File Editor Mystery SOLVED!

[TinkBD]

OK... the mystery is solved. There used to be a FILE EDITOR

Its icon was a blue file drawer with folders spilling out. I have it on two of my old applications.

These date back almost 2 years, btw. This has been bugging me for weeks. ;-)

AND... It looks like it may work. I cloned the SO it was in, then deleted all of the other editors, cloned what remained and named it File Editor (inventive, yes?)

I'm going to do some playing with this and see if it will work. I will start with the SO File Editor, if I need a File Editor in a new SO

I am keeping my fingers crossed! I think this must be the TSB/ESB equivalent of a monkey writing MacBeth! LOLOL

[TigerSoftware]

OK... the mystery is solved. There used to be a FILE EDITOR

Its icon was a blue file drawer with folders spilling out. I have it on two of my old applications.

These date back almost 2 years, btw. This has been bugging me for weeks. ;-)

AND... It looks like it may work. I cloned the SO it was in, then deleted all of the other editors, cloned what remained and named it File Editor (inventive, yes?)

I'm going to do some playing with this and see if it will work. I will start with the SO File Editor, if I need a File Editor in a new SO

I am keeping my fingers crossed! I think this must be the TSB/ESB equivalent of a monkey writing MacBeth! LOLOL


There still is a file editor. It saves the file inside the database. It doesn't save the location. ;)


Thomas

[TinkBD]

There still is a file editor. It saves the file inside the database. It doesn't save the location. ;)


Thomas

Hmmmm Does it display your hard drive when you select it? Or just automatically save it to the Db?

[Ezshop24]

I am trying to create a sales tool for salespeople. What if I wanted a list of several of these editors on one page...is that possible? Like five or ten on one page. A sales person could have that many documents for one sales transaction.

Thanks,

Paul

[TigerSoftware]

Hmmmm Does it display your hard drive when you select it? Or just automatically save it to the Db?


I don't understand the question Tink. I believe the description is in the help docs. It saves the file in the database. You click the button, select the file and it is saved.



Thomas

[TigerSoftware]

I am trying to create a sales tool for salespeople. What if I wanted a list of several of these editors on one page...is that possible? Like five or ten on one page. A sales person could have that many documents for one sales transaction.

Thanks,

Paul

Sure you can Paul. The better way would be to create a File Object and create a relationship to your main Sales Object (one to many with Sales object being parent) so they can add unlimited files.



Thomas

[Ezshop24]

Hello,

I think I need to read more on these relationships between database files. If there a help page that explains the relationships well and how to link?

Thank you,

Paul

[TigerSoftware]

Hello,

I think I need to read more on these relationships between database files. If there a help page that explains the relationships well and how to link?

Thank you,

Paul


It is all in the members area under training. I would also check out the videos as well.


Thomas

[TinkBD]

I don't understand the question Tink. I believe the description is in the help docs. It saves the file in the database. You click the button, select the file and it is saved.



Thomas

Hi T -

What I was asking was whether or not you have an opportunity to save the file elsewhere, and the answer is that you don't, it goes straight into the database.

Needless to say, for many apps, and possibly even most apps, this is fine, but there are some circumstances when you would want to save the file elsewhere.

For instance, I buy digital books. I don't want the files to live in the TSB/ESB program I built. I want them in a separate system of folders, where I can access them easily

Or, another example, I do a lot of graphics for clients. I would like to keep the INFO on where the graphics files ARE, in a TSB/ESB program, but I don't want the file themselves IN it... for convenience sake, I want them in my main Graphics folder with all of my other graphics files.

Anyway, those are examples of why I would like a second File Folder Editor. ;-)

Blondie

[TigerSoftware]

Hi T -

What I was asking was whether or not you have an opportunity to save the file elsewhere, and the answer is that you don't, it goes straight into the database.

Needless to say, for many apps, and possibly even most apps, this is fine, but there are some circumstances when you would want to save the file elsewhere.

For instance, I buy digital books. I don't want the files to live in the TSB/ESB program I built. I want them in a separate system of folders, where I can access them easily

Or, another example, I do a lot of graphics for clients. I would like to keep the INFO on where the graphics files ARE, in a TSB/ESB program, but I don't want the file themselves IN it... for convenience sake, I want them in my main Graphics folder with all of my other graphics files.

Anyway, those are examples of why I would like a second File Folder Editor. ;-)

Blondie


I already stated there wasn't an editor that saves file locations. :)


Thomas

[cjseven]

Hello Blondie,

I have a document manager too. The way I turn around that issue is using a website editor.

If you copy/paste document path into website editor, example c:\documents\ebooks\marketing\ebookname, when you click to open it does open windows explorer.

I hope this helps.

Antonio

[TinkBD]

Hello Blondie,

I have a document manager too. The way I turn around that issue is using a website editor.

If you copy/paste document path into website editor, example c:\documents\ebooks\marketing\ebookname, when you click to open it does open windows explorer.

I hope this helps.

Antonio

Thank you, Antonio.

I have been doing this also. ;-)

Some of my targeted niches are not very computer savvy, so the problem that I see is having them input the full document path... successfully! LOL

Certainly this is a viable work around. I am just hoping for a more user friendly solution. :rolleyes:

Blondie