unable to detect the version information

Submitted by syang on Thu, 03/23/2017 - 16:25
Hi,

I am not using TeamServerFoundation. When I deleted an existing project, and tried to import the same project, the import itself seemed to be successful, but I cannot open the imported project since the import dialog showed "Project imported successfully" message at the bottom, but the imported project row itself shows an error icon with message stating:

"WebMaker was unable to detect the version information for this project"

I tried to bring up the open project dialog, which indicates the same error icon for the project. Also, I cannot re-import the project with the same name because it will conflicts with the existing project name. So, I am stuck - cannot open it, cannot delete it, cannot reimport it.

I tried to delete the project folder, tried to remove the project entry in application.xml, etc., but all in vain.

I know I can uninstall WM design studio entirely and resinstall it to resolve this issue. However, it is very cumbersome since I have to import dozens of existing projects. Besides, there are other team members who have the same issue. This is not the first time encountering this issue so that it becomes huge stability issue with WebMaker development environment.

Any advice?


I am using Chrome, Version 56.0.2924.87 (64-bit) as the default browser.

WebMaker: --------------------
Installed Version
Product Version: BizFlow Version 12.4 Release
WebMaker Version: 8.0
Build Date: August 14 2015
Build No.: build.1733
Revision: r19305



Thank you for help.
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Hi syang,

I'm sorry you are having this issue. Hopefully we will be able to work out what has happened, and get this project working for you again.

Are you able to provide a copy of the project export that you are trying to import? This would help us work out whether there is an issue with the export, or whether the problem is happening during the import process.

In addition, can you check if you have a blueprint.xml file present in the .../WebMaker/users/user1/CMS/mvc/classification_gen directory? If this is present, can you open it and check the value of the 'metadata_version' attribute on the 'instance' tag?
If you are also able to provide a copy of this directory that would be very useful in tracking down the problem.

You can send files privately via email to support@hyfinity.com if you would prefer not to upload them to the forum.

Many thanks,
Gerard

Hi syang,

The missing blueprint file is likely to be the cause of the issue.
Are you able to check if it is present in the root of the export zip file?

Unfortunately, the contents of this file are specific to each particular project, so you wont be able to just take a version from another project and have it work correctly.

If you are able to provide either the export zip or a copy of the .../WebMaker/users/user1/CMS/mvc/classification_gen directory I can have a look at recreating the missing blueprint file for you.

Regards,
Gerard

Hi Gerard,

Fortunately, I have previous working version of export so that I copied blueprint.xml onto the imported project directly, restarted WM studio, and opened the project successfully.

When I checked the corrupted export zip file, it did have its own blueprint.xml, but its instance element had wrong project name.

Correct name = classification_gen

<instance id="classification_gen" metadata_version="8" name="classification_gen">


Wrong name = StratCon_POS

<instance id="StratCon_POS" metadata_version="8" name="StratCon_POS">

Likewise, there were numerous references to the incorrect instance name in the same file, e.g. pool_ref, pattern_instance_ref, etc.

Both "classification_gen" and "StratCon_POS" are the projects that my teammate is working on. I am sure he did not modify blueprint.xml file manually for any reason. So, I am guessing when he opened both projects side by side, and saved them nearly at the same time, e.g., click save in one project, and before the save of the project is completed, move on to the next project and click save.

I recall I had seen this type of corruption before. Is there any such defect report and or fix?

Hi syang,

I'm glad you have managed to resolve the issue, and get the project open again.

Thanks for the extra details on how you think the problem might have been caused. We do try and fix these corruption issues, so will look into this further.
For now, I would recommend making sure any existing save process has completed before saving a different project.

Regards,
Gerard

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