IDE cant find address in dot proj file

[Freeeee 1]

clkng on load project give me the message that Delphi IDE can't find the path to a file.

lookimg in the dot dproj file shows http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2001 as the first line

putting that into the web browser produces " The resource you are looking for has been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable. "

Is this the "Path" to what the IDE is looking for.

If I used OPEN/project1.dproj it loads fine.

 

[Remy Lebeau 1659]

1 hour ago, Freeeee said:

lookimg in the dot dproj file shows http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2001 as the first line

putting that into the web browser produces " The resource you are looking for has been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable. "

Is this the "Path" to what the IDE is looking for.

No. What you are looking at is just a namespace within the XML document. XML namespaces are formatted as URIs, but they are not required to refer to actual live sites. They just need to be unique within the XML document.

[eivindbakkestuen 57]

3 hours ago, Freeeee said:

give me the message

The first rule of asking "what does this mean" is ... drumroll... quote the *actual message*

[Freeeee 1]

The popup msg box in delphi is not sensitive to any mouse or keyboard controls that I know of.except the enter key when OK lites up and the box disappears.   You can't take a screen shot of it either.  

However I can type it for you probably with a few msitakes.

red circle with I in it. Unable to load project C:\Users\xxx\Desktop\New Folder\Project1.dproj

                                   Error reading"C:\Users\xxx\Desktop\New Folder\Project1.dproj"

                                    Cannot open file "C:\Users\xxx\Desktop\New folder\Project1.dproj' The system cannot find the Path specified.  

do you have any more information now than you did before?

 

 

[Anders Melander 2116]

You can use process monitor to see what the IDE is doing when it attempts to load the project - and why it fails.

 

5 hours ago, Freeeee said:

clkng on load project

What do you mean by Load project? Is that a menu item, a button somewhere, what?

 

1 hour ago, Freeeee said:

The popup msg box in delphi is not sensitive to any mouse or keyboard controls that I know of.except the enter key when OK lites up and the box disappears.

Doesn't [Ctrl]+C work?

 

1 hour ago, Freeeee said:

You can't take a screen shot of it either.

Why? Doesn't [Alt]+[PrtScr] work?

[Freeeee 1]

Never thought about using Print Screen.   don't think I've ever used it.   tried it and it took a snapshot of the whole screen

it's attached.

 

Control+C generally requires you highlight an area with the mouse before you use Control+C  

nothing in the popup box or on the Delphi start up screen can be highlighted with the hold left mouse button and swipe with the

mouse.   

 I'm clicking the word  "Project1", which is next to the spartan logo where it says "Open Recent" and it's the top project.

Top Center of the Center portion of the startup Welcome to Delphi page.

 

The question is What Path can't the IDE find.   if you hover the mouse over the project1.dproj  field   another smaller box pops up with the same   "C:\Users\xxx\desktop\New Folder\project1.dproj,"  --- which IS the correct path and file name. 

 IS   this the Path the IDE can display in a pop up box but that it can;t 'find' when you click on it?\    I thought it might be a path

inside of the project1.dproj file.  which is why I asked about the URL in the first line.

 

Am I working in the wrong directory/folder  by using desktop folders??? 

It's not a big deal, just annoying and I thought someone on the forum might know.   I can use the "Open" on the FILE pull down 

and it's generally pointing at the correct folder anyway.  depending on my last usage I think.  

 

 

 

[Remy Lebeau 1659]

 

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The question is What Path can't the IDE find. 

As Anders suggested, you can use Process Monitor to see exactly which file(s) the IDE is trying to access, and whether they succeed or fail. The problem is likely not with the .droj file itself, but with another file that it refers to.

 

Edited yesterday at 05:35 AM by Remy Lebeau

[Anders Melander 2116]

15 hours ago, Freeeee said:

Never thought about using Print Screen.   don't think I've ever used it.   tried it and it took a snapshot of the whole screen

it's attached.

[Alt]+[PrtScr] takes a screenshot of the active window.

[PrtScr] takes a screenshot of the desktop.

 

15 hours ago, Freeeee said:

Control+C generally requires you highlight an area with the mouse before you use Control+C  

nothing in the popup box or on the Delphi start up screen can be highlighted with the hold left mouse button and swipe with the

mouse.

The dialog boxes has built-in handling of [Ctrl]+C. You don't need to select anything just press [Ctrl]+C.

For example, here's the dialog I get when I try to open a project that doesn't exist anymore:

---------------------------
Error
---------------------------
Unable to load project C:\Users\anders\Desktop\Foo\Bar.dproj
Error reading "C:\Users\anders\Desktop\Foo\Bar.dproj"
Cannot open file "C:\Users\anders\Desktop\Foo\Bar.dproj". The system cannot find the path specified
---------------------------
OK   
---------------------------

 

- And there shouldn't be a problem with Desktop folders.

[Freeeee 1]

thanks Anders.

didn't know about the ctrl+c shortcut.