If I had the talent, I would rewrite Eric's ImagePathPlugin to make it
work with AttachFilePlugin, making it search for different possible
paths for fileattachments...
Is it a feasible challenge - Eric??

Regards Måns Mårtensson

On 4 Mar., 15:59, AndyF <andy.fra...@mansys.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Background
> I have set up a TiddlyWiki containing a series of help and knowledge
> base files for our team for use when they are on Customers sites. The
> TiddlyWiki has been distributed on a number of Memory Sticks and
> contains the html and a directory of approximately 250 pdf files. I
> have used the FileDropPlugin and this has been very successful for
> creating the Tiddlers. In creating the tiddlers I did this from my
> memory stick with all the files etc perfectly organised on the stick.
> I then replicated the stick to the other sticks.
>
> Tiddlers
> The Tiddlers containing the attachments are coded as follows :
>
> [[DataFile 002 - General Note.pdf|file:///F:/TiddlyData/DataFile 002 -
> General Note.pdf]]
>
> The problem.
> When the users are using the TiddlyWiki they are fine but in some
> cases they cannot open the attachments. This is because their PC /
> Laptop / Customers PC has assigned the memory stick a different Drive
> letter so instead of Drive F: as it was for me they are now on drive
> H:.
>
> Question(s)
> 1. Does anyone know if there is a way to not include the Drive letter
> into the path possibly replacing it with a wildcard so it searches
> rather than errors.
> 2. Is there a way to find and replace (quickly) all the data referring
> to file:///F:/ with the user being able to manually replace file:///F:/
> with (for example) file:///H:/.
> 3. Could 2 above be automated so that there is a Tiddler on start up
> saying "What is the Drive Letter ?" You enter H and file:///F:/ is
> automatically changed to file:///H:/
>
> Your help and advice would be appreciated.
>
> Andy F

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