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Wep5622
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Does anyone know whether there's a way to prevent HTML composer to copy files to the local project directory?

We have a central project containing our standard CSS and javascript files, but HTML composer is creating local copies of these files, creating a maintenance nightmare for us...

Here's how to reproduce the problem:

  • Create a css file in project X, for example 'original.css'
  • Go to project Y
  • Go to Y's physical directory (not using Dev Studio) and verify that Y doesn't contain 'original.css'
  • Add project X to project Y's paths using the Properties menu-option (the files from project Y now appear in file listings in Dev Studio with shaded icons).
  • Create a new HTML Form (in project Y)
  • From the menu, choose "Insert" -> "CSS/Script" and add original.css from project X
  • Go to Y's physical directory and notice there's now a copy of 'original.css' there!


The same thing happens for scripts. It doesn't seem to matter whether you actually navigate to X's directory to select the file (icon is not shaded) or whether you select the one you get from adding X to the path (icon is shaded). You get a local copy either way.

Personally, I'm quite capable of adding the necessary HTML-tags using the Text Editor instead of inserting it with the HTML composer. However, I'm looking for an easy method for the other report editors here, who may not be as familiar with HTML - without having to worry about people including stale copies of a file because HTML Composer copied it to the local project directory way back when...

Is there anything we can do about this?

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Kerry
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Hi Wep5622,

I check with our internals and was suggested that, this sounds like a problem to be fixed by programming. So if you have not done so, can you please open a case with Customer Support Services? This way we can submit this to programming to get it fixed.

To open a case, please either call 1-800-736-6130, or access online at InfoResponse.

Cheers,

Kerry


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David Glick
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Wep5622:

When you get the dialogs to enter the name of the CSS file or JS file, you should enter the fully qualified URL to these files. That will make it that the files are referenced through the web server. If you do not do this, we have no choice but to copy the files to the local directory to assure that the product will find them.


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Wep5622
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Originally posted by David Glick:
When you get the dialogs to enter the name of the CSS file or JS file, you should enter the fully qualified URL to these files. That will make it that the files are referenced through the web server. If you do not do this, we have no choice but to copy the files to the local directory to assure that the product will find them.


Ah, I don't suppose there's a guaranteed way to query files to include from the web server instead of the local filesystem then. That's a shame, but understandable.

I'll add a note to our user documentation telling them to absolutely not use the "insert CSS/Script" feature in Dev Studio then, but instead to add the required link and script tags by hand to the head in the HTML source.
Less error-prone I think, especially if they can just copy-paste the required tags from the document. Otherwise we're going to end up with tons of stale copies of such files.

I suppose using "/some_app/style.css" isn't portable across different installations of WF?


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