Data links to rider details are not persisted across sessions

[tjsr]

When making changes to the columns of an excel file which point to fields such as a riders Race plate number, transponder number, category etc, these changes are not saved and persisted beyond the current process. If CrossMgr exits - either cleanly, directed by the user, or from crashing, these links are lost, and the user must re-set them after re-opening the race file.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behaviour:

1. From File | Recent Files open a recent .cmn file.
2. From DataMgmt | Link to External Excel Data... select a workbook with columns you wish to link. Click 'Next'
3. Select the sheet containing data, click 'Next'
4. Adjust the fields from the dropdowns corresponding to the data in the spreadsheet that is to be mapped. For my test data file, RaceNo -> Bib#, Grade -> Category and EventCategory, TagNo -> Tag1. Other fields were already populated.
5. File | Close Race
6. Exit the application.
7. Re-start the application
8. Re-open the same file as per steps 1-3.
9. In my case, the columns remains unlinked - see screenshots.

Expected behaviour
Previous values of Excel worksheet columns are populated in dropdown and grid after re-opening the application.

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows 11
• Version 3.1.68

Additional context
Additional checks coming soon.

After re-opening application:

[esitarski]

Cannot reproduce. I started with an Excel file with column names FirstName and LastName, so that CrossMgr would find them by default. I opened DataMgmt and swapped FirstName and LastName, and the results were also correct, with the FirstName and LastName swapped. Exitted CrossMgr, restarted, reopened the race, and FirstName and LastName remained swapped. Appears to work correctly.

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[tjsr]

@esitarski Have just gone through replication steps and reproducing this locally.

It's not an absolute show-stopper like some of the issues with the application crashing when closing a file and not saving data, which will take priority for me to fix. But once I've implemented the new logger fully, I'll definitely look to add significant extra debug logging and output, to figure out what's happening here.