PL/SQL Developer 7.1 crashes whenever I try to access HTML documentation

[Aviga]

Hello,

Since I installed PL/SQL Developer 7.1, I have not been able to use the HTML help system (F1). The application crashes whenever I double-click on the result of a search to display the corresponding HTML page.

- HTML help is stored on a network drive on which I have a read/write access (but which should become read only for other users, I hope this wouldn't be an issue); I reconfigured Help to use a local directory on my PC but this didn't work either (application crashes)

- I tried to delete all the files inside "/Books" directory, then reconfigured Help, with no success

- I also deleted all registry entries in "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Allround Automations\PL/SQL Developer\Books" except the default key, then reconfigured Help; this didn't work either

Thanks for your help.

 

[Marco Kalter]

It still works fine for me, and I have the HTML manuals on the network as well.

Maybe you can go to Tools > Preferences > User Interface / Options and change the "Use internal HTML viewer" option. Restart PL/SQL Developer and check if this helped.

 

[Theod]

I've the same problem and just found that wlist-plugin v.2.6 from www.softema.com is the (one) cause.
Deactivate it.

 

[Gustavo]

@Theod - Disabling wList does avoid the crash. Thx for the alternate solution.

@Marco - I enabled the Internal HTML Viewer and it avoided the crash, but it reset the default editor font (Preferences -> User Interface -> Fonts -> Editor) and I had to configure it (the font) again.