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Save always bringing up dialog?


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Why does CW always bring up a dialog box full of options when I hit save (not "save as")?  It's disconcerting to have to pick the same filename and confirm that I want to overwrite.  Isn't this implied?  I think I must be misunderstanding something.  Thanks.

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4 hours ago, Mastiff said:

Why does CW always bring up a dialog box full of options when I hit save (not "save as")?  It's disconcerting to have to pick the same filename and confirm that I want to overwrite.  Isn't this implied?  I think I must be misunderstanding something.  Thanks.

What type of file are you loading?  If it's a .mid file, you'll always get the dialog as the Cakewalk file format is .cwp which stores far more information than a .mid file. The dialog appears to make sure you're happy to save as .mid and essentially lose any information that .mid files won't store.

If you're opening a .cwp file, you won't get the dialog when saving.

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I had a recent project that kept bringing up the dialog . If I used Save As and then continued with the project , each time I used the regular Save the dialog popped up. If I closed the project after a save as , and then reopened it , a normal save never brought up the dialog.      mark   

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19 hours ago, msmcleod said:

What type of file are you loading?  If it's a .mid file, you'll always get the dialog as the Cakewalk file format is .cwp which stores far more information than a .mid file. The dialog appears to make sure you're happy to save as .mid and essentially lose any information that .mid files won't store.

If you're opening a .cwp file, you won't get the dialog when saving.

I created a project, imported some audio, changed some things, etc, then saved the whole project as a bundle. Initially I used "save as" then "save", but save continues to bring up the dialog box asking for file name, instead of just saving into the old project as I'd expect.

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11 hours ago, Mastiff said:

then saved the whole project as a bundle

There is the problem. Do not use .bun files to save your work. The bundle file is a dinosaur left over from the early days of Cakewalk's foray into audio editing. Save as a Cakewalk Project file (.cwp). 

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On 8/6/2020 at 8:40 AM, Base 57 said:

There is the problem. Do not use .bun files to save your work. The bundle file is a dinosaur left over from the early days of Cakewalk's foray into audio editing. Save as a Cakewalk Project file (.cwp). 

Seems to work, thanks.

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