Release 1.0.0.1129, Projects-Interface.

[Heinz Schmidt]

Start dialog looks good so far ,but some things are unclear
for me :

1. How can I build projects ?
2. Whats the function of : Snapshot ,Package ?

Heinz Schmidt

[grigsoft]

Oops, during my tests I already have few projects. As result project page is not visible when no projects are defined. This is fixed in 1131 I've just uploaded.
Snapshot is a list of files in folders. This can be used to detect changes in folder between some events. It should already be implemented.
Package is a bit more complex - along with file list (like snapshot), it will keep inside also changed files itself. This is planned as a tool for syncing remote folders with additional media, without having to copy full content.

[Heinz Schmidt]

1. Start-Dialog : It would be nice, if you could let this dialog resizable,
because of long synch-path's and session/project-names.

2. Project-Mode-View :
- this View gives a good overview about the important properties of the
included sessions.
- suggestion : showing info about the filepattern, if this is excluded.
- suggestion : doubleclick or/and rightclick->contextmenu on project-item
could jump to projects-edit-dialog.

3. projects-edit-dialog :
- a disadvantage of this dialog is, to see no properties of the sessions.
- suggestion : let the lists (projects-sessions, available sessions) look
like the sessions-list in the Project-Mode-View. But I see this could be
a problem with the horizontal dialog-size. Maybe dragging the projects-
list above the sessions-lists could be a solution.

[Guest]

Thank you, Heinz!
1. Start dialog will be resizable at the end

2. But file pattern should be visible now, right under Source and target folders. Direct editing of projects would be nice, I will add this.

3. Thank you for suggestion - this could also be nice, I will think about proper dialog layout.

[Heinz Schmidt]

hello,

to 2. : I mean the state of the Filepattern-Exclude-Button.
I think it's important to see, wether the filepattern is set to include or exclude.

[grigsoft]

Aah, I see, you are right, this is important, I will show this.

[Guest]

Snapshot is a list of files in folders. This can be used to detect changes in folder between some events. It should already be implemented.
Package is a bit more complex - along with file list (like snapshot), it will keep inside also changed files itself. This is planned as a tool for syncing remote folders with additional media, without having to copy full content.

I would like to know how to actually create snapshot files (pck) and packages. This feature would be very useful for me. I tried to synchronize a directory with an empty Snapshot file and it did store a list of all names in a new file, however, it did not store the names of subdirectories.
Any help would be appreciated.

Adam.

[grigsoft]

Sync'ing with empty file is a right way. Have you synchronized with "Include folders" option?

[Guest]

Sync'ing with empty file is a right way. Have you synchronized with "Include folders" option?

Yes, I have used "Include subfolders" option. All the file names in the original directory with subfolders get copied to the pck file but no folder info gets stored so when I compare the created snapshot file with the original directory again I get a mismatch.
Below is a fragment of the pck file. Some of these files are in subdirectorie but the snapshot file does not record this.

Regards.
Adam.

Sample PCK file (fragment):
196608 22-02-2004 04:58:44 0 0 0 Yz1.dll
14258 30-09-2004 21:18:04 0 0 0 7-zip32.txt
19586 04-06-2002 15:04:52 0 0 0 Bga32.txt
327 12-12-2004 11:24:10 0 0 0 Tar32.txt
2453 12-12-2004 11:25:16 0 0 0 Ungca32.txt
13776 22-02-2004 05:01:50 0 0 0 Yz1.txt
34492 14-02-2005 20:59:02 0 0 0 Arabic.lng
36769 14-02-2005 20:59:02 0 0 0 Breton.lng
34129 14-02-2005 20:51:28 0 0 0 Bulgarian.lng
37558 14-02-2005 20:59:04 0 0 0 Castellano.lng
37354 14-02-2005 20:59:04 0 0 0 Catalan.lng
31031 14-02-2005 20:59:04 0 0 0 Chinese Big5.lng
.....

[grigsoft]

Hmm, thank you, I will check this again.

[grigsoft]

What do you see in file list - are folders listed correctly?

[Guest]

What do you see in file list - are folders listed correctly?

Yes, initially, whan I perform a preview all the files with subdirectories appear on one side as expected. After I press Synchronize, all the files go to = which is to be expected but then when I go back to the start dialog and press preview again the sides do not match any more as the files in the snapshot are seen all in one main directory only.
I hope I make some sense.
Adam.

[Guest]

What do you see in file list - are folders listed correctly?

My last post was not accurate as I was answering in a hurry. The fact is that destination folders (ones in new pck file) are not listed correctly. They all show name.pck only although source folders are fine.
I have actually discovered that I was putting pck file as a source and actual directory as a target. I assumed that these were symmetrical. It works fine if pck file is set as target. Perhaps pck files should be blocked from the source path to avoid confusion.

My next question is how to use “package”? When I select this option nothing seems to happen.

Adam.

[grigsoft]

Aah, I see it now. It is not yet fully functional as Source.
Package is not ready at all, I'm working on it right now.