Yety Another Trouble Running a Project

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I just realize that the current project does not works the second time I click in Process: the generated html file is not saved.

More info:
When I realized what happened, I quit Xojo and r-un it again, then, I copy/paste the html data from the DesktopTextArea onto TextEdit and save from there.

Until some minutes ago, I quit the application (not the IDE) and run it again.

Then, I added a New window MenuItem in the FileMenu (not relevant previously) as a test to narrow what happened.

That’s it, but now I do not know from where to search what happened or … I do not know in what Method, Function to search.

The last idea I had was to reset the properties before starting to process the data (add code to do that at the start of the Process code).

Your opinion ?

In the mean time, I will add a Break just before the file creation and see what happens.

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I think I found where the error lies (in the saved FolderItem name: concatenation where none is expected…).

Sometimes asking a question leads to undertand the problem.

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It is called Rubber Duck debugging. Explaining to someone else the problem often allows you to see the issue for yourself. Even if that person is a rubber duck.

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Part of the first idea (Reset the Properties) was the solution.

In constructing the Save FolderItem, I used a Property and add a file nameat each run…

So, I add a local variable and use that to store the file name and the suffix (including the file extension:" (i).html”.

This avoid the concanetation that was the troubleshooting:
my_date (1).html
then
my_date (1).html/my_date (1).html

and so on…

Ian: provided the giving explanation is correct and not leading to errors; this is not easy.