Error "Can't open stack file"

[dunbarx]

Working in a substack in v.8.1.7, I intermittently get at the above error when saving. Must dismiss with "OK".

Nothing seems to change, and the stack is indeed saved. Went back to v8.1.6 and this does not occur.

Anyone see this?

Craig Newman

[bogs]

I've seen that error, but only when opening files made in later versions of Lc with earlier versions, for instance trying to open a 7.x or 8.x file from 6.x. Opening it with consecutively higher versions tells me approximately which version made it (usually).

Weird that you would see it opening 8.1.6 from 8.1.7, but I haven't even tried 8.1.7 yet.

[dunbarx]

Bogs.

maybe we will both go back to 5.1.

Craig

[dunbarx]

Well , I now see the dialog in v8.1.6 as well.

Of course, the stack is already open, or I would not try to save it. Anyway, it saves just fine except for the extra mouseClick and the fact that the dialog is modal.


Craig

[FourthWorld]

Can you run your own save command to diagnose this? e.g.:

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on mouseUp
   save stack "Some Stack"
   if the result is not empty then
      put the result &"("& sysError() &")"
   end if
end mouseUp

The key here is the call to sysError, which will deliver the OS error code for what went wrong.

And if you don't get an error at all at least you'll have narrowed it down to a bug in the IDE rather than the engine, and you'll have an isolated test case ready to submit with a bug report.

[dunbarx]

Richard.

Thanks for sticking with this.

I get

"can't open stack file(2)"

So "sysError()" is "2"?

Craig

Edit.

I made a new button on the card, and ran the handler from it. The stack saved, because on re-opening, the button was still there with its script. It always saves. Anyway,the stack eventually closed, and now upon re-opening, over and over, the error still appears in msg, but the dialog no longer does.

???

EDIT again. Sometimes the dialog appears, and sometimes it don't. Works fine overall, though.

[FourthWorld]

On OS X error 2 is "no such file or directory". But since you know there's a folder there, it might be an early warning sign of disk trouble.

Run Disk Utility to check for bad nodes, possibly consider running permissions repair (but definitely check the disk first).

Is your HD formatted with APFS or HFS+?

[dunbarx]

Richard.

Running as I write. This never occurred to me, since other stacks I am fooling around with exhibit no such nonsense. But I will report back soon...

Thank you.

Craig

[dunbarx]

Hi.

There were about a million permissions that needed repair, but nothing on the disk itself. There are five stacks attached to the splash stack, a mainstack and four subs. Each of those five exhibits the oddity. The problem persists, and no other stack shows the issue.

The mainstack is on the desktop. Does that matter in v8?

This only popped up when I started working in v.8.

Should I be concerned?

Craig

[bogs]

Bogs.
...maybe we will both go back to 5.1.
Craig

I so wish I had the ability to get it I would love to see (and play in) the rev takes on the IDE after 2.x up to 6.x.

I have the next best thing, though, since I regularly play in Mc 2.2 to 4 now (pre-datagrid intro), and Lc 6.0.1 (thank you again to Heather!)

I sure hope you and Richard can figure this out, though. I know it must be irritating.

[jacque]

@Craig: are these true substacks embedded in the main stackfile or are they separate mainstacks opened by a launcher? I only ask because sometimes the distinctions get lost, and you've mentioned purging a stack from memory. True substacks can't be purged, they can only be closed. They remain in RAM until the mainstack is removed because the whole stackfile is in RAM.

At any rate I wonder if you have duplicate stacks with the same names. Either there are two substacks, or there's one substack and you also open another independent stack with the same name. Duplicate stack names can wreak all kinds of havoc.

I'm not sure that would explain the system error though.

[dunbarx]

Jacque.

Late reply. Sorry.

True substacks of a single mainstack. No duplicate stacks.

Slowly working through the v.8 peccadillos. At least I am getting used to the new format, dictionary, etc.

Craig

[bogs]

Stock dictionary, or other? Just curious myself.

[dunbarx]

Bogs.

Stock.

Craig

[bogs]

Thank you. I know you have a lot of plug ins, and I don't want to push you towards others. I hope the stock dictionary is adequately fast for you, but if it winds up not being, test this page Brian is hosting. It is the actual dictionary, kinda, just currently faster, less bulky, and a tad more resizeable (at least as much as your web browser is).