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Application builder changes my edits of config files!!!!

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04-05-2013 04:56 AM
NicholasFordes1
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I am using Application Builder (3.2 with 10.1.1 server) to create and configure the bulk of my application, but every time I go into the config files to change some of the minor stuff that App Builder can't do (position of widgets, pop-up formatting, etc.) and then save in a subsequent session in App Builder, all my changes are lost. 

Why does App Builder do this?  What exactly does it do when you save?  It only changes the stuff on each of the tabs (Maps, Widgets, Layout, etc.)

I am going to keep a list of all the minor changes I make within the config files for implementing after I am done with App Builder, and right before I release new versions of the app.  Any other ideas on how to better handle this discrepancy???
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AnthonyGiles
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Nicholas,

If you are confident with amending the config files manually i wouldn't use the application builder. The builder is good for complete novices but is limited to what it can do, each time you save from the app builder it will rewrite the config files with those that are part of the app builder hence why you keep losing you changes.

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Anthony

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AnthonyGiles
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Nicholas,

If you are confident with amending the config files manually i wouldn't use the application builder. The builder is good for complete novices but is limited to what it can do, each time you save from the app builder it will rewrite the config files with those that are part of the app builder hence why you keep losing you changes.

Regards

Anthony
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NicholasFordes1
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Confident with config files - yes - but I like how quickly I can copy a template and update a few core things.

I will continue my hybrid approach for now, but what you are suggesting makes most sense.

Thanks
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