Attachment problem
Attachment problem
Hi Jon,
Up to now, I've stored my attachments in ~/Documents/Bookends/Attachments, but now I want to use my Bookends setup on a jump drive so I can easily go between two computers (a laptop and a desktop). I copied the whole directory structure to a jump drive and successfully opened the database, but all of my reference links are broken. I reset the folder in Preferences, and it reflects the correct folder on the jump drive, but I still can't open these attachments in Bookends...
The files are PDFs in a folder called Attachments that is in a folder called Bookends. The main reference file is in the Bookends portion. The correct file name is being searched for, just not finding it.
As an other question, is it possible to set the custom formats folder to a user-specified location? I would ideally like to have a Custom Formats folder in my Bookends folder on the jump drive so all of my formats 'travel' with me, but I didn't know if this was possible or not...
Thanks for your help!
Up to now, I've stored my attachments in ~/Documents/Bookends/Attachments, but now I want to use my Bookends setup on a jump drive so I can easily go between two computers (a laptop and a desktop). I copied the whole directory structure to a jump drive and successfully opened the database, but all of my reference links are broken. I reset the folder in Preferences, and it reflects the correct folder on the jump drive, but I still can't open these attachments in Bookends...
The files are PDFs in a folder called Attachments that is in a folder called Bookends. The main reference file is in the Bookends portion. The correct file name is being searched for, just not finding it.
As an other question, is it possible to set the custom formats folder to a user-specified location? I would ideally like to have a Custom Formats folder in my Bookends folder on the jump drive so all of my formats 'travel' with me, but I didn't know if this was possible or not...
Thanks for your help!
Re: Attachment problem
That should work if Preferences is set correctly. Another user had the same problem, which I could not reproduce. He found that moving to another Mac, he couldn't reproduce it, either. We concluded it may have been a permissions issue. Have you tried adding an attachment since changing the setup? Can you try another Mac?prop wrote:The files are PDFs in a folder called Attachments that is in a folder called Bookends. The main reference file is in the Bookends portion. The correct file name is being searched for, just not finding it.
No, it's not. But you can move the custom formats into the the "regular" formats folder, and Bookends will find them. You just have to remember that you created them if/when you update the formats folder with a new version (you can easily identify them by sorting by modification date).As an other question, is it possible to set the custom formats folder to a user-specified location? I would ideally like to have a Custom Formats folder in my Bookends folder on the jump drive so all of my formats 'travel' with me, but I didn't know if this was possible or not...
Jon
Sonny Software
That's weird - I have permissions for the disk and folder.... When I try to re-attach the file, it says it cannot find the volume and folder I've set in the Preferences, yet I used the Browse button in the Preferences to actually set the folder, so I know Bookends can see it... I'll keep trying, as having a portable Bookends reference library and attachments folder is something I need to be able to do...
Have you any plans to allow users to set custom locations for the Custom Formats folder in the future, or this impossible for Bookends' 'infrastructure'?
Have you any plans to allow users to set custom locations for the Custom Formats folder in the future, or this impossible for Bookends' 'infrastructure'?
Another thing that *may* help: When the Attach File dialog comes up as I attempt to add another file as an attachment to any reference, the 'Move to dedicated attachments folder' drop-down box is EMPTY. When I click on it, there is no action, and there is no text in the box. This leads me to believe Bookends can't see the folder, or the folder name is not being passed to the dialog for some reason. Beyond that I'm stymied...
No dice on another account on the same machine...
I tried moving the Attachments folder to a drive other than the removable disk and then pointed Bookends to the right folder, and it worked OK.
This is frustrating! Does anyone run the attachments folder successfully from a jump drive? Do I have any options?
I tried moving the Attachments folder to a drive other than the removable disk and then pointed Bookends to the right folder, and it worked OK.
This is frustrating! Does anyone run the attachments folder successfully from a jump drive? Do I have any options?