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#11 File>SaveAs confuses local references

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nobody
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2009-05-15
2009-05-15
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When performing a SaveAs operation on an open file, logical references continue to point to the same file they pointed to in the original file. For example, in an XCCDF profile, Rules are referenced just by their name. (The reference is local by default.) Since these are logical references, performing a SaveAs operation means that the references will still be to the corresponding Rules in the original file. This is non-sensical since Rule references in Profiles must be local. The tool should be updated so that, if the file is not explicitly given in a logical reference, and if the reference is local by default, that a SaveAs operation updates the reference to point to the newly created file instead of retaining a pointer to the original file.

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