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Problam with ADE compile

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Jon

When I click on compile I get a message saying "cannot find a part of a path to xxxxx\xxx\xx\xml\LKBE_ADE_MS.xml" see attached.
Not sure what I'm doing wrong but its very recent. Can you help, normally I do not save anything to xml

Dave
 

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Jon,

I'm having the same issue that Dave is having. Same error msg on every compile. Also, ADE doesn't create the XML file even though I have it set to create one. The airport bgl is created correctly, however.

I'll send you a log soon.

Jay
 
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Jon,

I think I may have found my problem.
I have a Western Digital Drive that has a lock on it, every time I need to access this drive I have to unlock it. However when the drive is locked the drive letter changes and as the drive storing ADE uses a later letter then this may also change. I'm doing some further tests and will report back.

Dave
 
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Jon (and Dave),

I sent a log file and screenshots of the error.

I forgot that I had saved a copy of my 165 folder on a different drive (just being cautious!), so, on a whim I copied the folder back to it's original location (where the error msg is looking for the path) and voila, no more error msg, and it now saves the xml file in the proper location as well. I know that doesn't fix it, but it's a start!

Jay
 
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ADE paths are set in Settings> Options. In particular you can set specific folders for the project file (.ad4), XML source file and compiled Bgl file. You can even tell ADE that you don't want to save the XML file. The default settings for project are set in Settings > Options > Project. Check these to make sure they do point to real folders. Make sure also that you restart ADE after making these changes.

Also ADE lets you set specific folders on a project by project basis. Yes it may seem like too much choice, In the end it is hard to debug a specific users setup because of this flexibility.

This article covers the main aspects of setting compile options and folders: https://scruffyduck.screenstepslive...5?id=255596-how-do-i-set-compile-options-1-65
 
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Jon,

Just to follow up, I checked my settings under the tab: Settings > Options > Project and I have "Save Xml > With Project File" selected. It does point to a real folder. For some reason at compile it wants to save the XML to an old folder, that being the version 165 folder that no longer existed. It's not a big problem and I found a workaround, which is to put a 165 folder at the path it is looking for.

Happy New Year!

Jay
 
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