx

Regards

Tatsuro