#330 Searching in multiple folders shows strage behavior for second instance

[Anonymous]

Originally created by: hm.gglm... (code.google.com)@gmail.com

What steps will reproduce the problem?

1. In Windows Explorer, mark 3 folders (say 3 folders in the C:\root), then rightclick, and start a search with "grepWin..."
2. The grepWin window opens ok, and the field "Search in" correctly displays "Folder_1; Folder_2; Folder_3"
3. Now leave this grepwin window open, go back to Windoiws Explorer, again chose 3 (can be different) folders, rightlick, select "GrepWin..."
4. Now the (second) instance of grepWin opens, but this time (reproducably) grepWin opesn 3 Windows, one each for just searching Folder_1, Folder_2, or Folder_3.

Only closing ALL open windows / instances of grepWin before starting  new search returns to the "normal" bahavior.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

-The second instance of grepWin should also just open 1 Window searchng all 3 selcted folders, i.e. should behave like the first instance.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

grepWin 1.6.0.466, on Windows 7 64bit.

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: tortoisesvn

strange, this works as expected for me.

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: hm.gglm... (code.google.com)@gmail.com

Weird. I am now on 1.6.1.519. Still the same issue, completely reproducably: I mark (in Windows Explorer) 5 folders (they contain source code I have to search for certain strings), right-click, select grepWin: grepWin performs as expected, i.e. opens one Window displaying the search results of all 5 folders.

Then I leave that grepWin window open, go back to Windows Explorer, again mark the (uually same) 5 folders and right-click:  grepWin opens 5(!) new (additional) windows, each displaying the result for one folder only (as visible in the "Search in" field). Completely reproducable.

Only closing ALL grepWin Windows before starting a new grepwin search resolves the situation, and the next grepWin call would open in one consolidated window again.

Hope I made it clear. Please let me know if I can give you more detail to help debug.

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: tortoisesvn

you have to check the option "only one instance".
If you don't, then multiple paths are only done in one window if no other window is shown on startup.