Give a better error when opening a DCP with File -> Open by mistake (#1723).

[dcpomatic.git] / src / tools / dcpomatic.cc

diff --git a/src/tools/dcpomatic.cc b/src/tools/dcpomatic.cc
index 4edfe4cd1b997afd916a9c6e81c10fdde8123f75..9d40ff3bde4bd90b01d4ffc67fbf9636779a2a9c 100644 (file)
--- a/src/tools/dcpomatic.cc
+++ b/src/tools/dcpomatic.cc
@@ -439,10 +439,21 @@ public:
 
                JobManager::instance()->add(shared_ptr<Job>(new CheckContentChangeJob(film)));
        }
-       catch (std::exception& e) {
-               wxString p = std_to_wx (file.string ());
-               wxCharBuffer b = p.ToUTF8 ();
-               error_dialog (this, wxString::Format (_("Could not open film at %s"), p.data()), std_to_wx (e.what()));
+       catch (FileNotFoundError& e) {
+               boost::filesystem::path const dir = e.file().parent_path();
+               if (boost::filesystem::exists(dir / "ASSETMAP") || boost::filesystem::exists(dir / "ASSETMAP.xml")) {
+                       error_dialog (
+                               this, _("Could not open this folder as a DCP-o-matic project."),
+                               _("It looks like you are trying to open a DCP.  File -> Open is for loading DCP-o-matic projects, not DCPs.  To import a DCP, create a new project with File -> New and then click the \"Add DCP...\" button.")
+                               );
+               } else {
+                       wxString const p = std_to_wx(file.string ());
+                       error_dialog (this, wxString::Format(_("Could not open film at %s"), p.data()), std_to_wx(e.what()));
+               }
+
+       } catch (std::exception& e) {
+               wxString const p = std_to_wx (file.string());
+               error_dialog (this, wxString::Format(_("Could not open film at %s"), p.data()), std_to_wx(e.what()));
        }
 
        void set_film (shared_ptr<Film> film)