"Runtime Error!" During Version Control Check-in

[Nick SixD]

Recently I completed a reverse engineer of my program. I am not sure on how to find out how large the created files are, but it did take almost a full day to complete (without building the diagrams). I went to check the files into our source control (we are using TFS). After following the video tutorials on the demonstrations page I was able to get it set up and checked in a small project that I had originally created as a test file. It took a few minutes but was checked in and worked just as I would expect. I then proceeded to check in the whole reverse engineer project. I started to add the project to version control at 8:30 am this morning. It has seemed to be working fine until 3:22 pm. An error appeared on my screen that stated the following:

Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library

(X) Runtime Error!  Program: C:\Program Files\Sparx Systems\EA\EA.exe  This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.  Please contact the application's support team for more information.

The progress bar was around 75-80% complete when this error message was thrown. I am wondering what would happen that would cause this error, and how to fix or avoid it in the future (as it is a long process to not have work correctly). If anyone would be able to assist me with this issue it would be much appreciated, but if there is no real help through this I will have to create a priority support ticket. Thank you in advance, I will check back in the morning.

[«Midnight»]

I suggest you send a message, including all your version and build numbers - not just EA, but your OS, server OS (if applicable), and VC application - to Sparx support. You'll find their email address at the top of the Support page (there are links near the top and bottom of all forum pages).

You don't say which time zone you're in, but hopefully you are still around to do this today. As I write this Sparx should be starting their work day.

PS: You can click the Notification button at the bottom of any post to receive an email when someone adds to the thread.

[Nick SixD]

I have sent in the "Registered Support Request" as you suggested. If it is a general error fix I can post the solution in case someone else needs help with this same issue.

[«Midnight»]

Thanks Nick. Firing this in directly is probably the fastest way for you to solve the immediate problem, which is what you need right now.

Please keep us in the loop when you know the correct procedure.

[Nick SixD]

EA support has responded. It appears the error is generated because the XMI file it is generating is so large. They suggested I add the branch to version control and not the project in its entirety. I must have looked over the "Add Branch" feature as I do not remember it being mentioned in the tutorial I watched. The branching feature makes much more sense though as parts of the project can be checked out, so more people can work simultaneously as well as having smaller file sizes on check in/out. I have just started the add branch process, and I will be back to update if problems still persist.

[Nick SixD]

With all of my current projects going on I was only just able to come back to work with EA. In order to make sure everything worked right, we cleared the items in TFS and on our EA database. I reverse engineered our code last night, and a few hours ago I went to add branch to version control. I get the same exact error message I received the first time (Runtime Error). I am not sure if it was the same cause this time (files being too large) or a fluke. I want to give it another shot at trying to add the items into TFS, but I didn't want to have to take the time to redo TFS, the EA database, and re-reverse engineer the code (this would take a day itself to do all this). Is there a way to get all of the packages out of TFS without having to un-check the box "Control Package" one by one?

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I was searching through the forums and found this thread:

http://www.sparxsystems.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?num=1213729975

It sounds like this is the solution to my problem, but I am unsure on how the automation process works. I may be missing something on what was said, but it seems like a very vague description on how to do it for someone who is unfamiliar with the program.