Backup fail : impossible to save my changes

[dvthomas]

Hello
I'm using QLC+ 4.12.7 on WIN10 x64

I took a previous show file to make some significant changes into the VirtualConsole.
After hours of work, and many clicks on SAVE button, I close QLC.
When I re-open the file, nothing has been stored. All the work has disapeared.


I tryed to modifiy the virtual console just adding a clock and saving (both save and save-as).
Same issue : modification has not been saved.

I tryed from a complete new file. Just add 1 button. Save. Close QLC. Open File : that works.

That make me think about an issue on the show file himself.
Can someone help me understand what's wrong with this file ?
Thanks a lot

[GGGss]

Indeed ... strange

I can reproduce this.
If I do a notepad++ compare, I can see the added clock object. If you close down QLC+ and reopen the changed project, the clock does not appear anymore and if you save this reopened project again, the clock object is gone from the project-file itself.
This is something for the dev's to look at.

[mcallegari]

At the moment I cannot pick this up but first thing I would do is to load the project file in a XML file validator and check if the structure is OK.
If so, I would need to load it with QLC+ with debug messages on.
I can check this later today unless someone is faster than me and share the results here

[Yestalgia]

At the moment I cannot pick this up but first thing I would do is to load the project file in a XML file validator and check if the structure is OK.

Looks okay according to https://www.w3schools.com/xml/xml_validator.asp

[dvthomas]

Hello,

Thanks for the quick answers. I hope you'll find the cause and that won't be to hard to correct.

If this can help, I'm pretty sure that
-removing widgets/buttons/fadders/... from VC works (and save)
- adding widgets/buttons/fadders/... to VC (no matter the kind of element) works in the UI display but is not saved.

thanks again

[sbenejam]

I found some errors running

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qlcplus -d 0 -g -o 2023-TEMPLATE-2.qxw

Opening the workspace

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virtual bool VCAudioTriggers::loadXML(QXmlStreamReader&) Unknown audio triggers tag: "Clock"
virtual bool VCAudioTriggers::loadXML(QXmlStreamReader&) Unknown audio triggers tag: "Clock"
virtual bool VCAudioTriggers::loadXML(QXmlStreamReader&) Unknown audio triggers tag: "Label"
virtual bool VCAudioTriggers::loadXML(QXmlStreamReader&) Unknown audio triggers tag: "Frame"
virtual bool VCAudioTriggers::loadXML(QXmlStreamReader&) Unknown audio triggers tag: "Button"
virtual bool VCAudioTriggers::loadXML(QXmlStreamReader&) Unknown audio triggers tag: "Clock"
virtual bool VCFrame::loadXML(QXmlStreamReader&) Unknown frame tag: "Properties"
bool VirtualConsole::loadXML(QXmlStreamReader&) Unknown Virtual Console tag "SimpleDesk"

[sbenejam]

I think that the problem is in the audio trigger widget.

[dvthomas]

I re-opened the file (same computer, same USB devices plugged).
Then I
- deleted the audio trigger widget.
- Save the file
- Add a clock
- Save the file
- Close software
- Open software
- Open the file
The added clock stays in the virtual console.

That allows me to start again my virtual console configuration.
Thanks a lot for finding the module that causes trouble.

If you need some elements to go further in the analysis, tell me.

Kind regards

[mcallegari]

After a bit of analysis I think I know what happened.
Setting an audio trigger bar as "DMX" without setting any DMX channel is not OK for the XML loader.
I'm gonna fix it.

[EDIT] fixed upstream

[Yestalgia]

Great work team!