Where did all my work go!!!!

[Santa]

Gil, will it also remove the fixed attribute if someone labels an interval on a fixed timing track and the does "Breakdown Phrase"? Just didn't know if you knew there were two ways to get into Robert's bind. Thanks for all you do, sir.

[RobertB]

I think this is a bug. Maybe....
I have all my stuff in my 2014 Sequence directory from last year. That is where the program defaulted to. I didn't change my show directory, but tried to save the sequence to another folder. My 2015 folder. Tried saving it, and it showed "Saved". When I went and looked in the directory for the file (2015) it was not there. However, it showed up where my 2014 Show Directory was. I closed out the sequence and did save what I had worked on, in the 2014 directory.

This may have been where my downfall was.

[Gilrock]

Gil, will it also remove the fixed attribute if someone labels an interval on a fixed timing track and the does "Breakdown Phrase"? Just didn't know if you knew there were two ways to get into Robert's bind. Thanks for all you do, sir.

Good call...I hadn't thought about anyone manually typing in their phrases or importing from a different source so I added code to fix that situation also.

[Gilrock]

I think this is a bug. Maybe....
I have all my stuff in my 2014 Sequence directory from last year. That is where the program defaulted to. I didn't change my show directory, but tried to save the sequence to another folder. My 2015 folder. Tried saving it, and it showed "Saved". When I went and looked in the directory for the file (2015) it was not there. However, it showed up where my 2014 Show Directory was. I closed out the sequence and did save what I had worked on, in the 2014 directory.

This may have been where my downfall was.

And you were right also.  The SaveAs was only saving the FSEQ file in the new directory the XML was staying in the old directory.  Surprised nobody caught that before now.  Checked in a fix for this also. Thanks.

I see why it happened it one thing in wxWidgets that frustrated me.  The wxFilename object has a GetFullPath() routine but it doesn't have a SetFullPath() routine so I had used SetFullName() which didn't set the path.  So it takes one function to get the full path and two function calls to set the full path.  That just seems like poor programming but we're stuck with it since it provides us the multiple OS capability.

[gerry]

I think that most people are conditioned to work in the show directory. At least I am ,and to be honest would not dare stray. I use the 'save as ' to give it a new name . After the save and after I hVe completed work on a seq , even if for the moment, I move it out in its entirety , then move the next lot in and work on that etc.

I aint about to go fiddling with saving things in different places, when who knows what is still in my show directory.

Just saying..... KISS.

[Gilrock]

Flyinverted submitted an issue ticket to allow SaveAs to choose other directories.  It used to just ask for a name and put it in the show directory.  If you look at his ticket you'll see the reason he wanted it.  I don't remember off hand.

[flyinverted]

The reason for the request was workflow related. Secondarily because every other Windows application allows to save to a user chosen directory or at least display the directory contents within the save dialogue windows.

Gil, you did take care of my request under protest that users would find fault with it, you were right.  Just remember  "If there is no struggle there is no progress".

[Gilrock]

I don't think there was anything wrong with the request I just messed up the implementation.  I was just surprised nobody noticed till now.

[gerry]

I did not notice the change , though there was a mention in the release notes - sometimes I try and guess what the change was from the short description. It also was about the same time when the Save As was added to the drop down File menu , so I think I assumed that it was referring to that.

I know that someone on another forum wanted the ability to be able to do a Save As of the FSEQ directly to the relevant  PI/BBB FP folders (rather than two steps) - they must be the  more advanced users. 

I need to document this in the manual. I will try it out after the next release , but am guessing that with Save As , I can direct both the xml and fseq somewhere else , then if I click on Save it will save in my current Show directory - then I will wonder why something is not working