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December 8, 2015
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Create Sandbox inside a Sandbox now possible?!?

  • December 8, 2015
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Hello all,

I've been using Integrity for years now and recently got a little confused.

One thing seemed to be craved in stone, when it comes to creating a sandbox:

"You cannot and must not create a sandbox inside (below) and existing sandbox".

The Sandbox creation dialog, prevents this "possibly dangerous" usage, by checking the target directory and it's parent directory for an already existing *.pj file.

This strategy did not change officially:

  • I checked the release notes back to 2009 and up to I10.6.
  • I checked all user and admin manuals up to 10.6 I could find.

Nevertheless in our current 10.6 installation, we can create a sandbox wherever we want. The only warning that is shown by Integrity occurs when creating two sandboxes in the same directory that have the same name for the .pj file (e.g. "project.pj").

Are we facing a bug, or is this "works as designed" ?

If so WHEN did the traditional design change and WHY?

Any Ideas ( different or same experiences ) are welcome.

Thank you in advance Matthias

    Best answer by JoeBartlett

    Maybe we need some clarification. That error appears if you attempt to create a sandbox inside a directory where a project.pj file already exists. Example, if you have the below project structure:

    /Top/project.pj

         Sub1/project.pj

    A sandbox for this project could exist on the filesystem like "C:\Sandbox\Top\Sub1" with project.pj files in the Top and Sub1 folders.

    However, let's create a new subfolder within the Sub1 directory called "UnderSub1": C:\Sandbox\Top\Sub1\UnderSub1

    If we attempt to create a new sandbox within the UnderSub1 folder, it is successful (at least in 10.7 when I tried). I think this is the way the behavior has always worked but if the second scenario used to produce that error, then it could be investigated.

    EDIT: Confirmed this is the same behavior in Integrity 2009 SP7.

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    KaelLizak16-Pearl
    16-Pearl
    December 8, 2015

    Hello Matthias Rump‌,

    When I try to create a new sandbox in an existing sandbox, I get "MKS125327:  The operation could not be completed because the new sandbox already exists." with both Integrity 10.5 & 10.8.

    Regards,
    Kael

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    JoeBartlett21-Topaz IAnswer
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    December 8, 2015

    Maybe we need some clarification. That error appears if you attempt to create a sandbox inside a directory where a project.pj file already exists. Example, if you have the below project structure:

    /Top/project.pj

         Sub1/project.pj

    A sandbox for this project could exist on the filesystem like "C:\Sandbox\Top\Sub1" with project.pj files in the Top and Sub1 folders.

    However, let's create a new subfolder within the Sub1 directory called "UnderSub1": C:\Sandbox\Top\Sub1\UnderSub1

    If we attempt to create a new sandbox within the UnderSub1 folder, it is successful (at least in 10.7 when I tried). I think this is the way the behavior has always worked but if the second scenario used to produce that error, then it could be investigated.

    EDIT: Confirmed this is the same behavior in Integrity 2009 SP7.

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      mrump16-PearlAuthor
      16-Pearl
      December 9, 2015

      Thanx for the fast reply     

      The Scenario is as follows:

      I have a Sandbox:

      /Top/project.pj

             /Sub1/project.pj

                      /UnderSub 11/project.pj

                      /UnderSub 12/project.pj

             /Sub2/project.pj

                      /UnderSub 21/project.pj

                      /UnderSub 22/project.pj

      Now I create a new sandbox  at

      /Top/project.pj

             /newSandbox/Project.pj

      more or less "in between" the others.

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