Unable to Save As

electronmanx · January 10, 2022, 9:00pm

Using Windows 11
Senario:
Unable to create a newer version of a sketch using the Save As... feature.
Have a file that I call Check.ino. Need to add code then save as CheckV1.ino. I need Check.ino for other purposes.

Using Save As... ,The IDE prompts with "Are you sure you want to close the sketch"
Well, yes I want to save the sketch 'Check' as is and CheckV1 with the changes as well but then in smaller font "Any unsaved changes will not be saved"

JohnRob · January 10, 2022, 9:25pm

I don't use "save as" for my intermediate backups, I simply zip the whole project folder.

ptillisch · January 11, 2022, 9:59am

Hi @electronmanx. Thanks for giving the Arduino IDE 2.0.0 release candidate a try and for your report.

This bug is being tracked by the Arduino IDE developers here:

github.com/arduino/arduino-ide

"Are you sure you want to close the sketch?" message when doing "Save as" with dirty sketch

opened 04:13PM - 25 Feb 21 UTC

closed 04:01AM - 10 Mar 22 UTC

ubidefeo

priority: high conclusion: resolved topic: code type: imperfection criticality: medium

## Describe the bug If a "Save As..." is done when the sketch is in an unsave…d (AKA "dirty") state, the IDE presents an unexpected "**Are you sure you want to close the sketch?**" dialog. Regardless of which choice the user selects in the dialog, the resulting sketch files do not contain the unsaved changes that were in the editor. ## To Reproduce 1. Select **File > Preferences** from the Arduino IDE menus. 1. Uncheck the box next to "**☐ Auto save**" 1. Click the <kbd>OK</kbd> button. 1. Select **File > New** from the Arduino IDE menus. 1. Make some change to the sketch and do not save. 1. Select **File > Save As...** from the Arduino IDE menus. 1. Click the <kbd>Save</kbd> button. An "Are you sure you want to close the sketch?" message is shown unexpectedly, since you did not do anything that would be considered a close operation. 1. Click the <kbd>Yes</kbd> button. The IDE window now closes. 1. Open the sketch you saved via the "Save As..." operation. 1. Check whether the change you made is present. It is not! 1. Select **File > Save As...** from the Arduino IDE menus. 1. Click the <kbd>Save</kbd> button. An "Are you sure you want to close the sketch?" message is shown unexpectedly, since you did not do anything that would be considered a close operation. 1. Click the <kbd>No</kbd> button. 1. Open the sketch you saved via the "Save As..." operation. 1. Check whether the change you made is present. It is not! ## Expected behavior The exact contents of the sketch that is open in the editor are always saved to the sketch specified via the "Save As..." operation, regardless of dirty state. No "**Are you sure you want to close the sketch?**" dialog is shown during this procedure. The currently open sketch is replaced by the new sketch created by the "Save As..." process, just as it does after "Save As..." with a non-dirty sketch. ## Desktop - OS: Windows 10 - Version: 2.0.0-rc1-snapshot.be55a0a Date: 2021-12-03T11:09:57.266Z CLI Version: 0.20.1 [abb21449] ## Additional context [ originally reported by @per1234 ]

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electronmanx · January 11, 2022, 5:40pm

My problem with the Save As... is that it IDE 2.0 saved the file as CheckV1 but without the code changes. The popup window throws me because I did not wish to close Check.ino.

With IDE 1.8.19, using Save As... saved the changes that I made as CheckV1.ino. I could then just close Check.ino without saving. This gave me a way of tracking in how I developed coding and gave me a way to backtrack to a sketch file that worked.

I need to say that I like the IDE 2.0. It has great potential.

system · July 10, 2022, 5:40pm

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