Compiling not working anymore

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Good day
This morning I booted up my laptop, loaded Xojo to recompile ma apps in Windows and Linux, On pressing the BUILD command it only showed me the folder dialog instead of compiling. Something I am missing here ???

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Are you still logged in and your license loaded?

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The SelectFolder dialog appears if the folder where the app would normally be built is locked or otherwise not writable.

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In case it is relevant, I’ve heard from some Mac users recently about folders ‘turning themselves into documents’ for no apparent reason.
If that happens to you, you dont have a suitable folder any more…

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And it does not apper to be locked

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yes for both

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How do I say to Xojo the new folder from Xojo ?

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Yes I am still logged in and license loaded as well

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Open a terminal and type

ls -al

And then drop the folder containing your project onto the terminal window and press return. I’d like to see the command and the result.

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What do you mean by drop the folder ?

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Daniel your laptop is running Windows?

I see a comment about Mac and I don’t know if people think that you are using macOS.

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Ah yes. I assumed you were on macOS. Sorry about that.

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On macOS you can drop a file/folder into a Terminal window and the file/folder’s path gets added to whatever the command is.

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You can also right-click on any folder or file, hold down the Option key, and you will have the option to copy the entire path.

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A few questions off the top of my head:

  1. What version of xojo are you using?
  2. When you boot up, do you cold boot from a full shutdown or from a hibernate/sleep?
  3. Try Edit>Options>Building>Clear Caches then rebuild, any difference?
  4. Is your project stored on a networked device/shared drive?
  5. Are you able to run the project?
  6. If you go into Help>License Keys… is your license installed and valid for that version?
  7. Has your timezone or clock changed since yesterday?
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No Alberto my laptop is running Linux Mint 20,04. I wanted to compile in Windows and Mac as I have friends running those platform and wished to develop my goodies and deploy to them… My license is installed on my Linux.

Cheers

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Don’t be sorry because that gave me an idea…An idea that turned to a good one.
In fact I deleted the folder as you indicated and recompile to experiment what will happen and the result has been a full recompile as folders were recreated with new executable and library files for both Windows and Linux. So I was all wrong to disturb you all. What I was expecting was a window showing a progress bar with the compilation being performed and NOT ONLY a folder with no indication of any kind. For your hint I thank you to wake me up on that

So therefore to those others who replied to my messages and were willing to give a hand…I express you my apologies and express to you my gratitude for wanting to help me.

Halleluiah

Daniel

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