Substitution Variable pop-up window not available

[Ginny]

Hi,

I've recently developed a problem with my PL/SQL Developer installation (I'm on version 10). When I now try to run queries that use substitution variables, I'm no longer able to see the substitution variable pop up window. I tried upgrading from 10.0.4 to 10.0.5 and also doing an uninstall / reinstall and the problem is still occurring. It seems like the program thinks the pop-up window is open because when I can't actually access the program window / query window any longer once I execute the code, and when I force the task to end through task manager, I get a message saying the program is waiting for input from me. I've tried alt + tab to see if I can get the window to pop forward with no luck. Has anyone seen this behavior before and been able to solve it?

Thanks,
Ginny Donvoan

 

[Marco Kalter]

Can you start regedit.exe and go to the following section?

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Allround Automations\PL/SQL Developer\Position

Delete the SubstVarForm subsection, restart PL/SQL Developer, and try again.

 

[ScottMattes]

I woke up this morning, not thinking of this and what popped into my mind was that using the %time% variable gives an invalid file name.

click start
type cmd
press enter
type echo %time%
press enter
type echo asdf > test_6:38:25.txt
press enter

Windows replies that it is an invalid filename.

Actually, here is what I just got:

C:\Windows\System32>echo %time%
6:23:50.02

C:\Windows\System32>echo asdf > test_6:23:50.txt
The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

 

[ScottMattes]

Sorry, right response to the wrong post.