Re: Setting up a virtual folder on connected computers
Thanks, MFPA, for your response. I solved the problem by deleting the empty folder on the second computer. I then deleted the virtual folder on the first computer. Then, I created a new virtual folder on the first computer, but this time, instead of creating the folder as a plain old "new virtual folder" I created a "New Common Virtual Folder."And this time, instead of it being a subfolder of the inbox, I made it a subfolder of the root folder.This time it worked! I opened TB on the second computer and the new virtual folder magically appeared, with all of the mail it was supposed to reflect. On Friday 21 February 2014 at 12:44:11 AM, in , I wrote: >> the second computer treats the virtual >> folder as a regular folder and NOT as a virtual >> folder. And, the new folder, on the second computer >> is empty, even though, on the primary computer it has >> over 12,000 messages.Why is that? To which MFPA replied: M> I don't know. But TB!'s focus is a Common Folder in the Account Tree M> and you click CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+L, in addition to anything you might M> expect, the addressbook and spellcheck and suchlike turn up as common M> folders within TB!. I guess any folder it finds there is dragged M> through into TB!. * * * -- Avi Avram Sacks, using The Bat! ver. 5.3.6.0 on WinXP sp3 Current version is 6.1.8 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Setting up a virtual folder on connected computers
Hi On Friday 21 February 2014 at 12:44:11 AM, in , Achdut18 wrote: > the second computer treats the virtual > folder as a regular folder and NOT as a virtual > folder. And, the new folder, on the second computer > is empty, even though, on the primary computer it has > over 12,000 messages.Why is that? I don't know. But TB!'s focus is a Common Folder in the Account Tree and you click CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+L, in addition to anything you might expect, the addressbook and spellcheck and suchlike turn up as common folders within TB!. I guess any folder it finds there is dragged through into TB!. > How do I get this folder to operate as a virtual > folder on the second computer? I don't have two computers with TB! to test. But I found if I:- 1. make a copy of the ACCOUNT.FLB for a TB! account 2. start TB! 3. create a virtual folder in that account 4. close TB! 5. rename the ACCOUNT.FLB file 6. paste in the copy ACCOUNT.FLB I made earlier 7. start TB! The new virtual folder is gone. And if I then:- 8. close TB! 9. delete the copy ACCOUNT.FLB I pasted in at step 6. A. reinstate the ACCOUNT.FLB file I renamed at step 5. B. start TB! The new virtual folder is back. (I picked on the ACCOUNT.FLB file because the modified date/time changed after creating/deleting a virtual folder.) > Should I just delete > it, and manually create the virtual folder? My suggestion would be to delete the folder on the second computer. > If I delete the virtual folder on the second > computer, will it also delete it on the primary > computer? >From my test results above, I would say only if the ACCOUNT.FLB files are synchronised. And even then, probably only when TB! on the primary computer is next started. -- Best regards MFPAmailto:2014-667rhzu3dc-lists-gro...@riseup.net If it aint broke, fix it till it is broke! Using The Bat! v4.0.38 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 3 Current version is 6.1.8 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Setting up a virtual folder on connected computers
Going along with my theme of interconnectivity of TB on a home network, I have found that where one computer looks to the second computer for the message base, I am also able to create subfolders within an account on the primary computer and it will be "seen" by the second computer.However, I also discovered that while a virtual folder created on the primary computer is also seen by the second computer, the second computer treats the virtual folder as a regular folder and NOT as a virtual folder. And, the new folder, on the second computer is empty, even though, on the primary computer it has over 12,000 messages.Why is that? How do I get this folder to operate as a virtual folder on the second computer? Should I just delete it, and manually create the virtual folder? If I delete the virtual folder on the second computer, will it also delete it on the primary computer? -- Avi Avram Sacks, using The Bat! ver 5.8.2. on XP Pro, sp3 Current version is 6.1.8 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
