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Subject: Re: Shell Tools Suggestion


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RTT
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Date Posted: 19:25:29 03/27/06 Mon
In reply to: JM 's message, "Re: Shell Tools Suggestion" on 11:44:02 03/27/06 Mon

After reading your previous message I also thought that VPN could not be guilty so something else was in the middle and now I can say that you caught him and is begging for mercy.
Oops, I think is dead now. Nasty bug…
Thanks, and keep the good job of beta testing. You are great ;-)


>Ok, it is not VPN. I installed the software on my
>work computer and can cause the problem without VPN.
>I have now found the steps necessary to replicate it.
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>Steps to Replicate:
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>1) Batch Change an entire folders "title" to "Planning
>- "
>2) Single open any file in that folder and change the
>title to "Planning - 10/10/2005" (basically appending
>the date)
>3) Now single open any other file in that folder and
>you will see "Planning - 10/10/2005" in the InfoEdit
>tab and "Planning - " in the PDF tab.
>
>-joe
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>>Funny you should say you were tired, because I was
>>operating on very little sleep when I found that
>>issue. So after reading your message this morning,
>>and testing some PDFs, I figured that I had just
>>imagined it. I tried a bunch of different scenarios
>>and they all worked as your described below.
>>
>>So here is what I have found. When accessing PDFs on
>>my local machine, it works fine. However, the PDFs
>>that had the problem were on a remote machine that I
>>VPN'd into. So maybe the delay caused by VPN is
>>causing the issue, but I can replicate the problem
>>100% of the time.
>>
>>I'll try to explain the problem further:
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>>-Right click on one PDF File (through VPN)
>>-Select Properties
>>-PDF tab shows actual title
>>-InfoEdit tab shows another title from the dropdown
>>(note: the actual title is not in the dropdown)
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>>I can email you screen shots if that would be helpful.
>>
>>Sorry I wasn't able to describe it in better detail
>>last night, I didn't realize VPN was the issue.
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>>>I really don't get. Or I'm very tired, your copy is
>>>not working as it should or there is some confusion.
>>>When you fire the InfoEdit tool, single file mode,
>the
>>>current Title of that document is affixed in the
>Title
>>>field. If the document does not have anything in that
>>>field you get it empty. The DropdownBox is used to
>>>rapidly enter some previous information you have
>>>entered before, but off course that information is
>>>global to all the edits you have made, not only for
>>>that document. For the Title field its use is not so
>>>obvious but the edition of the Author, Keywords and
>>>some others can get much easier using the previous
>>>entered information.
>>>Now that you know what I get in my mind when I read
>>>your message please try to explain your suggestion
>>>again.
>>>
>>>
>>>>First off... the tool is absolutely fabulous and
>will
>>>>allow me to accomplish some things in a much quicker
>>>>fashion than before.
>>>>
>>>>I have a suggestion. When accessing the info of a
>>>>single file, the "Title" selected in the dropdown is
>>>>not the title of the document, but rather just one
>of
>>>>the previous Titles I have entered. I love the idea
>>>>of the dropdowns, but I think the defaults should be
>>>>current Title of the document.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks!

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