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Conference iosg::all-in-1_v30

Title:*OLD* ALL-IN-1 (tm) Support Conference
Notice:Closed - See Note 4331.l to move to IOSG::ALL-IN-1
Moderator:IOSG::PYE
Created:Thu Jan 30 1992
Last Modified:Tue Jan 23 1996
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4343
Total number of notes:18308

352.0. "Retaining an empty FOLDER name ..." by TAV02::CHAIM (Semper ubi Sub ubi .....) Sun Mar 29 1992 10:23

In ALL-IN-1 V3.0 will it be possible to retain a FOLDER all of whose documents
have been deleted?

Besides keeping at least one "dummy" document in a FOLDER does anyone have any
way of accomplishing this functionality?

Thanks,

Cb.
T.RTitleUserPersonal
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352.1No change in folder structureBUFFER::VICKERSWinners take action not keep scoreSun Mar 29 1992 21:0214
    There is still no object which represents a folder in the ALL-IN-1 V3.0
    file cabinet so when the last document containing a folder name is
    removed from that folder then that folder ceases to 'exist'.

    I cannot think of a better way to keep a folder in existence other than
    by having a dummy entry in it.

    The only other way of which I can think is to create a external dataset
    which contains a list of all desired folders and to map it on the
    various create points.  This is probably far more work than is
    desirable.

    Hopefully, someone else can come up with a more clever approach,
    don
352.2TeamLinks does thisIOSG::TALLETTJust one more fix, then we can ship...Mon Mar 30 1992 11:558
    
    	Hmmm. TeamLinks does this. Try "Create Folder" on an IOS drawer.
    	You get a folder that TeamLinks can see (and its persistant across
    	filecab open/close) but IOS says its not there. Haven't
    	investigated how it is done...
    
    Regards,
    Paul
352.3Folder cache from FCSSIOG::T_REDMONDThoughts of an Idle MindMon Mar 30 1992 16:337
    It's done by the FCS, which maintains a folder cache for each open
    drawer. Entries can be placed in the cache for empty (dummy) folders,
    and these are erased at the end of the session if the folder isn't
    used. However, the client software has to know about empty folders to
    use them. TeamLinks does. ALL-IN-1 IOS doesn't.
    
    Tony
352.4PretendWAYLND::HOWARDHail to the Redskins!Mon Mar 30 1992 19:225
    If it is a particular folder or folders, such as INBOX, you might want
    to alter your code to make believe the folder is still there.  It would
    be a lot of work for an index form, but it sounds doable.
    
    Ben