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Author Topic: Ask Reuben 188 - _studio.xcf  (Read 4754 times)
Reuben B.
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« on: August 03, 2023, 04:34:43 am »

When using Genero Studio, and you have the Display configured to “Use Application Server”, that is running through a Web Browser rather than via Genero Desktop Client, something interesting happens that innocently has some flow on effects.
 
To start with, two .xcf (Application Configuration) files are created and are placed in the /app subdirectory of the  appdata directory.   They will have a filename that consists of program_your-name.xcf and program_your-name_studio.xcf.
 
If you look in the address-bar of the browser you will see a URL that is of the form server/ua/r/program_your-name_studio .  You can correctly guess that Genero Studio is creating an .xcf file named program_your-name_studio.xcf and then launching a Genero Web Application using that .xcf file.  However before using that .xcf file, you should understand what is inside it, as without understanding what is inside that particular .xcf file, false assumptions are made that leaves you scratching your head.

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