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Export revised file when an older file version already exists

Posted: Sun May 22, 2022 2:36 pm
by DrJJWMac
I am annotating PDFs on a routine basis. I have a folder at the Finder level where I export the annotated files. I send them off to collaborators. Sometimes, I may update an annotation even before I clear the export folder. I just tried to re-export an annotated PDF to the export folder with the hope to overwrite (replace) the existing file. Instead, I get a message that the newly annotated file is not exported because a file with the same name already exists.

Please consider making the export option behave in the same way as a standard Finder approach. For example, I expected a dialog with the equivalent of "File exists ... Replace or Skip or Cancel" with the option (checkbox) to do the same for all equivalent files.

Re: Export revised file when an older file version already exists

Posted: Sun May 22, 2022 7:20 pm
by Jon
I'll think about that.

Jon
Sonny Software

Re: Export revised file when an older file version already exists

Posted: Mon May 23, 2022 12:42 pm
by Jon
In the next update if an attachment file is already in the export destination Bookends will move it to the Trash and then proceed with the export.

Jon
Sonny Software

Re: Export revised file when an older file version already exists

Posted: Mon May 23, 2022 9:03 pm
by DrJJWMac
Fantastic! Thank you.