Re: [Audacity-devel] Audacity Error

[Al D. <bus...@gm...>]

On Tuesday 16 March 2010 09:08:12 Todd Baker wrote:
> Dear All:
> 
> 
> 
> I posted something about this earlier but never got a response, so
>  maybe I can get someone to try this for me.
> 
> 
> 
> I have run into a problem with my version of Audacity. It has to do
>  with the Portable Settings Directory. If I rename this directory
>  (say Poot Settings or something),
> 
> And start Audacity, the Filenames.cpp code will attempt to make the
> Directory c:\Documents And Settings\{myuserid}\Application Data\
> Audacity as the gDataDir.
> 
> (This happens around line 112 in my copy of FileNames.cpp).  I am
> running this in Visual Studio on Windows XP..... Audacity version
> 3.11-alpha Dec 29 2009.
> 
> 
> 
> But when I run this in the debugger this directory is never
>  created, which eventually will affect my ability to Export into my
>  database the actual sound file,
> 
> I believe this is the root of the problem since the data directory
>  that I think I am using doesn't actually exist.
> 
> 
> 
> Can someone attempt this in their environment(s), with the
>  debugger, and see if you are seeing the same behavior?
> 
> 

Everything works fine for me (Windows 7 x64, top-of-tree Audacity trunk 
without modification, using wxWidgets 2.8.10, Audacity and wxWidgets 
both configured Unicode Debug).

Looking at your earlier email, it appears you had a problem with 
wxFileName::DirExists(). On my machine wxFileName::DirExists() returns 
false when the directory in question is not there, so the directory is 
created in Audacity.

This sounds like a problem with wxWidgets. If you're not using the 
current stable release (2.8.10) you should probably try it. If it's 
still a problem I'd suggest filing a bug against wxWidgets. Meanwhile, 
if you just manually create a directory at ~/Application 
Data/Audacity, does that work for you?

 - Al

> 
> I can Export and Import in files directly with Audacity, but when I
> attempt to do that with my database something gets confused and it
> writes out a blank sound file eventually.
> 
> I am more curious about the FIleNames.cpp code and whether people
>  see the same behavior in terms of the directory not being there. I
>  am thinking the import/Export
> 
> Stuff in Audacity proper works because it puts the file in the
>  current working directory....and it defaults to there so it finds
>  it.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> 
> Todd Baker
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