I'm just going through the tutorial and learning how to create a form etc.  When I tried to save my finished work I get an error message that says "the specified path does not have write permission".   What the heck does that mean?

I've tried several times to save it with the path suggested but keep getting the same error message.  Could it have anything to do with my OS Windows XP?

Hi,  
Thanks for responding.  I'm using XP pro.  I'm the admin.  Is there something I have to change?  I tried to save it to A:\..etc and got the same error message.

Do you have the term "[DRIVES]" appearing in your rootdirs.ini file and is the rootdirs.ini file someplace where Sesame can find it? Otherwise do you have the drive letter or UNC path you are saving to - specified in the rootdirs file?

If so, do you have write permission in that directory on the target computer and in all of its parent directories?

Quote:


Kathie,

The following instructions assume that you installed to the default directory (c:\Sesame) and are launching using the shortcuts that were automatically created for you without modification. If this is not the case, please let me know! 

---

You should have a file on your hard drive c:\sesame\rootdirs.ini
That file should look like this:

Data
Data\Samples
.
[DRIVES]

If this is not the case, please let me know! 

---

When you select Save As New Application, a dialog box will open asking you to name your file. The filename box should already say C:\Sesame\Data\
If this is not the case, please let me know! 
You do not need to retype the "C:\Sesame\Data\" part. When you click Accept, the filename should say
C:\Sesame\Data\MyContacts.DB

Does it?

---

Open Notepad. Type a few characters. Try to save the file to the C:\Sesame\Data folder as testing.txt. Were you able to do so?

Quote:


If you only have the trial version, you do not have a C:\Sesame directory. The tutorials are written to run against the installation locations for the full version. When you save your tutorial app, try saving it as
C:\SesameTrial\Data\MyContacts.DB

Note that there is no space between Sesame and Trial.

My rootdirs.ini is in Q:\Sesame\ folder where I installed Sesame.  Applications and DSRs are in Q:\Data\Sesame folder.

Content of rootdirs.ini file is here.  Matches your definition:
Quote:


Clicked on Save as New Application.  Default path already in filename field is:q:\Data\Sesame\.  Matches your definition.

Problem occured when doing the following: left click mouse on field for database root directories, drag down to letter q:, releasing mouse.  Double clicking + on Q:\Data folder to expand, left click on Sesame folder at Q:\Data\Sesame, entering "newname" (no extension included) in the filename field, and left click on Apply.

It just happened now ??? ???, as I was recording my steps on the forum.  Got the message "Error: The specified path does not have write permission." 

Clicked on OK button.

View returned to New Sesame Application tree.  Tried again, Save as New Application, same decisions and steps , file was saved.  Confirmed that the DB and DAT files were saved with the correct date/time. 

This time the saving happened on just the second attempt.  Earlier instances took 4-5 attempts before it would save.  I was surprised that I was able to duplicate it, because it does not always happen.  Just did it again with a new application filename, accepted the first time, no error message. ??? ???

Again, drive Q is an external drive, mapped, not using UNC.

Bob,

There is actually a small bug in the file selector. If you expand and contract folders, it will sometimes  strip off the drive letter, leading to this message.  The second time, you make the exact same choices, buy very carefully to make sure. So you don't cause the condition and the file saves.   

This will be fixed in the next bug release. Until then, look carefully at the file path before hitting Accept and make sure that it is complete.

---

Kathie,

I'm glad the right path worked for you. Enjoy Sesame! 

Quote:


You are looking at the Property Viewer. This displays current settings. The control panel above it is the Property Editor, where you can actually change settings. The instructions for doing this begin on page 86 of the User Guide.

Whenever you make changes, you need to save them. The Save Layout Design command is in the Commands panel near the top of the Control Panels area. Click once in the Commands panel to set the focus, then click Save Layout Design.

Okay, I'm really getting frustrated here.  I did as you suggested with the "manage a database" etc.  and the format is not working.  My dsr file has two elements which need to be formatted for my reports to work.  One is Sale Price as a money field the other Sale date (in January 7, 2004 format)  I clicked on add transaction to batch after assigning the formats and then run batch.  I then went back to the db in trial version and tried adding data to the db.  The money field is still text numbers and the date is too.  What the heck am I doing worng??

In Q&A to set a field as a date or money field I used design menu, customize menu, format value and then typed MC for the money field and D for the date and then set the way the date should appear in the db.  In Sesame I'm trying to set the money field so it appears as $123,456 and the date as January 7, 2004 format.   So to answer your question I guess I'm trying to do both.  Preview mode??  Not sure what that is.  I'm a realtor with a prospect database of 4700 records.  I do reports of current sales from my Q&A db.  I'm hoping to convert the db to Sesame mostly because of the printing restrictions of Q&A.

In preview mode/add data the money and the date are correctly formatted.  Now I'm REALLY confused. <G>

Oops the date entered as 1/7/04 returns January 7, 1704

Thank you for all your help.  BTW is that an internet bug or Sesame bug??

Quote:

Thanks Erika, I will watch closely to see is that is happening.

Kathie,

It sounds to me like, at some point, instead of redesigning your existing app, you clicked on Design New Application. Then, you told it to overwrite your existing dsr with the new blank dsr.

You will always get that popup when you select Redesign Application.  If you have actually selected Redesign, then overwriting should do no harm and is, in fact, often exactly what you want to do. Perhaps we should reorganize the command tree so these commands are not together...?

FYI: if this happens again, remember that your db is untouched by this. Close Designer. Go back to Sesame. Click Redesign Current Application. The dsr file you save will have your design back, good as new!

The Sort Spec is one of the specs available in the Spec Window at the lower left corner of your screen.  Instructions begin on page 230 of the User Guide.

The report will use your current retrieved records in their current sort order. Retrieve the records you want, sort them, and run your report.

If you always want the report sorted a certain way, you can attach specs to reports. Look at pages 369-370 of the User Guide.