upgraded to typescript 4.6.2

34 files changed, 164 insertions, 164 deletions

diff --git a/src/client/documents/Documents.ts b/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
index 279916bac..df4aa3acf 100644
--- a/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
+++ b/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
@@ -1450,7 +1450,7 @@ export namespace DocUtils {
         if (doc) {
             const proto = Doc.GetProto(doc);
             proto.text = result.rawText;
-            proto.fileUpload = basename(pathname).replace("upload_", "").replace(/\.[a-z0-9]*$/, "");
+            proto.fileUpload = pathname.replace(/.*\//, "").replace("upload_", "").replace(/\.[a-z0-9]*$/, "");
             if (Upload.isImageInformation(result)) {
                 const maxNativeDim = Math.min(Math.max(result.nativeHeight, result.nativeWidth), defaultNativeImageDim);
                 proto["data-nativeOrientation"] = result.exifData?.data?.image?.Orientation;
@@ -1485,7 +1485,8 @@ export namespace DocUtils {
     }
     export async function uploadFilesToDocs(files: File[], options: DocumentOptions) {
         const generatedDocuments: Doc[] = [];
-        for (const { source: { name, type }, result } of await Networking.UploadFilesToServer(files)) {
+        const upfiles = await Networking.UploadFilesToServer(files);
+        for (const { source: { name, type }, result } of upfiles) {
             name && type && processFileupload(generatedDocuments, name, type, result, options);
         }
         return generatedDocuments;
diff --git a/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts b/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts
index 6e2a72f3a..600c143a7 100644
--- a/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/CurrentUserUtils.ts
@@ -535,11 +535,11 @@ export class CurrentUserUtils {
     // setup the "creator" buttons for the sidebar-- eg. the default set of draggable document creation tools
     static async setupCreatorButtons(doc: Doc) {
         let alreadyCreatedButtons: string[] = [];
-        const dragCreatorSet = await Cast(doc.myItemCreators, Doc, null);
+        const dragCreatorSet = Cast(doc.myItemCreators, Doc, null);
         if (dragCreatorSet) {
-            const dragCreators = await Cast(dragCreatorSet.data, listSpec(Doc));
+            const dragCreators = Cast(dragCreatorSet.data, listSpec(Doc));
             if (dragCreators) {
-                const dragDocs = await Promise.all(dragCreators);
+                const dragDocs = await Promise.all(Array.from(dragCreators));
                 alreadyCreatedButtons = dragDocs.map(d => StrCast(d.title));
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/client/util/DictationManager.ts b/src/client/util/DictationManager.ts
index a93b2f573..a086ac45e 100644
--- a/src/client/util/DictationManager.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/DictationManager.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import * as interpreter from "words-to-numbers";
+// @ts-ignore  bcz: how are you supposed to include these definitions since dom-speech-recognition isn't a module?
+import type { } from "@types/dom-speech-recognition";
 import { Doc, Opt } from "../../fields/Doc";
 import { List } from "../../fields/List";
 import { RichTextField } from "../../fields/RichTextField";
@@ -13,6 +15,7 @@ import { DocumentView } from "../views/nodes/DocumentView";
 import { SelectionManager } from "./SelectionManager";
 import { UndoManager } from "./UndoManager";
 
+
 /**
  * This namespace provides a singleton instance of a manager that
  * handles the listening and text-conversion of user speech.
@@ -112,7 +115,7 @@ export namespace DictationManager {
                     }
                     options?.tryExecute && await DictationManager.Commands.execute(results);
                 }
-            } catch (e) {
+            } catch (e: any) {
                 console.log(e);
                 if (overlay) {
                     DictationOverlay.Instance.isListening = false;
@@ -188,7 +191,7 @@ export namespace DictationManager {
                         current && sessionResults.push(current);
                         sessionResults.length && resolve(sessionResults.join(inter || interSession));
                     } else {
-                        resolve(current);
+                        resolve(current || "");
                     }
                     current = undefined;
                     sessionResults = [];
diff --git a/src/client/util/DocumentManager.ts b/src/client/util/DocumentManager.ts
index 66b6a1e44..e1dc96155 100644
--- a/src/client/util/DocumentManager.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/DocumentManager.ts
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ export class DocumentManager {
                 originalTarget, willZoom, scale: presZoom, afterFocus: (didFocus: boolean) =>
                     new Promise<ViewAdjustment>(res => {
                         focusAndFinish(didFocus);
-                        res();
+                        res(ViewAdjustment.doNothing);
                     })
             });
         } else {
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ export class DocumentManager {
                                     willZoom, afterFocus: (didFocus: boolean) =>
                                         new Promise<ViewAdjustment>(res => {
                                             !noSelect && focusAndFinish(didFocus);
-                                            res();
+                                            res(ViewAdjustment.doNothing);
                                         })
                                 }); // focus on the target in the context
                             } else if (delay > 1500) {
diff --git a/src/client/util/DragManager.ts b/src/client/util/DragManager.ts
index ae3fa3170..c9c499fff 100644
--- a/src/client/util/DragManager.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/DragManager.ts
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ export namespace DragManager {
                                 screenX: e.screenX,
                                 screenY: e.screenY,
                                 detail: e.detail,
-                                view: e.view ? e.view : new Window,
+                                view: e.view ? e.view : new Window as any,
                                 nativeEvent: new DragEvent("dashDragAutoScroll"),
                                 currentTarget: target,
                                 target: target,
diff --git a/src/client/util/Import & Export/DirectoryImportBox.tsx b/src/client/util/Import & Export/DirectoryImportBox.tsx
index cf72cd0df..9eee75253 100644
--- a/src/client/util/Import & Export/DirectoryImportBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/util/Import & Export/DirectoryImportBox.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
 import { BatchedArray } from "array-batcher";
-import "fs";
 import { action, computed, IReactionDisposer, observable, reaction, runInAction } from "mobx";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
-import * as path from 'path';
 import Measure, { ContentRect } from "react-measure";
 import { Doc, DocListCast, DocListCastAsync, Opt } from "../../../fields/Doc";
 import { Id } from "../../../fields/FieldSymbols";
@@ -120,7 +118,7 @@ export class DirectoryImportBox extends React.Component<FieldViewProps> {
             }
             const { accessPaths, exifData } = result;
             const path = Utils.prepend(accessPaths.agnostic.client);
-            const document = type && await DocUtils.DocumentFromType(type, path, { _width: 300, title: name });
+            const document = type && await DocUtils.DocumentFromType(type, path, { _width: 300 });
             const { data, error } = exifData;
             if (document) {
                 Doc.GetProto(document).exif = error || Doc.Get.FromJson({ data });
diff --git a/src/client/util/LinkManager.ts b/src/client/util/LinkManager.ts
index 62b13e2c6..df2c02a8d 100644
--- a/src/client/util/LinkManager.ts
+++ b/src/client/util/LinkManager.ts
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ export class LinkManager {
                             afterFocus: (didFocus: boolean) => {
                                 finished?.();
                                 res(ViewAdjustment.resetView);
-                                return new Promise<ViewAdjustment>(res2 => res2());
+                                return new Promise<ViewAdjustment>(res2 => res2(ViewAdjustment.doNothing));
                             }
                         });
                     } else {
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaCells.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaCells.tsx
index a439a7998..6a9b27d02 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaCells.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaCells.tsx
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@ import { FontAwesomeIcon } from "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome";
 import { action, computed, observable } from "mobx";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 import DatePicker from "react-datepicker";
-import "react-datepicker/dist/react-datepicker.css";
 import { CellInfo } from "react-table";
-import "react-table/react-table.css";
 import { DateField } from "../../../../fields/DateField";
 import { Doc, DocListCast, Field, Opt } from "../../../../fields/Doc";
 import { Id } from "../../../../fields/FieldSymbols";
@@ -31,7 +29,6 @@ import { DocumentIconContainer } from "../../nodes/DocumentIcon";
 import { OverlayView } from "../../OverlayView";
 import "./CollectionSchemaView.scss";
 import { CollectionView } from "../CollectionView";
-const path = require('path');
 
 // intialize cell properties
 export interface CellProps {
@@ -495,8 +492,8 @@ export class CollectionSchemaImageCell extends CollectionSchemaCell {
         if (url.href.indexOf(window.location.origin) === -1) return Utils.CorsProxy(url.href); // otherwise, put it through the cors proxy erver
         if (!/\.(png|jpg|jpeg|gif|webp)$/.test(url.href.toLowerCase())) return url.href;//Why is this here — good question
 
-        const ext = path.extname(url.href); // the extension of the file
-        return url.href.replace(ext, "_o" + path.extname(url.href));
+        const ext = "." + url.href.replace(/.*\./, "");//  path.extname(url.href); // the extension of the file
+        return url.href.replace(ext, "_o" + ext);
     }
 
     render() {
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
index b89246489..83d339f0a 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/CollectionSchemaView.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { action, computed, observable, untracked, trace } from "mobx";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 import Measure from "react-measure";
 import { Resize } from "react-table";
-import "react-table/react-table.css";
 import { Doc, Opt } from "../../../../fields/Doc";
 import { List } from "../../../../fields/List";
 import { listSpec } from "../../../../fields/Schema";
@@ -147,43 +146,43 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
 
         const anyType = <div className={"columnMenu-option" + (type === ColumnType.Any ? " active" : "")} onClick={() => this.setColumnType(col, ColumnType.Any)}>
             <FontAwesomeIcon icon={"align-justify"} size="sm" />
-                Any
-            </div>;
+            Any
+        </div>;
 
         const numType = <div className={"columnMenu-option" + (type === ColumnType.Number ? " active" : "")} onClick={() => this.setColumnType(col, ColumnType.Number)}>
             <FontAwesomeIcon icon={"hashtag"} size="sm" />
-                Number
-            </div>;
+            Number
+        </div>;
 
         const textType = <div className={"columnMenu-option" + (type === ColumnType.String ? " active" : "")} onClick={() => this.setColumnType(col, ColumnType.String)}>
             <FontAwesomeIcon icon={"font"} size="sm" />
             Text
-            </div>;
+        </div>;
 
         const boolType = <div className={"columnMenu-option" + (type === ColumnType.Boolean ? " active" : "")} onClick={() => this.setColumnType(col, ColumnType.Boolean)}>
             <FontAwesomeIcon icon={"check-square"} size="sm" />
             Checkbox
-            </div>;
+        </div>;
 
         const listType = <div className={"columnMenu-option" + (type === ColumnType.List ? " active" : "")} onClick={() => this.setColumnType(col, ColumnType.List)}>
             <FontAwesomeIcon icon={"list-ul"} size="sm" />
             List
-            </div>;
+        </div>;
 
         const docType = <div className={"columnMenu-option" + (type === ColumnType.Doc ? " active" : "")} onClick={() => this.setColumnType(col, ColumnType.Doc)}>
             <FontAwesomeIcon icon={"file"} size="sm" />
             Document
-            </div>;
+        </div>;
 
         const imageType = <div className={"columnMenu-option" + (type === ColumnType.Image ? " active" : "")} onClick={() => this.setColumnType(col, ColumnType.Image)}>
             <FontAwesomeIcon icon={"image"} size="sm" />
             Image
-            </div>;
+        </div>;
 
         const dateType = <div className={"columnMenu-option" + (type === ColumnType.Date ? " active" : "")} onClick={() => this.setColumnType(col, ColumnType.Date)}>
             <FontAwesomeIcon icon={"calendar"} size="sm" />
-                Date
-                </div>;
+            Date
+        </div>;
 
 
         const allColumnTypes = <div className="columnMenu-types">
@@ -557,7 +556,7 @@ export class CollectionSchemaView extends CollectionSubView(doc => doc) {
             style={{
                 overflow: this.props.scrollOverflow === true ? "scroll" : undefined, backgroundColor: "white",
                 pointerEvents: this.props.Document._searchDoc !== undefined && !this.props.isContentActive() && !SnappingManager.GetIsDragging() ? "none" : undefined,
-                width: name === "collectionSchemaView-searchContainer" ? "auto" : this.props.PanelWidth() || "100%", height: this.props.PanelHeight() || "100%", position: "relative",
+                width: this.props.PanelWidth() || "100%", height: this.props.PanelHeight() || "100%", position: "relative",
             }}  >
             <div className="collectionSchemaView-tableContainer"
                 style={{ width: `calc(100% - ${this.previewWidth()}px)` }}
diff --git a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaTable.tsx b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaTable.tsx
index 2219345f6..605481ddf 100644
--- a/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaTable.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/collections/collectionSchema/SchemaTable.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
 import { action, computed, observable, trace } from "mobx";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 import ReactTable, { CellInfo, Column, ComponentPropsGetterR, Resize, SortingRule } from "react-table";
-import "react-table/react-table.css";
 import { DateField } from "../../../../fields/DateField";
 import { AclPrivate, AclReadonly, DataSym, Doc, DocListCast, Field, Opt } from "../../../../fields/Doc";
 import { Id } from "../../../../fields/FieldSymbols";
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/AudioBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/AudioBox.tsx
index c79828470..02451bdac 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/AudioBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/AudioBox.tsx
@@ -310,7 +310,9 @@ export class AudioBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<
         );
         DocUtils.ActiveRecordings.push(this);
         this._recorder.ondataavailable = async (e: any) => {
+            console.log("Data available", e);
             const [{ result }] = await Networking.UploadFilesToServer(e.data);
+            console.log("Data result", result);
             if (!(result instanceof Error)) {
                 this.props.Document[this.props.fieldKey] = new AudioField(result.accessPaths.agnostic.client);
             }
@@ -336,8 +338,8 @@ export class AudioBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<
                 (this.layoutDoc.dontAutoPlayFollowedLinks ? "" : "Don't") +
                 " play when link is selected",
             event: () =>
-                (this.layoutDoc.dontAutoPlayFollowedLinks =
-                    !this.layoutDoc.dontAutoPlayFollowedLinks),
+            (this.layoutDoc.dontAutoPlayFollowedLinks =
+                !this.layoutDoc.dontAutoPlayFollowedLinks),
             icon: "expand-arrows-alt",
         });
         funcs.push({
@@ -637,77 +639,77 @@ export class AudioBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<
                                 </div>
                             </div>
                         ) : (
-                                <div
-                                    className={`audiobox-record${interactive}`}
-                                    style={{ backgroundColor: Colors.DARK_GRAY }}
-                                >
-                                    <FontAwesomeIcon icon="microphone" />
+                            <div
+                                className={`audiobox-record${interactive}`}
+                                style={{ backgroundColor: Colors.DARK_GRAY }}
+                            >
+                                <FontAwesomeIcon icon="microphone" />
                                 RECORD
-                                </div>
-                            )}
+                            </div>
+                        )}
                     </div>
                 ) : (
+                    <div
+                        className="audiobox-controls"
+                        style={{
+                            pointerEvents:
+                                this._isAnyChildContentActive || this.props.isContentActive()
+                                    ? "all"
+                                    : "none",
+                        }}
+                    >
+                        <div className="audiobox-dictation" />
                         <div
-                            className="audiobox-controls"
-                            style={{
-                                pointerEvents:
-                                    this._isAnyChildContentActive || this.props.isContentActive()
-                                        ? "all"
-                                        : "none",
-                            }}
+                            className="audiobox-player"
+                            style={{ height: `${AudioBox.heightPercent}%` }}
                         >
-                            <div className="audiobox-dictation" />
                             <div
-                                className="audiobox-player"
-                                style={{ height: `${AudioBox.heightPercent}%` }}
+                                className="audiobox-buttons"
+                                title={this.mediaState === "paused" ? "play" : "pause"}
+                                onClick={this.mediaState === "paused" ? this.Play : this.Pause}
                             >
-                                <div
-                                    className="audiobox-buttons"
-                                    title={this.mediaState === "paused" ? "play" : "pause"}
-                                    onClick={this.mediaState === "paused" ? this.Play : this.Pause}
-                                >
-                                    {" "}
-                                    <FontAwesomeIcon
-                                        icon={this.mediaState === "paused" ? "play" : "pause"}
-                                        size={"1x"}
-                                    />
-                                </div>
-                                <div
-                                    className="audiobox-buttons"
-                                    title={this._trimming ? "finish" : "trim"}
-                                    onClick={this._trimming ? this.finishTrim : this.startTrim}
-                                >
-                                    <FontAwesomeIcon
-                                        icon={this._trimming ? "check" : "cut"}
-                                        size={"1x"}
-                                    />
-                                </div>
-                                <div
-                                    className="audiobox-timeline"
-                                    style={{
-                                        top: 0,
-                                        height: `100%`,
-                                        left: AudioBox.playheadWidth,
-                                        width: `calc(100% - ${AudioBox.playheadWidth}px)`,
-                                        background: "white",
-                                    }}
-                                >
-                                    {this.renderTimeline}
-                                </div>
-                                {this.audio}
-                                <div className="audioBox-current-time">
-                                    {this._trimming ?
-                                        formatTime(Math.round(NumCast(this.layoutDoc._currentTimecode)))
-                                        : formatTime(Math.round(NumCast(this.layoutDoc._currentTimecode) - NumCast(this._trimStart)))}
-                                </div>
-                                <div className="audioBox-total-time">
-                                    {this._trimming || !this._trimEnd ?
-                                        formatTime(Math.round(NumCast(this.duration)))
-                                        : formatTime(Math.round(NumCast(this.trimDuration)))}
-                                </div>
+                                {" "}
+                                <FontAwesomeIcon
+                                    icon={this.mediaState === "paused" ? "play" : "pause"}
+                                    size={"1x"}
+                                />
+                            </div>
+                            <div
+                                className="audiobox-buttons"
+                                title={this._trimming ? "finish" : "trim"}
+                                onClick={this._trimming ? this.finishTrim : this.startTrim}
+                            >
+                                <FontAwesomeIcon
+                                    icon={this._trimming ? "check" : "cut"}
+                                    size={"1x"}
+                                />
+                            </div>
+                            <div
+                                className="audiobox-timeline"
+                                style={{
+                                    top: 0,
+                                    height: `100%`,
+                                    left: AudioBox.playheadWidth,
+                                    width: `calc(100% - ${AudioBox.playheadWidth}px)`,
+                                    background: "white",
+                                }}
+                            >
+                                {this.renderTimeline}
+                            </div>
+                            {this.audio}
+                            <div className="audioBox-current-time">
+                                {this._trimming ?
+                                    formatTime(Math.round(NumCast(this.layoutDoc._currentTimecode)))
+                                    : formatTime(Math.round(NumCast(this.layoutDoc._currentTimecode) - NumCast(this._trimStart)))}
+                            </div>
+                            <div className="audioBox-total-time">
+                                {this._trimming || !this._trimEnd ?
+                                    formatTime(Math.round(NumCast(this.duration)))
+                                    : formatTime(Math.round(NumCast(this.trimDuration)))}
                             </div>
                         </div>
-                    )}
+                    </div>
+                )}
             </div>
         );
     }
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
index 67486dcf4..e2380bfba 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/DocumentView.tsx
@@ -1025,19 +1025,18 @@ export class DocumentViewInternal extends DocComponent<DocumentViewInternalProps
                     display={"block"}
                     fontSize={10}
                     GetValue={() => showTitle.split(";").length === 1 ? showTitle + "=" + Field.toString(targetDoc[showTitle.split(";")[0]] as any as Field) : "#" + showTitle}
-                    SetValue={undoBatch(input => {
+                    SetValue={undoBatch((input: string) => {
                         if (input?.startsWith("#")) {
                             if (this.props.showTitle) {
                                 this.rootDoc._showTitle = input?.substring(1) ? input.substring(1) : undefined;
                             } else {
                                 Doc.UserDoc().showTitle = input?.substring(1) ? input.substring(1) : "creationDate";
                             }
-                            return true;
                         } else {
-                            var value = input.replace(new RegExp(showTitle + "="), "");
+                            var value = input.replace(new RegExp(showTitle + "="), "") as string | number;
                             if (showTitle !== "title" && Number(value).toString() === value) value = Number(value);
                             if (showTitle.includes("Date") || showTitle === "author") return true;
-                            return Doc.SetInPlace(targetDoc, showTitle, value, true) ? true : true;
+                            Doc.SetInPlace(targetDoc, showTitle, value, true);
                         }
                         return true;
                     })}
@@ -1148,7 +1147,7 @@ export class DocumentView extends React.Component<DocumentViewProps> {
     get LayoutFieldKey() { return this.docView?.LayoutFieldKey || "layout"; }
     get fitWidth() { return this.props.fitWidth?.(this.rootDoc) || this.layoutDoc.fitWidth; }
 
-    @computed get docViewPath() { return this.props.docViewPath ? [...this.props.docViewPath(), this] : [this]; }
+    @computed get docViewPath(): DocumentView[] { return this.props.docViewPath ? [...this.props.docViewPath(), this] : [this]; }
     @computed get layoutDoc() { return Doc.Layout(this.Document, this.props.LayoutTemplate?.()); }
     @computed get nativeWidth() {
         return this.docView?._componentView?.reverseNativeScaling?.() ? 0 :
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/ImageBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/ImageBox.tsx
index 5d122ed54..112325cc3 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/ImageBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/ImageBox.tsx
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ export class ImageBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProp
         if (url.href.indexOf(window.location.origin) === -1) return Utils.CorsProxy(url.href);
         if (!/\.(png|jpg|jpeg|gif|webp)$/.test(lower)) return url.href;  //Why is this here
 
-        const ext = url.href.replace(/.*\./, "");//path.extname(url.href);
+        const ext = "." + url.href.replace(/.*\./, "");//path.extname(url.href);
         return url.href.replace(ext, this._curSuffix + ext);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
index d4ff40e8f..c2f4ea8da 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/FormattedTextBox.tsx
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ import React = require("react");
 import { SidebarAnnos } from '../../SidebarAnnos';
 import { Colors } from '../../global/globalEnums';
 import { IconProp } from '@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core';
+import { UnknownErrorException } from 'pdfjs-dist/types/src/shared/util';
 const translateGoogleApi = require("translate-google-api");
 
 export interface FormattedTextBoxProps {
@@ -1423,7 +1424,7 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<(FieldViewProp
                         this.dataDoc[this.fieldKey + "-translation"] = result1 + "\r\n\r\n" + result[0];
                     }), 1000);
                 });
-            } catch (e) { console.log(e.message); }
+            } catch (e: any) { console.log(e.message); }
             this._lastText = curText;
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/ProsemirrorExampleTransfer.ts b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/ProsemirrorExampleTransfer.ts
index 76a5675de..c76eda859 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/ProsemirrorExampleTransfer.ts
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/ProsemirrorExampleTransfer.ts
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ export function buildKeymap<S extends Schema<any>>(schema: S, props: any, mapKey
     bind("Mod-U", toggleEditableMark(schema.marks.underline));
 
     //Commands for lists
-    bind("Ctrl-i", (state: EditorState<S>, dispatch: (tx: Transaction<S>) => void) => canEdit(state) && wrapInList(schema.nodes.ordered_list)(state, dispatch as any));
+    bind("Ctrl-i", (state: EditorState<S>, dispatch: (tx: Transaction<S>) => void) => canEdit(state) && wrapInList(schema.nodes.ordered_list)(state as any, dispatch as any));
 
     bind("Tab", (state: EditorState<S>, dispatch: (tx: Transaction<S>) => void) => {
         /// bcz; Argh!!  replace layotuTEmpalteString with a onTab prop conditionally handles Tab);
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ export function buildKeymap<S extends Schema<any>>(schema: S, props: any, mapKey
             dispatch(tx3);
         })) { // couldn't sink into an existing list, so wrap in a new one
             const newstate = state.applyTransaction(state.tr.setSelection(TextSelection.create(state.doc, range!.start, range!.end)));
-            if (!wrapInList(schema.nodes.ordered_list)(newstate.state, (tx2: Transaction) => {
+            if (!wrapInList(schema.nodes.ordered_list)(newstate.state as any, (tx2: Transaction) => {
                 const tx3 = updateBullets(tx2, schema);
                 // when promoting to a list, assume list will format things so don't copy the stored marks.
                 marks && tx3.ensureMarks([...marks]);
@@ -160,14 +160,14 @@ export function buildKeymap<S extends Schema<any>>(schema: S, props: any, mapKey
     });
 
     //Commands to modify BlockType
-    bind("Ctrl->", (state: EditorState<S>, dispatch: (tx: Transaction<S>) => void) => canEdit((state) && wrapIn(schema.nodes.blockquote)(state, dispatch as any)));
-    bind("Alt-\\", (state: EditorState<S>, dispatch: (tx: Transaction<S>) => void) => canEdit(state) && setBlockType(schema.nodes.paragraph)(state, dispatch as any));
-    bind("Shift-Ctrl-\\", (state: EditorState<S>, dispatch: (tx: Transaction<S>) => void) => canEdit(state) && setBlockType(schema.nodes.code_block)(state, dispatch as any));
+    bind("Ctrl->", (state: EditorState<S>, dispatch: (tx: Transaction<S>) => void) => canEdit((state) && wrapIn(schema.nodes.blockquote)(state as any, dispatch as any)));
+    bind("Alt-\\", (state: EditorState<S>, dispatch: (tx: Transaction<S>) => void) => canEdit(state) && setBlockType(schema.nodes.paragraph)(state as any, dispatch as any));
+    bind("Shift-Ctrl-\\", (state: EditorState<S>, dispatch: (tx: Transaction<S>) => void) => canEdit(state) && setBlockType(schema.nodes.code_block)(state as any, dispatch as any));
 
     bind("Ctrl-m", (state: EditorState<S>, dispatch: (tx: Transaction<S>) => void) => canEdit(state) && dispatch(state.tr.replaceSelectionWith(schema.nodes.equation.create({ fieldKey: "math" + Utils.GenerateGuid() }))));
 
     for (let i = 1; i <= 6; i++) {
-        bind("Shift-Ctrl-" + i, (state: EditorState<S>, dispatch: (tx: Transaction<S>) => void) => canEdit(state) && setBlockType(schema.nodes.heading, { level: i })(state, dispatch as any));
+        bind("Shift-Ctrl-" + i, (state: EditorState<S>, dispatch: (tx: Transaction<S>) => void) => canEdit(state) && setBlockType(schema.nodes.heading, { level: i })(state as any, dispatch as any));
     }
 
     //Command to create a horizontal break line
@@ -197,13 +197,13 @@ export function buildKeymap<S extends Schema<any>>(schema: S, props: any, mapKey
     bind("Backspace", (state: EditorState<S>, dispatch: (tx: Transaction<Schema<any, any>>) => void) => {
         if (!canEdit(state)) return true;
 
-        if (!deleteSelection(state, (tx: Transaction<Schema<any, any>>) => {
+        if (!deleteSelection(state, (tx: Transaction<S>) => {
             dispatch(updateBullets(tx, schema));
         })) {
-            if (!joinBackward(state, (tx: Transaction<Schema<any, any>>) => {
+            if (!joinBackward(state, (tx: Transaction<S>) => {
                 dispatch(updateBullets(tx, schema));
             })) {
-                if (!selectNodeBackward(state, (tx: Transaction<Schema<any, any>>) => {
+                if (!selectNodeBackward(state, (tx: Transaction<S>) => {
                     dispatch(updateBullets(tx, schema));
                 })) {
                     return false;
@@ -225,14 +225,14 @@ export function buildKeymap<S extends Schema<any>>(schema: S, props: any, mapKey
         const depth = trange ? liftTarget(trange) : undefined;
         const split = path.length > 5 && !path[path.length - 3].textContent && path[path.length - 6].type !== schema.nodes.list_item;
         if (split && trange && depth !== undefined && depth !== null) {
-            dispatch(state.tr.lift(trange, depth));
+            dispatch(state.tr.lift(trange, depth) as any);
             return true;
         }
 
         const marks = state.storedMarks || (state.selection.$to.parentOffset && state.selection.$from.marks());
         const cr = state.selection.$from.node().textContent.endsWith("\n");
-        if (cr || !newlineInCode(state, dispatch)) {
-            if (!splitListItem(schema.nodes.list_item)(state, (tx2: Transaction) => {
+        if (cr || !newlineInCode(state, dispatch as any)) {
+            if (!splitListItem(schema.nodes.list_item)(state as any, (tx2: Transaction) => {
                 const tx3 = updateBullets(tx2, schema);
                 marks && tx3.ensureMarks([...marks]);
                 marks && tx3.setStoredMarks([...marks]);
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/RichTextRules.ts b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/RichTextRules.ts
index 711136469..bafae84dc 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/RichTextRules.ts
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/formattedText/RichTextRules.ts
@@ -34,13 +34,9 @@ export class RichTextRules {
             wrappingInputRule(
                 /^1\.\s$/,
                 schema.nodes.ordered_list,
-                () => {
-                    return ({ mapStyle: "decimal", bulletStyle: 1 });
-                },
-                (match: any, node: any) => {
-                    return node.childCount + node.attrs.order === +match[1];
-                },
-                (type: any) => ({ type: type, attrs: { mapStyle: "decimal", bulletStyle: 1 } })
+                () => ({ mapStyle: "decimal", bulletStyle: 1 }),
+                (match: any, node: any) => node.childCount + node.attrs.order === +match[1],
+                ((type: any) => ({ type: type, attrs: { mapStyle: "decimal", bulletStyle: 1 } })) as any
             ),
 
             // A. create alphabetical ordered list
@@ -55,20 +51,16 @@ export class RichTextRules {
                 (match: any, node: any) => {
                     return node.childCount + node.attrs.order === +match[1];
                 },
-                (type: any) => ({ type: type, attrs: { mapStyle: "multi", bulletStyle: 1 } })
+                ((type: any) => ({ type: type, attrs: { mapStyle: "multi", bulletStyle: 1 } })) as any
             ),
 
             // * + - create bullet list
             wrappingInputRule(/^\s*([-+*])\s$/, schema.nodes.ordered_list,
                 // match => {
-                () => {
-                    return ({ mapStyle: "bullet" });
-                    // return ({ order: +match[1] })
-                },
-                (match: any, node: any) => {
-                    return node.childCount + node.attrs.order === +match[1];
-                },
-                (type: any) => ({ type: type, attrs: { mapStyle: "bullet" } })),
+                () => ({ mapStyle: "bullet" }),  //  ({ order: +match[1] })
+                (match: any, node: any) => node.childCount + node.attrs.order === +match[1],
+                ((type: any) => ({ type: type, attrs: { mapStyle: "bullet" } })) as any
+            ),
 
             // ``` create code block
             textblockTypeInputRule(/^```$/, schema.nodes.code_block),
@@ -221,7 +213,7 @@ export class RichTextRules {
                     tr.deleteRange(start, end).replaceSelectionWith(newNode); // replace insertion with a footnote.
                     return tr.setSelection(new NodeSelection( // select the footnote node to open its display
                         tr.doc.resolve(  // get the location of the footnote node by subtracting the nodesize of the footnote from the current insertion point anchor (which will be immediately after the footnote node)
-                            tr.selection.anchor - tr.selection.$anchor.nodeBefore!.nodeSize)));
+                            tr.selection.anchor - (tr.selection.$anchor.nodeBefore?.nodeSize || 0))));
                 }),
 
             // activate a style by name using prefix '%<color name>'
diff --git a/src/fields/CursorField.ts b/src/fields/CursorField.ts
index 28467377b..a8a2859d2 100644
--- a/src/fields/CursorField.ts
+++ b/src/fields/CursorField.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export default class CursorField extends ObjectField {
     setPosition(position: CursorPosition) {
         this.data.position = position;
         this.data.metadata.timestamp = Date.now();
-        this[OnUpdate]();
+        this[OnUpdate]?.();
     }
 
     [Copy]() {
diff --git a/src/fields/Doc.ts b/src/fields/Doc.ts
index 0b9a8b3fe..63c67aeb0 100644
--- a/src/fields/Doc.ts
+++ b/src/fields/Doc.ts
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ export class Doc extends RefField {
         return self.resolvedDataDoc && !self.isTemplateForField ? self :
             Doc.GetProto(Cast(Doc.Layout(self).resolvedDataDoc, Doc, null) || self);
     }
-    @computed get __LAYOUT__() {
+    @computed get __LAYOUT__(): Doc | undefined {
         const templateLayoutDoc = Cast(Doc.LayoutField(this[SelfProxy]), Doc, null);
         if (templateLayoutDoc) {
             let renderFieldKey: any;
diff --git a/src/fields/ObjectField.ts b/src/fields/ObjectField.ts
index 92b2cfa60..9211afe86 100644
--- a/src/fields/ObjectField.ts
+++ b/src/fields/ObjectField.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { OnUpdate, Parent, Copy, ToScriptString, ToString } from "./FieldSymbols
 import { Scripting } from "../client/util/Scripting";
 
 export abstract class ObjectField {
-    public [OnUpdate](diff?: any) { }
+    public [OnUpdate]?: (diff?: any) => void;
     public [Parent]?: RefField | ObjectField;
     abstract [Copy](): ObjectField;
 
diff --git a/src/fields/SchemaHeaderField.ts b/src/fields/SchemaHeaderField.ts
index a53fa542e..3dc70ac19 100644
--- a/src/fields/SchemaHeaderField.ts
+++ b/src/fields/SchemaHeaderField.ts
@@ -82,32 +82,32 @@ export class SchemaHeaderField extends ObjectField {
 
     setHeading(heading: string) {
         this.heading = heading;
-        this[OnUpdate]();
+        this[OnUpdate]?.();
     }
 
     setColor(color: string) {
         this.color = color;
-        this[OnUpdate]();
+        this[OnUpdate]?.();
     }
 
     setType(type: ColumnType) {
         this.type = type;
-        this[OnUpdate]();
+        this[OnUpdate]?.();
     }
 
     setWidth(width: number) {
         this.width = width;
-        this[OnUpdate]();
+        this[OnUpdate]?.();
     }
 
     setDesc(desc: boolean | undefined) {
         this.desc = desc;
-        this[OnUpdate]();
+        this[OnUpdate]?.();
     }
 
     setCollapsed(collapsed: boolean | undefined) {
         this.collapsed = collapsed;
-        this[OnUpdate]();
+        this[OnUpdate]?.();
     }
 
     [Copy]() {
diff --git a/src/fields/Types.ts b/src/fields/Types.ts
index 220a30fe4..c90f3b6b3 100644
--- a/src/fields/Types.ts
+++ b/src/fields/Types.ts
@@ -111,5 +111,6 @@ export interface PromiseLike<T> {
     then(callback: (field: Opt<T>) => void): void;
 }
 export function PromiseValue<T extends Field>(field: FieldResult<T>): PromiseLike<Opt<T>> {
-    return field instanceof Promise ? field : { then(cb: ((field: Opt<T>) => void)) { return cb(field); } };
+    if (field instanceof Promise) return field as Promise<Opt<T>>;
+    return { then(cb: ((field: Opt<T>) => void)) { return cb(field); } };
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/scraping/buxton/final/BuxtonImporter.ts b/src/scraping/buxton/final/BuxtonImporter.ts
index 684c00c0d..ee8dd5b5b 100644
--- a/src/scraping/buxton/final/BuxtonImporter.ts
+++ b/src/scraping/buxton/final/BuxtonImporter.ts
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ export default async function executeImport(emitter: ResultCallback, terminator:
         });
         await transferAssets();
         return parseFiles(wordDocuments, emitter, terminator);
-    } catch (e) {
+    } catch (e: any) {
         const message = [
             "Unable to find a source directory.",
             "Please ensure that the following directory exists:",
diff --git a/src/server/ActionUtilities.ts b/src/server/ActionUtilities.ts
index d237869ed..bc8fd6f87 100644
--- a/src/server/ActionUtilities.ts
+++ b/src/server/ActionUtilities.ts
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export async function log_execution<T>({ startMessage, endMessage, action, color
     log_helper(`${startMessage}...`, resolvedColor);
     try {
         result = await action();
-    } catch (e) {
+    } catch (e: any) {
         error = e;
     } finally {
         log_helper(typeof endMessage === "string" ? endMessage : endMessage({ result, error }), resolvedColor);
diff --git a/src/server/ApiManagers/UploadManager.ts b/src/server/ApiManagers/UploadManager.ts
index 8da08fe33..bfa07d47a 100644
--- a/src/server/ApiManagers/UploadManager.ts
+++ b/src/server/ApiManagers/UploadManager.ts
@@ -48,10 +48,9 @@ export default class UploadManager extends ApiManager {
             method: Method.POST,
             subscription: "/uploadFormData",
             secureHandler: async ({ req, res }) => {
-                const form = new formidable.IncomingForm({
-                    keepExtensions: true,
-                    uploadDir: pathToDirectory(Directory.parsed_files)
-                });
+                const form = new formidable.IncomingForm();
+                form.keepExtensions = true;
+                form.uploadDir = pathToDirectory(Directory.parsed_files);
                 return new Promise<void>(resolve => {
                     form.parse(req, async (_err, _fields, files) => {
                         const results: Upload.FileResponse[] = [];
@@ -144,7 +143,8 @@ export default class UploadManager extends ApiManager {
             subscription: "/uploadDoc",
             secureHandler: ({ req, res }) => {
 
-                const form = new formidable.IncomingForm({ keepExtensions: true });
+                const form = new formidable.IncomingForm();
+                form.keepExtensions = true;
                 // let path = req.body.path;
                 const ids: { [id: string]: string } = {};
                 let remap = true;
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ export default class UploadManager extends ApiManager {
                                     id = getId(data.id);
                                     const docs = Object.keys(datadocs).map(key => datadocs[key]);
                                     docs.forEach(mapFn);
-                                    await Promise.all(docs.map((doc: any) => new Promise(res => {
+                                    await Promise.all(docs.map((doc: any) => new Promise<void>(res => {
                                         Database.Instance.replace(doc.id, doc, (err, r) => {
                                             err && console.log(err);
                                             res();
diff --git a/src/server/ApiManagers/UserManager.ts b/src/server/ApiManagers/UserManager.ts
index fe80c6a7c..7be8a1e9f 100644
--- a/src/server/ApiManagers/UserManager.ts
+++ b/src/server/ApiManagers/UserManager.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export default class UserManager extends ApiManager {
             secureHandler: async ({ res }) => {
                 const cursor = await Database.Instance.query({}, { email: 1, linkDatabaseId: 1, sharingDocumentId: 1 }, "users");
                 const results = await cursor.toArray();
-                res.send(results.map(user => ({ email: user.email, linkDatabaseId: user.linkDatabaseId, sharingDocumentId: user.sharingDocumentId })));
+                res.send(results.map((user: any) => ({ email: user.email, linkDatabaseId: user.linkDatabaseId, sharingDocumentId: user.sharingDocumentId })));
             }
         });
 
diff --git a/src/server/DashSession/DashSessionAgent.ts b/src/server/DashSession/DashSessionAgent.ts
index 03ba33fee..1a5934d8f 100644
--- a/src/server/DashSession/DashSessionAgent.ts
+++ b/src/server/DashSession/DashSessionAgent.ts
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ export class DashSessionAgent extends AppliedSessionAgent {
             // indicate success or failure
             mainLog(`${error === null ? green("successfully dispatched") : red("failed to dispatch")} ${zipName} to ${cyan(to)}`);
             error && mainLog(red(error.message));
-        } catch (error) {
+        } catch (error: any) {
             mainLog(red("unable to dispatch zipped backup..."));
             mainLog(red(error.message));
         }
diff --git a/src/server/DashSession/Session/agents/monitor.ts b/src/server/DashSession/Session/agents/monitor.ts
index 0fdaf07ff..9cb5ab576 100644
--- a/src/server/DashSession/Session/agents/monitor.ts
+++ b/src/server/DashSession/Session/agents/monitor.ts
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ export class Monitor extends IPCMessageReceiver {
             // ensure all necessary and no excess information is specified by the configuration file
             validate(config, configurationSchema, options);
             config = Utilities.preciseAssign({}, defaultConfig, config);
-        } catch (error) {
+        } catch (error: any) {
             if (error instanceof ValidationError) {
                 console.log(red("\nSession configuration failed."));
                 console.log("The given session.config.json configuration file is invalid.");
diff --git a/src/server/DashSession/Session/agents/promisified_ipc_manager.ts b/src/server/DashSession/Session/agents/promisified_ipc_manager.ts
index 95aa686e6..f6c8de521 100644
--- a/src/server/DashSession/Session/agents/promisified_ipc_manager.ts
+++ b/src/server/DashSession/Session/agents/promisified_ipc_manager.ts
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ export class PromisifiedIPCManager {
                 if (registered) {
                     results = await Promise.all(registered.map(handler => handler(args)));
                 }
-            } catch (e) {
+            } catch (e: any) {
                 error = e;
             }
             if (!this.isDestroyed && this.target.send) {
diff --git a/src/server/DashSession/Session/agents/server_worker.ts b/src/server/DashSession/Session/agents/server_worker.ts
index 84d35b40e..634b0113d 100644
--- a/src/server/DashSession/Session/agents/server_worker.ts
+++ b/src/server/DashSession/Session/agents/server_worker.ts
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ export class ServerWorker extends IPCMessageReceiver {
                         this.isInitialized = true;
                     }
                     this.shouldServerBeResponsive = true;
-                } catch (error) {
+                } catch (error: any) {
                     // if we expect the server to be unavailable, i.e. during compilation,
                     // the listening variable is false, activeExit will return early and the child
                     // process will continue
diff --git a/src/server/DashUploadUtils.ts b/src/server/DashUploadUtils.ts
index 7073ee90b..552ab57a5 100644
--- a/src/server/DashUploadUtils.ts
+++ b/src/server/DashUploadUtils.ts
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ export namespace DashUploadUtils {
         // Use the request library to parse out file level image information in the headers
         const { headers } = (await new Promise<any>((resolve, reject) => {
             request.head(resolvedUrl, (error, res) => error ? reject(error) : resolve(res));
-        }).catch(error => console.error(error)));
+        }).catch(console.error));
         try {
             // Compute the native width and height ofthe image with an npm module
             const { width: nativeWidth, height: nativeHeight } = await requestImageSize(resolvedUrl);
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ export namespace DashUploadUtils {
                 filename,
                 ...results
             };
-        } catch (e) {
+        } catch (e: any) {
             console.log(e);
             return e;
         }
diff --git a/src/server/Search.ts b/src/server/Search.ts
index 68f61deb2..25bd8badf 100644
--- a/src/server/Search.ts
+++ b/src/server/Search.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export namespace Search {
                 },
                 json: true
             });
-        } catch (e) {
+        } catch (e: any) {
             console.log(red("Unable to clear search..."));
             console.log(red(e.message));
         }
diff --git a/src/server/apis/google/GoogleApiServerUtils.ts b/src/server/apis/google/GoogleApiServerUtils.ts
index 64bafe7fb..4453b83bf 100644
--- a/src/server/apis/google/GoogleApiServerUtils.ts
+++ b/src/server/apis/google/GoogleApiServerUtils.ts
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ export namespace GoogleApiServerUtils {
      * @param userId the id of the Dash user making the request to the API
      * @returns the relevant 'googleapis' wrapper, if any
      */
-    export async function GetEndpoint(sector: string, userId: string): Promise<Opt<Endpoint>> {
+    export async function GetEndpoint(sector: string, userId: string): Promise<Endpoint | void> {
         return new Promise(async resolve => {
             const auth = await retrieveOAuthClient(userId);
             if (!auth) {
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ export namespace GoogleApiServerUtils {
      * npm-installed API wrappers that use authenticated client instances rather than access codes for
      * security.
      */
-    export async function retrieveOAuthClient(userId: string): Promise<OAuth2Client> {
+    export async function retrieveOAuthClient(userId: string): Promise<OAuth2Client | void> {
         return new Promise(async resolve => {
             const { credentials, refreshed } = await retrieveCredentials(userId);
             if (!credentials) {
diff --git a/src/server/remapUrl.ts b/src/server/remapUrl.ts
index e9f9da25a..b8e17ec66 100644
--- a/src/server/remapUrl.ts
+++ b/src/server/remapUrl.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ async function update() {
     await cursor.forEach(updateDoc);
     await Promise.all(updates.map(doc => {
         console.log(doc[0], doc[1]);
-        return new Promise(res => Database.Instance.update(doc[0], doc[1], () => {
+        return new Promise<void>(res => Database.Instance.update(doc[0], doc[1], () => {
             console.log("wrote " + JSON.stringify(doc[1]));
             res();
         }, false));
diff --git a/src/server/server_Initialization.ts b/src/server/server_Initialization.ts
index 06c701468..a10cd4983 100644
--- a/src/server/server_Initialization.ts
+++ b/src/server/server_Initialization.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ const compiler = webpack(config);
 /* RouteSetter is a wrapper around the server that prevents the server
    from being exposed. */
 export type RouteSetter = (server: RouteManager) => void;
-export let disconnect: Function;
+//export let disconnect: Function;
 
 export let resolvedPorts: { server: number, socket: number } = { server: 1050, socket: 4321 };
 export let resolvedServerUrl: string;
@@ -40,6 +40,14 @@ export default async function InitializeServer(routeSetter: RouteSetter) {
     const isRelease = determineEnvironment();
     const app = buildWithMiddleware(express());
 
+    const compiler = webpack(config);
+
+    app.use(require("webpack-dev-middleware")(compiler, {
+        publicPath: config.output.publicPath
+    }));
+
+    app.use(require("webpack-hot-middleware")(compiler));
+
     // route table managed by express.  routes are tested sequentially against each of these map rules.  when a match is found, the handler is called to process the request
     app.get(new RegExp(/^\/+$/), (req, res) => res.redirect(req.user ? "/home" : "/login")); // target urls that consist of one or more '/'s with nothing in between
     app.use(express.static(publicDirectory, { setHeaders: res => res.setHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*") }));  //all urls that start with dash's public directory: /files/  (e.g., /files/images, /files/audio, etc)
@@ -66,7 +74,7 @@ export default async function InitializeServer(routeSetter: RouteSetter) {
     // a field on one client, that change must be broadcast to all other clients)
     await WebSocket.initialize(isRelease, app);
 
-    disconnect = async () => new Promise<Error>(resolve => server.close(resolve));
+    //disconnect = async () => new Promise<Error>(resolve => server.close(resolve));
     return isRelease;
 }