Problem summary When you click "External editor..." in a parameter's or attribute's context menu and no editor is specified in preferences, Katana should ask to specify the Text Editor to use. This is how the OpScript functions when selecting the 'Edit in External Editor' Button.
For Attributes and Parameters, Katana throws the following message and does not open a Text Editor:
Windows
Error launching external editor command "file/path/FormWidgetExternalEdit.txt": [Error 193] %1 is not a valid Win32 application
If you specify a Text Editor in Edit > Preferences > externalTools > editor,the chosen text editor will load without issues.
Customer reported version katanaunsure/unknown
Customer reported platform windows10
Steps to reproduce
1) Open Katana
2) Add a primitiveCreate node to the Node Graph
3) Within the Parameters tab, Right click a node and select'External Editor...'
Result: The following error dialog will appear:
Workaround This issue can be simply worked around by choosing a Text Editor within Edit > Preferences > externalTools > editor :
Reproduced by support
This bug has been reproduced in: Katana3.1v3 - Windows 7 - CentOS7 Katana3.1v1 - Windows 7 - CentOS7 Katana3.0v1 - Windows 7 Katana2.6v1 - Windows 7 Katana2.5v1 - Windows 7 - CentOS7 Katana2.1v1 - CentOS7 Katana2.0v1 - CentOS7
Earliest version tested - This issue appears in all versions of the product
Expected behaviour Katana should ask you to specify a Text Editor if no preference is chosen ( OpScript Behaviour )
Actual behaviour An exception appears, no external editor is opened
Please Note: In Katana3.0 and later, there currently is a bug which stops the ExternalEditor dialog from closing:
