"Unable to open stack" from Finder

Devin Asay devin_asay at byu.edu
Sat Aug 29 19:51:41 EDT 2009


On Aug 29, 2009, at 4:38 PM, Russell Martin wrote:

> Hey, in Rev Studio 3.5, if I try and double click on a stack when  
> Rev is already open I get a dialog that states, "Unable to open  
> stack: stack is corrupted, check for ~ backup file."
>
> The funny thing is, these stacks are not corrupted. If I open them  
> by using File, Open they open just fine. Also, if Rev is not already  
> running and I double click them from the Finder, they open just fine  
> too.
>
> Has anyone else seen this behavior? Any ideas about how to correct it?
>
> Side note: I just tested this with Rev 3.0 and Rev 2.9 (using right- 
> click, Open With) from the Finder, and the same behavior. Never used  
> to have this problem.

This is reminiscent of the error message you get when you try to open  
a post-v. 2.7 stack with an earlier version of Rev. Is that a  
possibility? For example, double-clicking a stack to open it might  
very well launch an old version of Rev.

devin

Devin Asay
Humanities Technology and Research Support Center
Brigham Young University




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