sorry, I figured that the file I was trying to create contained invalid characters, in particular a doublecolumn. Still, I found the behaviour confusing. If the system cannot create the�file I should get a clear error message than potentially a window that ask me what to do.

2013/4/15 Fabrizio Perin <fabrizio.perin@gmail.com>

I'm in a Moose image 4.8 so

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2013/4/15 Camillo Bruni <camillobruni@gmail.com>

which pharo version are you using?

On 2013-04-15, at 11:31, Fabrizio Perin <fabrizio.perin@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I used the method StandardFileStream>>forceNewFileNamed: to create a new
> file but a window opens all the time telling me that the file doesn't exist
> and asking what I want to do about it. Is there another way I should use to
> create a file, and eventually overwrite it if it exists already, without
> having the system asking me what to do?
>
> Thanks,
> Fabrizio