Shawn,

> > So, does it work within DQSD, or is it just to feed the
> > Google textbox, when I'm actually using Google on the web?
> 
> It works in DQSD as long as you have "multiline=false;" and
> "autocomplete=true;"
> 
> It *will* 'auto-complete' file paths you've already entered (which
> exist in the history) - but will not dynamically build file paths from
> paths on the system.

That's very cool. I didn't know about the autocomplete pref flag.
Thanks!

> > As for the gowidth fix, I'm just concerned that it will
> > hide the symptoms and post-pone the problem, but I don't
> > really have anything to back that up...
> 
> However, it is my opinion that code should always be written to
> reduce, or at least minimize, the 'god-awful-error' effect.

Good point... 

> If we don't use this particular error trap - and gowidth is a 
> required field at that particular state - we should test for it's 
> existence and pop a more user-friendly error that describes the
problem 
> (perhaps with an option to open a url to a known bugs/support page),
as 
> opposed to simply letting the user try to decipher an error like 
> 'line <random>: gowidth undefined', where the line number changes 
> 100% according to the number of searches they have enabled/installed.

Yeah, that'd be nice.
I don't think we should fire off a browser to a support page at DQSD
startup, considering dial-up users, though.
The thing is, the fact that gowidth is undefined doesn't really mean
anything in itself, it's just a symptom of:

- IE is not the default browser
- Bad preferences
- IE history needs to be cleaned
- Something else

and it's pretty hard to guess and diagnose.
But I guess popping a general error with some overall description is
better than setting gowidth to a default value, since, presumably, not
much will work anyhow.

Cheers,
Kim



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