Can't now open ANY file.

[BeeRaye]

Hi all.
Been using JG for a few weeks now. EVERYTHING seemed fine.
I have been using one file for the past week. It works.

Today I wanted to swap file and load another. I'm getting error messages.

I have uninstalled to no avail. (used a different folder too)!
I did NOT get the option to repair or modify if that helps.

Any ideas and suggestions MUCH appreciated.

Thanks.

EDIT: This is from the log.
2024-01-25 17:17:01 ERROR Uncaught exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "xml\etree\ElementTree.py", line 1079, in _escape_attrib
TypeError: argument of type 'NoneType' is not iterable

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "joystick_gremlin.py", line 924, in
File "joystick_gremlin.py", line 1075, in _load_recent_profile
File "joystick_gremlin.py", line 1018, in _save_changes_request
File "joystick_gremlin.py", line 1045, in _has_profile_changed
File "gremlin\profile.py", line 1581, in to_xml
File "xml\etree\ElementTree.py", line 1135, in tostring
File "xml\etree\ElementTree.py", line 776, in write
File "xml\etree\ElementTree.py", line 941, in _serialize_xml
File "xml\etree\ElementTree.py", line 941, in _serialize_xml
File "xml\etree\ElementTree.py", line 941, in _serialize_xml
[Previous line repeated 4 more times]
File "xml\etree\ElementTree.py", line 933, in _serialize_xml
File "xml\etree\ElementTree.py", line 1102, in _escape_attrib
File "xml\etree\ElementTree.py", line 1057, in _raise_serialization_error
TypeError: cannot serialize None (type NoneType)

[BeeRaye]

Okay. I renamed the "users" Joystick Gremlin saved folder.
Opened the program and it worked.
I can now load the files from JoystickGremlinOLD.

I then placed the two files I want to use BACK into the proper folder and I get the error back!

Update.

I can load ALL files.
For all except one, I can swap between them using the load icon.

ONE file has something different in it. When I open THAT one up I then cannot open any others until I close down JG and delete the config folder.

Open it up again and voila - all's good until I load the corrupt file!

I am willing to share any files if anyone knows how to dig deep and figure it out.....
Thanks.

[BeeRaye]

Sorry if I need to keep updates in the original thread.

The corruption is in the Joystick Gremlin config for the last_profile.

I load the "bad" file. Then try another --> I get the error.

Now - if I load the JG config and alter the last_profile to a "good" file, it allows me to then open any other....
What's in the "bad" profile that can do this? It works when set to run!

Crazy!

[WhiteMagic]

Without knowing what the offending profile looks like, it's impossible to say what's wrong with it.

[BeeRaye]

Thanks dude.
There must be a corruption in my file.
Luckily, I backed it up the day before and that's fine.
I've tried scanning for differences, but with 1000s of lines I gave up.

I have a sneaky feeling maybe, when programming a macro, I forgot to stop recording - - so that could be too long.

Anyway, I'll close the issue, THANKS for making such a brilliant program.