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ASCE™ - Known Issues with ASCE 3.5

Error message on exit

Description: Having closed a file at the end of a work session, and having exited ASCE, an error message appears indicating that ASCE has not been closed down properly.

  • Status: This is a known issue with ASCE versions 3.5.10, 3.5.14 and 3.0.15.
  • Explanation: This problem is caused by a third party library used to implement an ASCE component (namely, the Table View). A fix is available as part of the 2nd maintenance release for ASCE.
  • Fix: Install the 2nd maintenance release for ASCE.

Link to local files: "File not found error"

Description: In the node text editor, the user creates a link to a local file. When the node editor is closed and re-opened, the link is no longer valid: the user clicks on the file link and then on the "Verify" or "View" buttons. The message "file not found appears". Alternatively, when choosing Tools → Check Embedded Links in the main menu, followed by clicking the Check Links button, the linked file in question shows up as "[your file] does not exist".

  • Status: This is a known issue with versions of ASCE 3.5 up to 3.5.30
  • Explanation: When node text is saved, the underlying HTML is "tidied" to remove redundant markup. A configuration error means that during this process double spaces in the names of linked files are compressed to a single space. The version of the file name stored in ASCE now no longer matches that of the original file, with the result that ASCE can no longer correctly find the file.
  • Fix:
    1. Locate the folder where ASCE is installed. Show me how to do this.
    2. Open the folder "tidy-filters"
    3. Use Windows Notepad or a similar, simple text editor to open the file "sanity-check.tidy".
    4. Insert the line:
      literal-attributes: yes
    5. Save and close the file. I get an error when I try and save.
    6. Restart ASCE
    7. Locate your broken links:
      1. Tools → Check Embedded Links
      2. Click the Check Links button
      3. Double-click on each of the links to files that are reported as not existing. This will open the node editor and locate the broken links.
      4. Click on the link and repair it by using the Browse button to locate the intended linked file
      5. Click the Update button to save the link
      6. Close and save the node editor
      7. Repeat steps C-F for each broken link