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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sChecklist
« on: July 19, 2015, 06:34 PM »
Ath:
I'm not sure if you were commenting on my post or just making a general observation.  Unfortunately, sChecklist doesn't allow the data files to reside anywhere but the \program file\sChecklist subfolder so moving them to another directory is not possible.  That is one of the reasons I have my personal computer set up to run under Administrator mode all the time. 

Note to skwire: being able to designate a different data directory would be a nice option to have - it might also solve the disappearing data problem. I wonder if Parchuvegal and others having that problem are running in Admin mode?

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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sChecklist
« on: July 19, 2015, 11:54 AM »
Oops. Forgot the specs:  sChecklist v1.1.6 Bld 1  running on Windows 7.1 Pro x64

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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sChecklist
« on: July 19, 2015, 11:49 AM »
Re: disappearing list contents

On a hunch, I did a little exploring.  I looked in the \Program Files\sChecklist folder and found the following: The file "checklists.dat" contains a list of the individual checklists.  The actual individual checklists are separate files (e.g. "Bugs.checklist") in the subfolder "checklists".  I then deleted the .checklist file that contained the actual list of bugs  (\Program Files\sChecklist\checklist\Bugs.checklist).  I did NOT change anything in the master list file (checklists.dat).
Lo and behold, when I ran the program, there was an entry in the left column for Bugs, but the data in the right column (i.e. the actual list) was gone.  My guess is that the list hasn't been changed, it's data file has been deleted!  Since the entry in the checklists.dat file is still there, the program thinks it is a new list and (re)creates a Bugs.checklist file with a zero size.  If I am right, then why a random file with the extension "checklist" would be deleted is a still pretty good mystery.  My first suspect would be any part of the code that causes the individual data file to be deleted.

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