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FM20 Data Editor Freezes

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brian48

12 years ago

1 month ago

Premium

11 May 2020 14:09:17

I've bought and downloaded FM20 today and when I do a search in the Data Editor on the name of a person then after I've input 5/6 characters of the person's name the editor locks up, I cannot input any more characters, I cannot delete what I've put and I cannot close the editor. In fact my whole laptop is frozen. Never ever had a problem with using data editor over previous years. I've done the obvious like delete the cache and re-download the Editor program but no luck. Any ideas please.

mons

18 years ago

3 hours ago

92,956

11 May 2020 14:24:35

By brian48 | On 11 May 2020 - 14:09 PM UTC

I've bought and downloaded FM20 today and when I do a search in the Data Editor on the name of a person then after I've input 5/6 characters of the person's name the editor locks up, I cannot input any more characters, I cannot delete what I've put and I cannot close the editor. In fact my whole laptop is frozen. Never ever had a problem with using data editor over previous years. I've done the obvious like delete the cache and re-download the Editor program but no luck. Any ideas please.

The search field in the editor this year is real-time, i.e. like FM itself, it gives you a drop-down list of options based on the text you've input. This means it checks the whole database when you type not just when you press search. This means that if your system isn't strong enough to handle it, it'll be very slow to react.

brian48

12 years ago

1 month ago

Premium

11 May 2020 16:01:26

By mons | On 11 May 2020 - 14:24 PM UTC

The search field in the editor this year is real-time, i.e. like FM itself, it gives you a drop-down list of options based on the text you've input. This means it checks the whole database when you type not just when you press search. This means that if your system isn't strong enough to handle it, it'll be very slow to react.

thanks for that I'll give it a try tomorrow