Glad to hear that viewlet worked well. It was my first, and I will surely learn more about making them even more effective. :-)
/charlie > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Bob Creedy > Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 10:12 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [CFTALKTor] 'Saving' a RDS directory in Studio > > > 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. > 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. 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