Thanks for these detailed steps Lance. I'll use them to squash this  
bug in 1.4.4.

Peace,

Kevin Hoctor
ke...@nothirst.com
No Thirst Software LLC
http://nothirst.com
http://kevinhoctor.blogspot.com

On Mar 26, 2009, at 1:39 PM, Lance wrote:

>
> I can now consistently reproduce this issue. I am using MoneyWell
> 1.4.3 (225).
>
> Here are the steps to reproduce:
>
> 1. Open MoneyWell
> 2. File > New Document
> 3. Hit "Cancel" on "Add Default Buckets" window
> 4. Hit "Cancel" on when prompted to create new account
> 5. Save document when prompted (I saved mine as "Test" on the
> Desktop)
> 6. Click on "New Bucket" button on toolbar and add a new bucket with
> any name (I used "abc")
> 7. Repeat step 6 to create another bucket (doesn't have to be the
> same name, I used "def", etc.)
> 8. Repeat step 6 again to create yet another bucket
> 9. Drag the first bucket down the list as far as it will go (just
> before the last bucket)
> 10. Repeat steps 8 & 9 until you hit the bug (I consistently hit the
> bug after 4-9 total buckets have been created)
>
> The "bug" is that when you release the bucket you were dragging, a
> bucket with what appears to be no name is created there and you get
> the following error message: The document "test" could not be saved.
> name is a required value. After clicking "OK" you will now be in an
> infinite loop where you get the error message about every 2 seconds
> until you quit.
>
> I'm wondering if what happens is that when you rearrange buckets,
> MoneyWell internally is creating a new bucket with a blank name
> temporarily and then renaming it. If MoneyWell happens to try to the
> save the file while this is taking place, you hit this error. It seems
> like there is a race condition between renaming the new bucket and
> saving the file, which would explain why it takes a variable number of
> times repeating steps 8&9 to hit the bug.
> >


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