Rapid PHP 9.0.0.96 - Another application has modified...

[l'quasi]

I'm using Rapid PHP to develop a Drupal website, which is typical of many CMS in that you paste your content into the website page. That content is stored in a MySQL database so FTP'ing to it is not really an option.

I write or modify the code locally, ctrl-S (save) ctrl-A (select all) and then ctrl-C (copy). I then switch to the web browser (Firefox 2.0.0.14 usually but that doesn't seem to be relevant) and ctrl-V (paste) into the web page and save using drupals save function.

Almost every time I switch back to Rapid PHP, I get the dialog box stating "Another application has modified ... Do you want to load the updated version?" which has to be clicked on to clear it.

There is no link whatsoever between the two (FTP or otherwise), nor am I changing the file locally in any way that I know of.

I have copied the original saved file before clicking the upload box to compare the two versions and they appear identical.

Any ideas of how to stop this or is it a bug? It's very annoying...

[chrisjlocke]

What operating system are you using?
Are you saving the file locally, or to a webserver / server / external share, etc.

What anti-virus software do you use? I don't suspect its that modifying the file, but thought I'd rule it out.

[Karlis]

This message is also displayed if the file has been touched by another program without modifying its contents.

You can turn this off under Options -> Preferences -> Files.

[l'quasi]

Thanks Karlis - I'd not noticed that option in the Prefs. That seems to have done the job.

I'm mystified as to what is causing the touch. I've disabled practically everything running on the machine, including anti-virus, and it still does it. It appears that just switching to another program is sufficient to cause the flag to be set ???

Great program and you're a cool dude Karlis, especially when it comes to the like of thesoundsoffsmith...

Now, if I can just get the debugger working and lose the

Code: Select all

 error... life will be perfect! :wink: 

All the best
Ian

[mwb1100]

If you're curious enough to try to track this down, a utility like Process Monitor from SysInternals might be able to show you what's touching the file when you switch to/from WeBuilder:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysi ... 96645.aspx
.

[l'quasi]

And the answer is... Offline folder synchronisation.

I was using Process Explorer; what I needed was Process Monitor. The process is, strangely, winlogin.exe which appears to fire the sync process.

And of course Offline folders is not modifying the file, but it is marking it as 'dirty' and in need of sync'ing. There's no way around that so I'm glad of the switch in RapidPHP.

Thanks for making coding a pleasant experience.

Rgds
Ian

[joemichaud]

I've never developed anything for Drupal... er, actually... I've never even downloaded it... so I feel a little out of sorts bringing this up but - I use another CMS that allows me to save my templates out to flat files during development. Perhaps Drupal has a similar ability?