Pat,
Mac (sound like a permissions issue):
The backup settings file is saved inside the database (Show package
contents on a Mac)
If the stand alone app is in the Applications folder it is likely the
user does not have permission to write to this area.
one solution might be to create an 'applications' directory inside the
user's directory and put the stand alone app there.
Windows (i am much less certain):
- permissions (as above) the user may not have permission to write into
the program files directory
- Windows does some weird things with indirection in an attempt to keep
malware from working, which as a side effect also makes many legitimate
program not work correctly (but I diregress)... I do not remember where
it is but windows will redirect applications to an alternate directory
(a sandbox if you will) and you might be running onto this. As I recall
the not everything gets redirected so 4D maybe trying to get/save the
backup information from the program files directory BUT the application
is actually running from the 'sandbox' (or vise versa); either way the
directory (or entire path) that 4D is trying to use to read/save backup
and resource information may not exist.
Chip
On Fri, 1 Jun 2018 09:50:58 +0100, Pat Bensky via 4D_Tech wrote:
> I've just upgraded a client's custom database to v16.
> I compile it and build a stand-alone single-user app.
> When I launch this app, the Backup settings window opens with the window
> title ":StrLang,61".
> No matter what settings I choose, when I click the Save button I get the
> message:
>
> *Backup settings not saved.*
> *Preferences path not found.*
> *No Backup XML file was opened.*
>
> I've tried various backup settings but I always get the same result.
> I've tried with v16.3 and with v16r6 - same result.
> In the Database Settings, on the Backup tab, I selected *Never* for
> Automatic Backup but that did not fix the problem.
>
> Want would be causing this?
>
> PB
>
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