IFS Developer Studio hangs indefinitely, showing 'Please Wait' forever, when trying to expand a specific module to customize an object in it — this happens across multiple computers, and reinstalling Developer Studio, recreating the local app-data folder, creating a new project, and clearing every findable cache all fail to resolve it.

Q: IFS Developer Studio hangs indefinitely, showing 'Please Wait' forever, when trying to expand a specific module to customize an object in it — this happens across multiple computers, and reinstalling Developer Studio, recreating the local app-data folder, creating a new project, and clearing every findable cache all fail to resolve it.

Check the project's build_home\model\ directory for a stray backup (.BAK) file left inside that specific module's folder — a leftover BAK file there can cause Developer Studio to hang indefinitely while trying to expand that module. Removing the stray BAK file and then rebuilding that module's index resolves the hang, addressing the actual root cause, which none of the broader reinstall/cache-clearing/new-project attempts would fix on their own.

Answer

Check the project's build_home\model\<module> directory for a stray backup (.BAK) file left inside that specific module's folder — a leftover BAK file there can cause Developer Studio to hang indefinitely while trying to expand that module. Removing the stray BAK file and then rebuilding that module's index resolves the hang, addressing the actual root cause, which none of the broader reinstall/cache-clearing/new-project attempts would fix on their own.

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