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Rev1
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We have just started using App Studio. Whenever we try to open an HTML page we get the error unable to correctly parse master file. It just keeps continuing to pop that message over and over again until you use task manager to kill app studio. Anyone else run into this problem?

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Waz
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I have had the issue, but I can't remember what I did to fix it.

It was something relatively simple though.


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CoolGuy
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I've dealt with that a number of times. I can't remember what caused it, but I would check the following:

- Does this HTML file try to reference existing procedures (reports/graphs) that depend on a master file that it cannot see due to incorrectly assigned app paths or changed locations of the report/graph .fex?
- Do you have any requests within the Requests & Data Sources panel that have moved location or have dependencies that have changed?

Usually when I get the error, it doesn't take long to troubleshoot the issue. If I remember correctly, it usually is due to something mentioned above. Also, has this HTML file been migrated from a different WF Repo? That might mess with internal referencing of the page (it's sad that now we can't check it due to the HTML access being taken away).

Good luck!


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Rev1
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In dev studio I got the error all the time but you could just move past it and go back to work. The files being referenced are foccache files. So yes at time I open the coding they may not exists but this infinite looping of the error is insane.


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MartinY
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Since they are foccache files, try this : save a copy of the .mas in baseapp or any other folder being part of your app path. This way AppStudio (and DevStudio) should be able to parse the files.


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If I save them wouldn't I have to change the reference to them back and forth?


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MartinY
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Just save the .mas not the data (whatever the format is).

What DS should do it's search in the apppath until he find the appropriate .mas so it should open okay (no parsing error).

On report execution the .mas and data will exist in the foccache where it will look at first (if I don't mistake) so it should work without any error and no need to change the file reference.

This will work while the .mas structure remain the same. At the moment the structure change, you must save a new .mas for DS to open without parsing error.


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That seems to work. You can see baseapp getting cluttered up pretty quickly but it's a solution that works. Thanks for your help.


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