tv_SaveProject Command broken?

[Svengali]

I'm trying to do a simple Project save operation in George (path and filename enclosed in double quotes). But it doesn't get written and I get an error -1 message. Either the tv_SaveProject command is broken or I'm using the wrong syntax. Attached is a simple TVPX containing a panel with a test (button and script) that demonstrates the problem.

My results from the script using project name "TEST.tvpp":
option 1 = tries to save current project but fails and returns the error -1.
option 2 = actually seems to write a file saving the current project and returns a file identifier - path and filename NOT enclosed in double quotes. The saved project seems to be corrupted.
option 3 = tries to read the saved file and seems to load it returning the file identifier but no project is actually loaded. However, if the same option 3 tries to load a project with the name "TEST.tvpp" which was previously SavedAs, in the normal way, it loads that project properly.

tv_SaveProjectTest.tvpx

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[Svengali]

I just tested again and now option 2 seems to save a proper TVPP file and option 3 seems to reload it again.

So I guess there was some other problem when I was testing it a few days ago..

Still, if anyone wants to try the test and report success or failure I'd appreciate it.

Thanks Sven

p.s. note that the saved path and filename in option 2 is not surrounded with double quotation marks as instructed in the SDK???

[Paul Fierlinger]

Could you Sven please explain the purpose of this? I imagine it must be something other than plain SAVE.

[Svengali]

I'll send an email explaining what I'm doing.

[Paul Fierlinger]

OKAY -- I've tried it without knowing what to expect and each choice gave me a long line error message with only the plain save actually saving (yet followed by its own error message for good measures. )

[Svengali]

Thanks for trying it out. Yeah, option two seems to save although it doesn't follow the proper syntax which I really don't understand. But hey, if it works I'm happy!

Sven

[Paul Fierlinger]

It saved as "TEST", which replaced my current project with a project named TEST, but I guess you want it to be that way -- to me it's the equivalent to "Save as".

[Mike]

I've taken a look at these 2 functions.

to use tv_saveproject:

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path = george_path                    //can contains spaces
file = "file with spaces.tvpp"
tv_saveproject file                     // DON'T encapsulate with (double-)quotes

to use tv_loadproject:

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path = george_path                    //can contains spaces
file = "file with spaces.tvpp"
tv_saveproject '"'file'"'                // NEED to encapsulate with quote double-quotes quote

[Svengali]

Thanks Mike.