LogText: Warning: Saving FText "" which has been initialized from FString at cook time

Development Programming & Scripting
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I think the FText FText::FromString( FString&& String ) method should check if input String is empty or not,

and set ETextFlag::InitializedFromString only for non empty input.

FText FText::FromString( FString&& String )

{

FText NewText = String.IsEmpty() ? FText::GetEmpty() : FText(MoveTemp(String));

if (!GIsEditor)

{

NewText.Flags |= ETextFlag::CultureInvariant;

}

===>NewText.Flags |= (!String.IsEmpty() * ETextFlag::InitializedFromString);

return NewText;

}

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Steps to Reproduce
When user creates user type (struct) using Unreal Editor UI and some of it properties are FText and default values are empty, the cook logs

“LogText: Warning: Saving FText “” which has been initialized from FString at cook time …”.

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Hi Larry,

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. Actually, this exact issue has been brought up recently on [another [Content removed] and a bug report has been filed with tracking number UE-331630. I have now added your suggestion about changing FText::FromString() directly as a possible solution.

Please let me know if you’d like to add any other information to the bug report.

Best regards,

Vitor