Ugly stack filename problem after Save as!
Klaus major-k
klaus at major-k.de
Wed Feb 19 13:31:14 EST 2014
Hi Richmond,
Am 19.02.2014 um 19:23 schrieb Richmond <richmondmathewson at gmail.com>:
> On 19/02/14 20:07, Klaus major-k wrote:
>> Hi friends,
>>
>> I am experiencing a very strange problem after I save a stack AS.
>> Looks like LC remembers the original filename and insist on using it,
>> EVEN after I quit and restart LC!?
>>
>> Today I made a little test and there is something rotten in the state of denmark :-)
>>
>> 1. I created a new stack with one field and one button;
>> on mouseup
>> put the filename of this stack into fld 1
>> end mouseup
>>
>> 2. I saved the stack on my desktop
>>
>> 3. I click the button, all correct:
>> <http://major-k.de/temp/stack1_desktop.jpg>
>>
>> 4. I save the stack with the same name in another folder using menu "Save as..."
>>
>> 5. Then I click the button, the correct path appears in the field, but immediately I get
>> an error dialog "loop of death", have to hit COMMAND . to get out of this?
>> <http://major-k.de/temp/stack1_dialog_loop.jpg>
>>
>> 6. Then I save the stack CMD-S and it gets saved as in 2. = wrong filename!?
>> <http://major-k.de/temp/stack1_wrong_filename.jpg
>>
>> What is happening?
>> Where could LC possibly store any previous filename and how to get rid of this?
>> Checked all props and prop sets to no available.
> ...
sorry, I am using LC 6.5.2 of course.
> The 'normal, tedious, way round, until the RunRev chaps stop working a 40 hour week' [some of us: including Thee and Me, Klaus, put in a hell
> of a lot more than 40 hours] would seem to be this:
> do your "Save As";
> then: do a "Close and Remove from Memory",
> then open the Saved-as stack in its NEW location.
No, I won't! :-D
LC has been working in this respect correctly for the last couple of years, so this might be a new bug and should be fixed.
> Richmond.
Best
Klaus
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Klaus Major
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klaus at major-k.de
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