[APBeta] DSS index file rebuild

[Jeff Young]

Paul --

Indeed, I do have a nested DSS Image Cache folder complete with V2
index.  

I had a suspicion it might be something like that -- hence the email
instead of a bug report.  I just couldn't quite put my finger on what it
might be. ;)

-- Jeff.
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net 
> [mailto:apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net] On Behalf Of 
> Paul Rodman
> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 9:28 PM
> To: AstroPlanner Beta Testers
> Subject: Re: [APBeta] DSS index file rebuild
> 
> 
> On Jun 5, 2008, at 12:14 , Jeff Young wrote:
> 
> > Paul --
> >
> > So I should be able to point V2 to my existing V1 image 
> cache and have 
> > it re-index, right?  It doesn't seem to work for me.  I'm 
> on Windows 
> > XP, my existing cache is at:
> >
> > C:\Documents and Settings\jey\My 
> Documents\Astronomy\AstroPlanner\DSS
> > Image Cache
> >
> > When I go into Preferences and set the path, it correctly 
> shows this 
> > path after the text "Main:".  However, if I hit the "Set" button 
> > again, it defaults the path to "C:\Documents and Settings\jey".  
> > (Perhaps it's supposed to do that, in which case that part is 
> > unreleated.)
> >
> > But I don't get any DSS images, "Display DSS/User Images" is grayed 
> > out in the Object menu, and if I open the DSS Cache Manager 
> it shows 
> > no entries.  (Nor does it if I Reset it, which returns almost
> > immediately.)
> >
> > Am I doing something wrong?
> 
> There's some confusion here, which I need to make less 
> confusing. The DSS cache location specified in 
> Preferences->General should point to the folder containing 
> the DSS Image Cache folder, not that folder itself (otherwise 
> it just makes another DSS Image Cache folder inside the first.
> 
> I will change this definition, or at least adjust the path to 
> compensate.
> 
> Paul R.
> 
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