Amethyst 1, 2nd edge Release (Build 1.0.1.989)

[Huw Collingbourne]

Now available:

http://www.sapphiresteel.com/blog/article/amethyst-2nd-edge-release

[Jason King]

With this edge release, I now get...

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Microsoft Visual Studio
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FastAddChild failed: 'C:\Projects\flash\FooLoader\..\'
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OK   Cancel   
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This is making FooLoader unavailable.  Please advise.

Thanks,
Jason

[Dermot]

Is this a linked file?

Dermot

[Jason King]

I was able to resolve be removing the following directly from the amproj file...

Code:

  <ItemGroup>
    <Content Include="foo_game_data.xml">
      <Link>..\Assets\bar\foo_game_data.xml</Link>
    </Content>
  </ItemGroup>

This was working with the previous edge release.  I will try to re-add the link.

Cheers,
Jason

[Jason King]

Once I added the link back in the amproj file changed to...

Code:

  <ItemGroup>
    <Content Include="..\Assets\bar\foo_game_data.xml">
      <Link>\foo_game_data.xml</Link>
    </Content>
  </ItemGroup>

But that resulted in the following error...

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Microsoft Visual Studio
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Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
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OK   Cancel   
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And the results are that amproj is again no longer available.

Please advise.

Thanks,
Jason

[Dermot]

Hi Jason,

I've reproduced this. It occurs when the Link path doesn't have a directory

So if I have:

Code:

  <ItemGroup>
    <Content Include="..\Chapter12\source\Flash\xxx.xml">
      <Link>\xxx.xml</Link>
    </Content>
  </ItemGroup>

it will fail, but

Code:

  <ItemGroup>
    <Content Include="..\..\Chapter12\source\Flash\xxx.xml">
      <Link>Test\xxx.xml</Link>
    </Content>
  </ItemGroup>

will work.

So if you can, just change the line in your code to:

Code:

<Link>xxx\foo_game_data.xml</Link>

The 'xxx' here can be anything you want - it can be either an existing folder node or a new one in the Solution Explorer. I dont think the 'directory' (xxx) matters for the build, etc, but it has to be there.

Try that.

Dermot

[Jason King]

Hi Dermot,

OK, that worked.  Adding xxx resolved the problem... it also added a xxx folder in the Solution Explorer project structure - which I can easily deal with.

Cheers,
Jason

[Dermot]

Good.

I'll fix that soon.

Dermot