group command failing when group exists

[JeffvdN]

I have lots of programs that stopped working this week after I installed the last patch v14 december 19 build. The group command is failing when the group already exists. If I delete the group before the command, it works.

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These commands should illustrate the bug on any workfile that contains some data

'start of program
group grp1 *

'if delete first, it works
delete(noerr) grp1
group grp1 *

'next command fails if don't delete it first
group grp1 *

Was this change intentional? Should I delete the group in the prior line everywhere? Or maybe you would consider adding an overwrite option to the group command?

[uyanikcaner]

I have lots of programs that stopped working this week after I installed the last patch v14 december 19 build. The group command is failing when the group already exists. If I delete the group before the command, it works.
Screenshot 2024-12-24 141412.png

These commands should illustrate the bug on any workfile that contains some data

'start of program
group grp1 *

'if delete first, it works
delete(noerr) grp1
group grp1 *

'next command fails if don't delete it first
group grp1 *

Was this change intentional? Should I delete the group in the prior line everywhere? Or maybe you would consider adding an overwrite option to the group command?

I have the same issue. I currently run a lot of programs containing subroutines which uses group function up to 10 times. Please reconsider altering this. I had to turn back to previous patch so that I can keep my programs running smoothly. And I don't think that I am gonna update Eviews unless you provide a solution to this.

[EViews Gareth]

Unintentional, and we'll fix asap.

Um, happy holidays.

[EViews Gareth]

Today’s patch should fix