This is a known problem -- trying to open very large Perl files does
cause Visual Studio to crash.  The application was designed with the
idea that most files would never exceed 8,000 lines in length, but
we made sure we could work with files like CGI.pm, SOAP/Lite.pm, and
parsers generated by modules like Parse::RecDescent.

- Eric

John Heisey wrote:
>  After a little more experimentation I can reproduce the problem with my 
>  own generated solution and perlproj file.
>  Apparently the perl parser doesn't like something in my perl file.
>   
>  Could it be that it happen to be over 17000 lines of code. Is there some 
>  way for me to have trace output from the perl parser?
>   
>  I have another one that's over 19000 lines that gives me the same result.
>   
>  JR
>  
>      -----Original Message-----
>      *From:* John Heisey
>      *Sent:* Friday, January 27, 2006 5:14 PM
>      *To:* 'Visual Perl (visualperl-discuss@listserv.ActiveState.com)'
>      *Subject:* Opening perl file while a C++ solution is open
>  
>       
>      If I open a .pl file while in one of my C++ based solutions /
>      projects it just causes Visual Studio .NET to close or crash with no
>      error message.
>       
>      I changed the VS Tools / Options / Projects / VisualPerl / PDK
>      Install Location to C:\Program Files\ActiveState Perl Dev Kit 6.0
>      Productivity\bin where it installed by default rather than into
>      c:\perl\bin. I was able to open the Response Tracker sample and step
>      through the code.
>       
>      Could the PDK folder still be an issue or is this a known bug?
>       
>      Thanks,
>      J.R. Heisey
>       
>  
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