Why is my project permanently "dirty"?

My project has recently become permanently "dirty".
By "dirty", i mean:
-- There is an asterisk next to the file name in the title bar.
-- If I close it, it warns me about unsaved changes.
If I ask it to LIST UNSAVED CHANGES, it tells me:
"An attribute of the project was changed."
The details for that change say:
"An attribute of the project was changed."
Gee, thanks.
If I SAVE it, the asterisk goes away, but when I open it again, it's back.
It's a dual target project with PXI as one target.
FWIW, There are a few VIs which run on both sides, with conditional compilation symbols to modify the behavior slightly.
Any ideas?
Steve Bird
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CoastalMaineBird wrote:
My project has recently become permanently "dirty".
By "dirty", i mean:
-- There is an asterisk next to the file name in the title bar.
-- If I close it, it warns me about unsaved changes.
If I ask it to LIST UNSAVED CHANGES, it tells me:
"An attribute of the project was changed."
The details for that change say:
"An attribute of the project was changed."
Gee, thanks.
If I SAVE it, the asterisk goes away, but when I open it again, it's back.
It's a dual target project with PXI as one target.
FWIW, There are a few VIs which run on both sides, with conditional compilation symbols to modify the behavior slightly.
Any ideas?
AS usual your "gut" has served you well. The acual culprit(s) could be hard to say but the most common reason is the error handling VI's. Error codes can be defined from a bunch of places but a different set of drivers OR hardware targets will result in the General Error Handler getting updated so it reports properly on the target is runs on.
Just trying to help out,
Ben
BTW: This behaviour irritates me since I count on the asterisk telling me if I changed something.
Message Edited by Ben on 09-30-2008 07:45 AM
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