Hi!
Is there any way to link to a resource using a relative path to the current resource? I share all my resources over a dropbox with my class, and I'd like to make sure the links aren't broken if I move the root folder, for example. What's the best approach here?
Thanks!
Link to relative path
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Re: Link to relative path
All links are based on the resource's resource-ID, which is unique for each resource.
Moving the root folder is not a problem as long as you use the option in the Preferences in CmapTools to move it, that way CmapTools will find it again. So resources can be moved around anywhere among the folders in the Views and the links are not broken. We avoid using the path, whether relative or absolute, as moving resources would break links.
If you move the resources within the My Cmaps folder, but not using CmapTools to move them (that is, you move them in the Finder or File explorer, many of the links could be broken, in particular images and videos where the resource-id is not stored within the file itself. When CmapTools launches it indexes all resources. If it finds, for example, an image within a folder where it wasn't when CmapTools closed, it will assign a new resource-id to it. So links to it are now broken. If it finds a Cmap, it will know what its resource-id is since its stored within the Cmap's file.
CmapTools was not designed to share folders via a dropbox. We'd recommend that you use the Cmap Cloud for sharing. Each student could have their own account or you can share the account with them.
Moving the root folder is not a problem as long as you use the option in the Preferences in CmapTools to move it, that way CmapTools will find it again. So resources can be moved around anywhere among the folders in the Views and the links are not broken. We avoid using the path, whether relative or absolute, as moving resources would break links.
If you move the resources within the My Cmaps folder, but not using CmapTools to move them (that is, you move them in the Finder or File explorer, many of the links could be broken, in particular images and videos where the resource-id is not stored within the file itself. When CmapTools launches it indexes all resources. If it finds, for example, an image within a folder where it wasn't when CmapTools closed, it will assign a new resource-id to it. So links to it are now broken. If it finds a Cmap, it will know what its resource-id is since its stored within the Cmap's file.
CmapTools was not designed to share folders via a dropbox. We'd recommend that you use the Cmap Cloud for sharing. Each student could have their own account or you can share the account with them.