Major File path problem...!!!

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2012/09/13 12:52:29 (permalink)

Major File path problem...!!!

Hey guys.
 
I created a new project, recorded some bits, saved, everything fine, opened, everything fine, saved, everything fine...
 
went to save as... then it tells me the file path for the audio isn't a correct audio path (it is, and it's same as was already using)
 
just so i could save my project, I ended up saving under a different path, it let me save, I then proceed to save as, now it's telling me the original project path isn't a correct path (it is)
 
The only problem I can imagine is that the file path had a special character in it. But it worked fine, then didn't??
 
 

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    Iron Keys
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    Re:Major File path problem...!!! 2012/09/13 13:06:06 (permalink)
    The file path includes this in it "(♏)" but in sonar when saving this shows up as "(?)"


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    Re:Major File path problem...!!! 2012/09/13 13:25:04 (permalink)
    I just exited, went back in, Save As...

    Worked fine, no problems. Any idea what's going on here? As that's quite a nuisance. And could prove quite a problem at some point I imagine.

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    Re:Major File path problem...!!! 2012/09/13 14:55:23 (permalink)
    The ASCII code for the  ♏ character is 63, which is also the code for a question mark. Which one will be displayed depends on the character set. That's why you may see it displayed differently by different applications.

    A question mark is definitely an illegal character in Windows pathnames (it's used as a single-character wildcard in DOS), although a program might not check and create a file or directory with an illegal character in it. Some even use it intentionally, so as to create a path that can't be typed in, for security reasons.


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    Re:Major File path problem...!!! 2012/09/13 16:37:14 (permalink)
    so he accidentally typed a ? or did Sonar put it there?

    I use "save as" a lot.
    I use it in a few different ways too.
    I often use it to make a back up on a second drive. I don't change the name, just the location, you have to make sure and tick the "copy audio"  
    I will also use it and change the name to save an alternate version of a project.
    Never had it go weird like that.

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    Re:Major File path problem...!!! 2012/09/14 04:16:37 (permalink)
    (it's used as a single-character wildcard in DOS)


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    Re:Major File path problem...!!! 2012/09/20 08:41:51 (permalink)
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    so he accidentally typed a ? or did Sonar put it there?

    Sonar put it there...
     
     
    It's odd now, it continues to open/save fine... no idea what's going on. Still feel a bit skeptical about keeping that special character in the file name now though. It was only in the folder name.

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