I had exactly the same problems and thought process with the preview pane in Windows 7. It had me scratching my head and thinking tiddlywiki was suddenly incompatible or a windows update was to blame. So just a heads-up that the same problem can occur with Windows 7.
alien On Nov 26 2010, 3:03 pm, skye riquelme <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow...thanks Eric.....that makes sense.....I was starting to think it > was something more serious with my laptop and was starting to think > about a whole new re-instalation.....your wisdom has just saved a few > days work...... > > You know....one of the great things about this group is not the depth > of competance in the group.....its the depth of commitment and > openness in the group...... find it quite amazing at > times................thank you all > > Skye > > On Nov 26, 3:29 am, Eric Shulman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > the folder view ... set to visualise the file... > > > gives me the "can´t save file" error. > > > turn off the folder visualization... it works perfectly !!! > > > I have tried turning this off and on and the ability of saving/not > > > saving is consistant!!! > > > > SO, I have a solution to the problem....but I have no idea why the > > > display settings in the folder interferes with the javascript > > > operation in the TW. Anyone have any ideas???? > > > I think I know *why* it is happening, but I don't have any solutions :- > > ( > > > Here's the idea: Vista is *previewing* the file content. That means > > it opens the HTML file for *read* access. Even though it can't > > display an actual preview for the TW HTML file (because the folder- > > based preview won't run Javascript), I suspect that as long as the > > content is being previewed by Vista, the file is probably being *left > > opened* for reading. As a result, when TW attempts to gain write > > access to the main file, it fails (because it is 'in use' by Vista), > > even while write access to create a *new* backup file is successful. > > > -e -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki?hl=en.
