Error saving window, and font issue -v8.1.21

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I have a window that I'm trying to edit but it shows this error when saving even when there are no changes:

com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.SerializationException: Error during serialization for property 'interactionController' on object '[FPMIWindow]Recipe Manager'
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.serializeProperties(DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.java:307)
	at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.designer.xmlserialization.WindowDelegate.serialize(WindowDelegate.java:34)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.XMLSerializationContext.serialize(XMLSerializationContext.java:49)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.XMLSerializer.serialize(XMLSerializer.java:525)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.XMLSerializer.serializeBinary(XMLSerializer.java:507)
	at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.designer.workspace.WindowWorkspace.saveContainer(WindowWorkspace.java:1823)
	at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.designer.workspace.WindowWorkspace.commitDesignable(WindowWorkspace.java:1539)
	at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.designer.workspace.WindowWorkspace.commitAll(WindowWorkspace.java:1096)
	at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.designer.model.VisionDesignerImpl.notifyProjectSaveStart(VisionDesignerImpl.java:588)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.designer.IgnitionDesigner.commitAll(IgnitionDesigner.java:1593)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.designer.IgnitionDesigner.handleSave(IgnitionDesigner.java:1358)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.designer.IgnitionDesigner$Handler.handleSaveAction(IgnitionDesigner.java:2787)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.designer.IgnitionDesigner$Handler$5.actionPerformed(IgnitionDesigner.java:2367)
	at java.desktop/javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(Unknown Source)
	at com.jidesoft.plaf.basic.BasicJideButtonListener.mouseReleased(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.mouseReleased(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.processEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.Container.processEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at java.base/java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$5.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$5.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at java.base/java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.SerializationException: Error during serialization for property 'generalAdapters' on object '[DefaultInteractionController]com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.application.binding.DefaultInteractionController@3c5662ba'
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.serializeProperties(DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.java:307)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.serialize(DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.java:334)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.XMLSerializationContext.serialize(XMLSerializationContext.java:49)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.writeCall(DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.java:240)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.writeCall(DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.java:227)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.doProperty(DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.java:284)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.serializeProperties(DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.java:305)
	... 49 more
Caused by: com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.SerializationException: Error during serialization for property 'font' on object '[PMIButton]PMIButton: Export'
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.serializeProperties(DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.java:307)
	at com.inductiveautomation.factorypmi.designer.xmlserialization.DefaultComponentDelegate.serializeProperties(DefaultComponentDelegate.java:112)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.serialize(DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.java:334)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.XMLSerializationContext.serialize(XMLSerializationContext.java:49)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.writeCall(DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.java:240)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.writeCall(DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.java:227)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.delegates.MapDelegate.serializeElements(MapDelegate.java:43)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.delegates.MapDelegate.serialize(MapDelegate.java:33)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.XMLSerializationContext.serialize(XMLSerializationContext.java:49)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.writeCall(DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.java:240)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.writeCall(DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.java:227)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.doProperty(DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.java:284)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.serializeProperties(DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.java:305)
	... 55 more
Caused by: com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.SerializationException: Unable to create clean copy of class de.javasoft.plaf.synthetica.ScalableFont
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.XMLSerializer.getCleanCopy(XMLSerializer.java:591)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.XMLSerializationContext.getCleanCopy(XMLSerializationContext.java:71)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.serializeProperties(DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.java:297)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.serialize(DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.java:334)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.XMLSerializationContext.serialize(XMLSerializationContext.java:49)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.writeCall(DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.java:240)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.writeCall(DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.java:227)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.doProperty(DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.java:284)
	at com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.serializeProperties(DefaultObjectSerializationDelegate.java:305)
	... 67 more

It is still able to save with this error but when i add a button it pops a similar error and wont save the changes.

A way I got it to save with the button and no errors is to change all components font to "dialoginput". Does anyone have any information on this or have had a similar issue? I would like to know why it happens and if there is a fix.

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Can you send a gateway/project backup that reproduces this issue in to our support department?

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I saw this issue as well. I upgraded from 7.9.somethingold to 8.1.28, and almost every single component with a font had its Dialog font replaced by that synthetica one, and it meant I could no longer save my windows if I made changes. I, as you said, had to simply edit the font and press OK. Note: my fonts in components still showed as Dialog, but if I probed them via script, I saw they were actually the synthetica object.
I ended up having to write a script to traverse all components on the page and convert them to the Dialog font, as there were far too many places to fix this in. Interestingly, if I dragged on a new component, it too was affected... I have a feeling this will affect development going forward. I should probably raise a support case

4

Thanks for the reply, I saw your post when researching the error. I'll try using the script to convert my components. The project I'm working on is massive, so I hope we get a more permanent solution soon.

5

Guys, you're killing me. You gotta get this stuff in to support so I can actually fix it. Proceed with workarounds as you will, but give me a chance to fix it too!

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6

But can't you just fix it now, without anything to go off of? :smile:

I'll get you/support a backup of my project early next week!