Delete PDF if deleting reference

prop · Post by **prop** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 12:18 pm

Jon,

Can you add a preference to "Delete attached files upon deletion of reference?"? So, any attached files will be nuked as well as the reference. This could either be a global preference, or it could be added to the confirmation dialog box when one is about to delete a reference or group of references.

I don't want to build up a lot of PDFs that are "orphaned" - i.e. the reference has been deleted but the attachment still stays.

Post by **Jon** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 12:39 pm

That's a very dangerous thing. What if the pdf is shared by several references? This is not uncommon when working on projects.

One perhaps helpful tip -- right-click on the name of the pdf in the Keywords field and Bookends will go to the Finder and highlight the file in its folder. You can delete it yourself in that case (Command-Delete).

Jon
Sonny Software

prop · Post by **prop** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 1:08 pm

Yes I agree it *could* be dangerous, but for a single user, it would be handy to have the *option* of having this behaviour (turned OFF by default).

Just my opinion - anyone else think this could be valuable?