no File->Save As... dialog box if previously opened a file from root directory of a drive

[Alvin Penner]

this is most likely a Win32 bug.
- on Windows XP, bzr rev 10356:
- start Inkscape and load an svg file from a USB drive E:
- click on File->Save As..., nothing happens, no dialog box opens

scenario 2:
- load an svg file from C: drive
- click on File->Save As... and save it to a USB drive E:
- the save works normally
- now click on File->Save As... again, nothing happens

- not reproduced on Windows 7, Inkscape 0.48.1

[LucaDC (lucadc)]

I experimented this last friday for the first time, after opening a file on a mapped internal network disk (our server). It was a PDF opened for a modification. After a few tries, I had to open a new document, copy and paste all then "Save as...". After it happened again in the new document so I had to open a third and repeat the copy-paste-all.
Windows XP SP3.

[jazzynico (jazzynico)]

Not reproduced on Ubuntu 10.10, trunk revision 10442.

[jazzynico (jazzynico)]

Reproduced on Windows XP, Inkscape trunk revisions 10194 and 10441.
Not reproduced with 0.47 and 0.48.1.

[Alvin Penner (apenner)]

this bug does not require a USB drive to be used. It appears to be triggered by any file in the root directory of a device. Save a file to C:\, then reload it from C:\ and then the Save As ... dialog will fail.

[Alvin Penner (apenner)]

fix committed to rev 10583

[su_v (suv-lp)]

Raising bug importance due to incoming duplicate or related reports.
Proposing for backporting to 0.48.x

[Johan Engelen (johanengelen)]

branch 0.48.x rev 9768 has nothing to do with this i hope?

[Johan Engelen (johanengelen)]

ah wait, it's been fixed :)

[Johan Engelen (johanengelen)]

backported the fix from r10583 to 0.48.x

[su_v (suv-lp)]

@Johan - thx a lot for backporting (tag removed now).

[Heather Martin (a-md)]

Where can I get the fix for this?

[Alvin Penner (apenner)]

the fix is available in Inkscape 0.48.3.1-1.exe at the site:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/inkscape/files/inkscape/0.48.3.1/

Alvin

[Carl Mikkelsen (carl-mikkelsen)]

I agree that the bug I filed duplicates this, and that the "0.48.3.1-1.exe" version corrects it.
-- Carl