Botframework-emulator: Can't open Bot file

[wlopez-enkoding]

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Version

4.4.0 (macOS 10.14.4)

Describe the bug

Not able to open my Bot File.

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Go to "Open Bot"
2. Select my .bot File
3. Click to "Connect"
4. Type Bot file's secret
5. Click "Submit"

Expected behavior

Being able to debug my Bot

An Error occurred opening the Bot at [Path] Error: [confirmAndOpenBotFromFile] Error while calling browserForBotFile: No secret provided to decrypt encrypted bot.

[cwhitten]

Hi @enKoding. I'm seeing similar behavior around the Emulator's mechanisms to encrypt .bot files using this secret. We will take a look at this first thing. Thanks for your patience as we address this.

Unencrypted .bot files don't appear to be affected.

[cwhitten]

The issue is due to the need to bump the Emulator's dependency on botframework-config to version 4.4.0. This change is in flight.

[wlopez-enkoding]

Is this a change I can apply my self for now ? If so, How ?

[cwhitten]

@enKoding it may be 24 - 48hrs until this change is available in a packaged version. If you're familiar enough with git workflows and wanted to build the Emulator from source by cloning, installing, and running the Emulator in a development mode, the change is on this branch:

https://github.com/Microsoft/BotFramework-Emulator/pull/1521

[cwhitten]

addressed in https://github.com/microsoft/BotFramework-Emulator/pull/1521