outFolder does not allow publishing/debugging when configured

[aipungggi]

Please include the following with each issue:

1. Describe the bug
The following setting stops working from time to time and the app file is put in root again:

 "al.compilationOptions": {
        "outFolder": "\\\\aif\\Release\\Inbetriebnahme\\App"
    }

2. To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

Cant reproduce it happens suddenly.

5. Versions:

• AL Language: 12 and 13 (prerelease)
• Visual Studio Code: 1.86.2
• Business Central: 23.4

Internal work item: AB#548299

[aipungggi]

I am using latest Prerelease (14) and at the moment the behaviour is:
If I only publish, the app is saved to the path specified in 'outFolder'. When I start a debug session it says:
[2024-03-01 14:02:06.66] Error: File c:\Users\ap.root\Amagno\src\Amann Informatik AG_***_23.1.0.15.app does not exist.

Few days ago this still worked fine.

Commenting out the outFolder setting and debug session starts but .app is put in root.

[RadoArvay]

Just connecting to #7536 - it was closed as solved but it has never worked correctly.
Every type of setup has different result - always.

[thloke]

We've fixed a bug related to this recently, so I think this will be addressed in the next pre-release. It should be in version 14.0.965742 or later.

[aipungggi]

No this is not fixed. I am still getting "Error: File .....app does not exist." When outFolder is configured.
v14.0.986719 (pre-release)

[thellMa]

Hi, I do get similar issue but with another relative path.
I use workspace with multiple projects in them and want to place all app files in ..\builds\ folder, together with the .alpackage folder.

the folder structure looks like this.

App1
App2
builds
  .alpackage
  App1.app
  App2.app

Workspace file:

 {
    "folders": [
       {
           "path": "App1"
       },
       {
           "path": "App2"
       },
       {
           "path": "builds"
       }
    ],
    "settings" : {
       "al.packageChachePath": [
          "..\\builds\\.alpackages"
       ],
       "al.compilationOptions": {
          "outFolder": "..\\builds\\"
        }
    }
}

Everything compiles and I can download the symbols to this relative build path, but I cant publish the apps :-( all I get is

Error: File ..\builds\App1.app does not exists.

[aipungggi]

yes I have a similar projectstructure within a workspace