Great info, as always Charlie. The viewlet worked very well. I did find a different partial solution to the rds problem for when I'm constantly working with rds or ftp. By going to Settings/Startup and clicking "Start in the folder last opened in the Resource Tab", Studio will start in the directory I was last working in when I closed it down which includes an rds or ftp connection directory. By no means a good solution but it does help a bit.
Thanks. ..Bob charles arehart wrote: > Bob, there are a couple other solutions that you may want to explore. One > will work, the other won't. But both may be interesting even for Studio > users who don't use RDS. The problem you raise (the hassle about moving > among directories) is indeed an annoyance, and the CF5 Studio feature to > have 2 file tabs is a great solution. > > But for those who don't have Studio 5, here are 2 alternatives. > > First, there is a "favorite folders" feature in Studio. While you have a > directory selected, right click on the file names area (not the directory > names area) and choose "favorite folders". You can "add current folder to > favorites" and then, in the future, when you want to return to it after > choosing some other drive/directory, use the same approach and select the > saved favorite. > > The gotcha: it doesn't work for RDS folders (or FTP). Doh! > > But for those who've never used it, it's still a great feature even when > just working in different directories and/or drives on your local machine. > > Still, there is another solution. Try the "projects" tab instead (3rd from > the right on a default configuration of the Studio "resource tab", where > your files tab is). If you've never used it, it would probably be best to > point you to the "Using CF Studio" help that comes with Studio (in the > "help" tab in the resource toolbar). > > But quickly, in that "projects" tab, click the little "wand" icon at the top > of the "window" that opens for that resource toolbar tab (or use Project>New > Project). It opens a dialogue where you can choose a name and location of > your project. You can point it to your RDS server (use the "folder" icon" to > then point to your RDS server and intended directory). Fill out the other > prompts as discussed in the "Using Studio" docs. (Just be careful not to > point the location to a directory with too many files and/or subdirectories, > since the default behavior is for it to create a project with all the files > and subdirectories. That could be a lot of stuff!) > > Now, you can open the project in the projects tab (pointing at your RDS > files) and use the files tab for your local files (or vice-versa). > > I've just created a "viewlet" for using "favorite folders". If you're not > familiar with viewlets, they're a really cool way to show how to do complex > things like this. It's like watching a movie while I walk you through the > steps in Studio. I'd like to have done one for using the projects feature, > but that will have to wait. It's bed-time. > > Check it out at http://www.systemanage.com/viewlets/. > > /charlie > > /charlie > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > > Behalf Of Bob Creedy > > Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 4:16 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [CFTALKTor] 'Saving' a RDS directory in Studio > > > > > > Thanks guys, that's helpful. I was hoping there would be a > > 'shortcut' facility > > so I could easilty create a shortcut to the RDS directory that > > would show in the > > drop-down list of FTP/RDS servers - something like that. > > > > ..Bob > > > > Gary Bonde wrote: > > > > > What version of studio are you using? Studio version 5 and > > maybe 4.5 have > > > two file resource tabs that you can use. Use one file tab for > > the remote > > > directory and the other tab for the local directory. > > > > > > Gary Bonde > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Web/DB Analyst > > > CECGeo Group > > > www.cecgeo.org > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Bob Creedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 3:05 PM > > > Subject: [CFTALKTor] 'Saving' a RDS directory in Studio > > > > > > > Here's a question that's been bothering me for quite a while regarding > > > > CF Studio: I do a lot of work using RDS, and it usually takes me a > > > > couple of minutes to get set up so the directory I need to work on is > > > > showing in the files tab. If I need to go to a local disk in > > the files > > > > tab, the RDS tree closes up and if I want to go back to the RDS > > > > directory, I have to re-navigate to it. > > > > > > > > My question is this: Is there a way of 'saving' the directory I've > > > > navigated to in RDS so that I can get back to it easily? > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > ..Bob > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ------ > > > > > > > > Robert Creedy > > > > University of Guelph > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ------ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - > > > > You are subscribed to the CFUGToronto CFTALK ListSRV. > > > > This message has been posted by: Bob Creedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To Unsubscribe, Please Visit and Login to http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ > > > > Manager: Kevin Towes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ > > > > This System has been donated by Infopreneur, Inc. > > > > (http://www.infopreneur.net) > > > > > > > > > > - > > > You are subscribed to the CFUGToronto CFTALK ListSRV. > > > This message has been posted by: "Gary Bonde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To Unsubscribe, Please Visit and Login to http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ > > > Manager: Kevin Towes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ > > This System has been donated by Infopreneur, Inc. > > (http://www.infopreneur.net) > > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > Robert Creedy > University of Guelph > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > - > You are subscribed to the CFUGToronto CFTALK ListSRV. > This message has been posted by: Bob Creedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To Unsubscribe, Please Visit and Login to http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ > Manager: Kevin Towes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ > This System has been donated by Infopreneur, Inc. > (http://www.infopreneur.net) > > - > You are subscribed to the CFUGToronto CFTALK ListSRV. > This message has been posted by: "charles arehart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To Unsubscribe, Please Visit and Login to http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ > Manager: Kevin Towes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ > This System has been donated by Infopreneur, Inc. > (http://www.infopreneur.net) -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Creedy University of Guelph Ontario, Canada -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - You are subscribed to the CFUGToronto CFTALK ListSRV. 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