Hello. I use Studio 2017. I am currently translating a book and I was working on one long chapter (original document: Word doc.) for the past two weeks. Fortunately, I saved drafts in Word format every day. Yesterday when I went to open the project file, I received the message "Dependency file not found. Would you like to browse this file?" Upon browsing, I got the message "Path does not exist. Would you like to try again?"

I found this turn of events quite odd because I had been working satisfactorily with the file for two works. Interestingly, however, (actually, I should say "deceptively"), despite the messages, the project file did open in Trados, so I continued working because everything looked normal, and it looked as if I was able to save the segments into my TM. Nevertheless, when I tried to generate a Word document I received the message shown in the subject line above. However, I was lulled into believing all was being saved in the TM. At the end of the day, I tried various ways to generate a Word document including opening the .sdlxliff file directly but was unable to. As I said, however, because my .sdlxliff file seemed to be updated, I thought at least that my TM had updated, so I tried to regenerate a new document using my TM, only to find that none of my day's work was saved on the TM.

So, my dilemma is this: (1) I have all the updated work on my Editor's View but I cannot generate a target Word file. (2) The updated segments failed to save in the TM. (3) The project file cannot be opened via the .sdlxliff file. (4) I absolutely need this data on my TM. What can I do? Please help. In addition to using a TM for this project, I am also using a term base. The error details are given below. I apologise if my explanation is wordy, but I wanted to give as much information as possible to expedite the best solution. I look forward to a possible solution from SDL and the collective wisdom of the SDL Community.         

Gratefully,

Robin

- <SDLErrorDetails time="1/20/2018 6:55:31 AM"> 

<ErrorMessage>Failed to save target content: Value cannot be null. Parameter name: fileName</ErrorMessage> 

- <Exception> 

<Type>System.ArgumentNullException, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</Type> 

<ParamName>fileName</ParamName> 

<HelpLink /> 

<Source>mscorlib</Source> 

<HResult>-2147467261</HResult> 

- <StackTrace> 

- <![CDATA[ 

   at System.IO.FileInfo..ctor(String fileName)

   at Sdl.FileTypeSupport.Filters.MicrosoftOffice.Core.Services.FileService.GetFileInfo(String path)

   at Sdl.FileTypeSupport.Filters.MicrosoftOffice.Word.Writer.DocxWriter.GetSourceFilePath(IPersistentFileConversionProperties fileProperties)

   at Sdl.FileTypeSupport.Filters.MicrosoftOffice.Word.Writer.DocxWriter.GetProposedOutputFileInfo(IPersistentFileConversionProperties fileProperties, IOutputFileInfo proposedFileInfo)

   at Sdl.FileTypeSupport.Framework.Integration.MultiFileConverter.GetProposedFileInfoFromComponents(IFileProperties fileInfo, ContentRestriction contentRestriction)

   at Sdl.FileTypeSupport.Framework.Integration.MultiFileConverter.SetNativeOutputProperties(IFileProperties fileInfo)

   at Sdl.FileTypeSupport.Framework.Integration.MultiFileConverter.NextGenerator(IFileProperties fileInfo)

   at Sdl.FileTypeSupport.Framework.Integration.MultiFileConverter.SetFileProperties(IFileProperties fileInfo)

   at Sdl.FileTypeSupport.Framework.BilingualApi.AbstractBilingualContentProcessor.SetFileProperties(IFileProperties fileInfo)

   at Sdl.FileTypeSupport.Framework.Integration.AbstractBilingualProcessorContainer.SetFileProperties(IFileProperties fileInfo)

   at Sdl.FileTypeSupport.Bilingual.Tmfc.TmfcReaderImpl.vv_Visit(TmfcReaderImpl* , FrameworkFileContainerField* field)

   at FrameworkFileContainerField.vv_AcceptFrameworkVisitor(FrameworkFileContainerField* , FrameworkFieldVisitor* visitor)

   at Sdl.FileTypeSupport.Bilingual.Tmfc.TmfcReaderImpl.vv_VisitStartEndField(TmfcReaderImpl* , StartEndField* startEnd)

   at Sdl.FileTypeSupport.Bilingual.Tmfc.TmfcReaderImpl.b_VisitNext(TmfcReaderImpl* )

   at Sdl.FileTypeSupport.Bilingual.Tmfc.TmfcReader.ParseNext()

   at Sdl.FileTypeSupport.Framework.Integration.FileExtractor.ParseNext()

   at Sdl.FileTypeSupport.Framework.Integration.MultiFileConverter.ParseNext()

   at Sdl.FileTypeSupport.Framework.Integration.MultiFileConverter.Parse()

   at Sdl.TranslationStudio.Editor.TranslationEditor.TranslatableDocument.SaveMonolingualAsJobRequest.Execute(IJobExecutionContext context)

   at Sdl.Desktop.Platform.Implementation.Services.Job.<_worker_DoWork>b__3()

   at Sdl.Desktop.Platform.Implementation.Services.Log.Resources(Object message, Action action)

   at Sdl.Desktop.Platform.Implementation.Services.Job._worker_DoWork(Object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)

   at System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker.OnDoWork(DoWorkEventArgs e)

   at System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker.WorkerThreadStart(Object argument)

]]> 

</StackTrace> 

</Exception> 

- <Environment> 

<ProductName>SDL Trados Studio</ProductName> 

<ProductVersion>14.0.0.0</ProductVersion> 

<EntryAssemblyFileVersion>14.1.6413.8</EntryAssemblyFileVersion> 

<OperatingSystem>Microsoft Windows 10 Home</OperatingSystem> 

<ServicePack>NULL</ServicePack> 

<OperatingSystemLanguage>1033</OperatingSystemLanguage> 

<CodePage>1252</CodePage> 

<LoggedOnUser>DESKTOP-J12B5TV\Home Business</LoggedOnUser> 

<DotNetFrameWork>4.0.30319.42000</DotNetFrameWork> 

<ComputerName>DESKTOP-J12B5TV</ComputerName> 

<ConnectedToNetwork>True</ConnectedToNetwork> 

<PhysicalMemory>2079244 MB</PhysicalMemory> 

</Environment> 

</SDLErrorDetails>