[MonoTouch] Strange issue iOS5.1 vs Environment.SpecialFolder.Personal

[Nic Wise]

Did I miss something? It's not on the release notes there.... I
normally read them at least a little bit.... :)

(doesn't matter now, but would be good to know if I'm smoking crack
and missed it)

On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 01:10, Sebastien Pouliot <sebastien at xamarin.com> wrote:
> Hello Karl,
>
> AFAIK this error is caused by a change in iOS 5.1 that does not allow
> everyone to write to `stdout` (and return an access denied).
>
> It should only occurs when using "Console.WriteLine" and was fixed in
> MonoTouch 5.2.4 [1] (where the exception will be ignored, i.e. no
> writing on `stdout`).
>
> If you cannot update to 5.2.4 then you can try:
>
> a) calling: Console.SetOut (new StreamWriter (Stream.Null));
>
> b) add #if DEBUG ... #endif around the Console.WriteLine from your
> application (so they won't reach your users)
>
> Regards,
> Sebastien
>
> [1] http://docs.xamarin.com/MonoTouch_5.2#Changes_in_MonoTouch_5.2.4
>
> On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 7:50 PM, Karl Heinz Brehme Arredondo
> <karl at e-magesolutions.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Today our helpdesk reported a user that sent a captured ipad screen with a
>> strange error message that is stranger than I could imagine..:
>> 'Access to the path
>> "/private/var/mobile/Application/BLABLABLAWHISKASSACHET/MyApp.app/[Unknown]"
>> is denied.'
>>
>> That mean that after to subscribe/download about 8 tables correctly, this
>> ipad "decided" to change his mind on table Descontos_Motivos "create table
>> in the same Sqlite file that previous tables was created to a strange folder
>> called [Unknown]. Where the heck it get this word??
>>
>> The folder is get
>> with Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Personal) and all
>> tables are created as the same way in a loop, on same local sqlite database.
>>
>> At night, another user from another client (same app) reported the same
>> thing with a new info: he upgraded to iOS 5.1… So I made de upgrade and
>> tested the download of database: same error in same table… Then testes with
>> a version compiled with monotouch 5.2 and no error. But back to same version
>> of the user, and tried to download database again: no error. Really
>> confusing because I can't reproduce it again.
>>
>> It will blow up our helpdesk tomorrow?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Karl
>>
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