Basic file handling in Aperture

I have combined over 5,000 photos into one folder, then into an aperture library. These files have been stored all over the place, managed by different apps, etc. and their names have been altered, etc. Fortunately, Aperture was able to rename them by capture date, which brought forward the problem I had suspected: many dupes.
Certainly I can manually delete these, but it seems to me Aperture is lacking some basic file handling tools that would make this handy. Maybe scripts or add-ins?
-ddog

Hi david,
If you haven't read any online tutorials yet. Please try this one Re: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2790185&#2790185
regards
Chris
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Picture file handling between Aperture and Photoshop

Hello
I have transferred several photos via "edit in external editor" from aperture to photoshop.
In photoshop I made different operations:
a) just looking (no special manipulations) -> no saving
b) manipulations on a particular photo -> saving via "save" in PS
c) combination of different photos -> saving via "save as" in PS
Meanwhile I have learned, that option C just saves the file in the file system, but does not update the database entry in aperture. I have also found different versions of photos in the file system, which I had just opened in PS (case a). "File system" means in that case, that they are under the folder "masters", when I drill down the Aperture Data File. Case b seems to work OK.
I have now different questions:
why are photos, which I have just opened in PS, still in the file system (even when I have deleted them) in Aperture? Seems that those versions are kept. Is'nt that blowing up my database? (case a)
when I reimport pictures from case c, are they stored a second time in aperture or does the aperture database point to the particular file (because the file already is under the folder "masters")
Any feedback to data handling between PS and Aperture?
Thanks in advance,
Vanillia

IMO today you are very likely to be best served by the inexpensive Photoshop Elements. However, Adobe's world is changing at the end of this month (March 27) with official announcement of MacIntel versions. You may want to re-ask this question then, being careful of April Fool's Day wags.
http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&newsID=17399
Also, version 2 of Aperture is expected in the next few months, and I will be surprised if simple color tools such as you describe are not included.
-Allen Wicks

How Do RoboHelp 9 WebHelp Generated Files Handle Map IDs and Aliases?

The text below was written by our team's developer/architect. I am the help author who uses RoboHelp to write content and generate the help files, but I am clueless how it all gets generated and is deployed. Please help. We use RoboHelp 9. I use it in Windows XP and our app and help run on IE 7, 9, and Firefox (multiple versions).
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All of this is used in a call to a RoboHelp method defined in the RoboHelp_CSH.js file. The mehtod we are calling is the RH_ShowHelp() JavaScript method and the code to perform the call, when you click on Page Help, is this:
RH_ShowHelp(0, ''/pecsHelp/index.htm>pecsHelp',HH_HELP_CONTEXT,topic);
Topic is translated to the Map ID number for the page help. HH_HELP_CONTEXT is defined in the RoboHelp_CSH.js file. This method translates into a URL and from what I have seen, the URL that gets generated is this:
http://{server}[:port]/pecsHelp/index.htm/{server}[:port]/pecsHelp/index.htm#<id=1053>>pecsHelp
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#define PECS_Home_Page1 1053
Then in the RoboHelp alias file (PECS 3.0.ali), the following line is in the file:
<alias name="PECS_Home_Page1" link="pecs_home_page.htm"> </alias>
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You need to assign the numbers you find in the pecs_help.h file to topics in your help. You do this in Context Sensitive Help > Map Files > All Map IDs. (From RH7, but I assume the location is similar in RH9.) This creates the entries in the .ali file.
Peter Grainge suggests a couple of sites to read for a greater understanding here:
http://www.grainge.org/pages/authoring/calling_webhelp/using_map_ids.htm
(Although the second site is based on RH X5, the basic concepts and procedures should be very similar. )
HTH,
Amber

Error in creating IO file handles for job (number 3152513)

Hi All -
I am using Tidal 5.3.1.307. And the Windows agent that is running these jobs is at 3.0.2.05.
Basically the error in the subject was received when starting a particular job once it was cancelled and a couple of other different jobs a few days before. These jobs have run successfully in the past.
This particular job was running for 500+ minutes when it should run at an estimated 40 minutes. At that time it would not allow for a re-start of the job, it just stayed in a launched status.
Trying to figure out what causes this error.
Error in creating IO file handles for job 3152513
Note - from that being said we were to see 2 instances of this process running at the same time, we noticed some blocking on the DB side of things.
Trying to figure out if this is a known tidal issue or a coding issue or both.
Another side note, after cancelling the 2nd rerun attempt the following error was encountered: Error activating job, Duplicate.
When we did receive the Error creating IO file, the job did actually restart, but Tidal actually lost hooks into it and the query was still running as an orphan on the db server.
Thanks All!

The server to reboot is the agent server. You can try stopping the agent and then manually deleting the file. That may work. When the agent is running the agent process may keep the file locked, so rebooting may not be sufficient.
The numerical folders are found as sub-directories off of the services directory I mentioned. I think the numbers correspond to the job type, so one number corresponds to standard jobs, another to FTP jobs. I'd just look in the numbered directories until you find a filename matching the job number.
The extensions don't really matter since you will want to delete all files that match your job number. There should only be one or two files that you need to delete and they should all be in the same numbered sub-directory.
As to the root cause of the problem, I can't really say since it doesn't happen very often. My recollection is that it is either caused by a job blowing up spectacularly (e.g. a memory leak in the program being launched by Tidal) or someone doing something atypical with the client.

How to set up a basic file sharing server for my small architectural business?

I have no idea if I have posted in the correct area as this is my first forum post within the apple support community!
I have been using a 21.5" imac running 10.6.8 for the past 5 years to run my small home based architectural design business. I have been using the internal hard drive & backing up the necessary data to a simple usb external hard drive. I am now looking to firstly purchase a new imac 27" retina and purchase new autocad lt 2015 for mac software. I am looking to have another imac (my old mac) running in conjunction with the new mac. I want both macs to be able to access the same data and am slightly unsure what is the best way to achieve this.....As my old mac is currently only running snow leopard and an old version of autocad for mac 2011 it wont run on any more recent OS. Essentially i believe I have 2 main options with this.... (1) I Accept that I have to purchase 2 no. autocad lt 2015 licences @ a cost of £2300. Or option (2), I only run autocad on the new mac as this will be the primary station and the old mac used for primarily for admin & accounts. I have also recently discovered that it is possible to rent autocad licences for £300p/a which may also be another option (3)!
I previously had a problem where my hard drive failed on my mac & lost all data on the internal hard drive, luckily I had been backing up all data regularly to my external hard drive and now loss occurred! Obviously with any new system I want to ensure that my data is safe!
I currently utilise about 250GB of data for business operations but this will obviously grow with time.
In the future I would like to have the option of potentially being able to access the network data remotely via macbook pro whilst abroad although at this stage this really isnt my primary objective. Although I believe I could achieve this through apple remote desktop.
I suppose I should provide some information with regard to the required speed of the system...I regularly open 50-100 photos at the same time totalling around 250-500MB. I would like the system to be able to handle this fairly easily.
I have been trawling through forums and to be honest they are totally confusing me. I have also spent time on the phone to the apple business team and have also discussed my objectives with a member of the apple team in store.
There have been various options advised to me and I really do not know which is the most appropriate route forward.
1 - Using a mac mini as the file server and linking the 2 mac devices to this and backing up the mac mini to an external hard drive to ensure no loss of data.
2 - Using a time capsule as a file server and linking the 2 mac devices to this and backing up the TC to an external hard drive to ensure no loss of data.
3 - Using the new mac hard drive and linking the 2 macs via thunderbolt (old mac does not have thunderbolt and so I guess I would need another new mac?!) and then backing up the data to a time capsule.
4 - Using a RAID based server and linking the 2 no. macs.
Sorry to ramble but any advice really would be greatly received!

Hi sblemings,
Welcome to the community.
I think with your scenario you should ask yourself, how complicated do you want the setup to be and how much time would you have to be able to resolve an issue should one occur with this setup.
All the options that have been advised would work but they come with complexity and therefore time.
1 - Using a mac mini as the file server and linking the 2 mac devices to this and backing up the mac mini to an external hard drive to ensure no loss of data.
2 - Using a time capsule as a file server and linking the 2 mac devices to this and backing up the TC to an external hard drive to ensure no loss of data.
3 - Using the new mac hard drive and linking the 2 macs via thunderbolt (old mac does not have thunderbolt and so I guess I would need another new mac?!) and then backing up the data to a time capsule.
4 - Using a RAID based server and linking the 2 no. macs.
Sorry to ramble but any advice really would be greatly received!
option 1
Would be a way to achieve what you want, it would centralise your files and you would only need to backup your file server (as long as all the files you wanted backed up were on it). This could be achieved either using the client and sharing various folders or using Server which would give you more options than you would possibly need.
option 2
This is exactly like option 1 except that you wouldn't have to administer another mac however you may limit any future growth.
option 3
This option I probably wouldn't pick, you could achieve this with firewire and use a firewire to thunderbolt adapter (saves you having to buy a new iMac)
option 4
This option would, depending on your RAID level, give you disk redundancy but remember you would still need to back this up, as RAID is NOT a backup solution.
I would also ask is there a pressing need to keep the old iMac in service and complicating things by having a server / NAS? Could you not just transfer all your information over to this and continue with the one backup? I would say that doing it this was would be the simplest way of achieving what you want from what I can take from your question.
As for remotely accessing your data, if you have the right hardware the way to achieve this would be to use a VPN and connect back to your data. However a potentially easier way for you ,would be to use a service like logmein or teamviewer to connect back.
Hope this helps, and by all means any questions please ask.
Dan
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I have this code, it should basically use the lines of text in a file and use them to construct nodes in a JTree. The compilation error is that the class uses a deprecated method - so does anybody know what method is the problem and what I should use?
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If you compile with deprecation it will tell you specifically.
I think it is:
javac -deprecation ...
The only method from below that I think it could be is readLine() in DataInputStream...
If you are reading text...try:
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Can someone suggest where can I find some advanced file handling APIs . I want to have indexed files and associated management

Hi,
I do not know if this can help...JAVA 1.4
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/api/javax/naming/spi/DirectoryManager.html
JAVA 1.3
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/api/javax/naming/spi/DirObjectFactory.html
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/api/javax/naming/spi/DirStateFactory.html
JAVA 1.0
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/api/java/io/FileDescriptor.html
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/api/javax/swing/plaf/basic/BasicDirectoryModel.html
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/api/javax/naming/directory/BasicAttribute.html
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/api/javax/naming/directory/InitialDirContext.html
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/api/javax/naming/directory/package-summary.html
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/api/javax/naming/directory/Attributes.html
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Releasing Resource (File Handle) and Document Builder

I am currently working on a project that uses a Jar file containing XML configuration files. The Jar file needs to read this file and the DocumentBuilder.parse method is called on the XML files. Later, new XML files need to be added to this same Jar file.
The problem is that at that point I can't open the Jar file for writing because I can't unlock the file since it is held by the DocumentBuilder. Even when these objects go out of scope and are deleted the resource is not being unlocked. The only solution I've found is to copy the file and read from the copy and write to the original. This solution leaves extra files lying around though and is not very elegant. Is there anyway I can force that file handle to be destroyed and unlock the configuration file resource?

That could be.....
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This bug was introduced in Flash Professional CC (Windows). It did not occur in CS5.5 or CS5.
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Hi Dharmendra,
Thank you for the solution. It is not what I expected, but it might look like a solution that "could" be applied.
There is still one problem with this approach. If I still use a movie with radial gradient within the bitmap, the same exact problem could occur again.
I was trying to understand if I did something wrong in my code, or it was a bug in the Flash software. I still find weird that I get different results by drawing a movie clip at different positions on a bitmap object. How can the drawing position change if the movie clip is drawn or not drawn? Why does it make mathematical patterns? I guess it has something to do with the precision numbers.
Meanwhile, I did a few extra tests. I tried a new approach with Blur and Glow effects. That is not exactly what I want, but it seems to create a transparent gradient. I might consider this approach if the basic radial gradient does not work. I also created a gradient transparency circle bitmap in Photoshop that I imported into my movie clip. It worked. So, at the moment I have two solutions that seem to be working.
I would appreciate if you could investigate the original problem. It looks like there is a problem in the rendering of Flash. Workarounds are fine sometimes, but I do not expect to developer programs on workarounds.

Can't delete file after renaming due to Word file handle still present. Error staes document is still in use but it's really not. Worked fine in 2007 but not in 2010.

I have some code associated with a Word Template. The template is opened, filled out and saved via a routing in vba. This all works fine in older 2007 version (which is version it was originally created in). Once this file is saved, the user can change the
date in a text box and re-save document. The code saves using the new date for part of new file name and then deletes that older file from the server. It fails at the delete function because the newer version of word is not dropping the file handle from the
first named file when user saves it to the new filename. In older version (2007) this handle was released as soon as file was saved to a different name. I can't seem to figure out how to release the old document filename so the old document file can be deleted.
I hope I explained this well enough.
Here's the code that woeked in version 2007 but fails in version 2010.
Option Explicit
Dim CAPEX01 As MSForms.ComboBox
Dim CAPEX02 As MSForms.ComboBox
Dim LocalPath As String
Dim NetPath As String
Dim OldPath As String
Dim OldPathNet As String
Dim DocName01 As String
Dim DocName02 As String
Dim DocName03 As String
Dim DocName04 As String
Dim DocName As String
Dim DocNameold As String
Dim TestDocName As String
Dim filesys
Dim newfolder
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ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.View.Type = wdPrintView
TestDocName = ActiveDocument.TextBox2
OldPathNet = "\\yourPath\" & TestDocName & "\"
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Sub AutoNew()
TestDocName = ActiveDocument.TextBox2
OldPathNet = "\\yourPath\" & TestDocName & "\"
ComboBox1.Locked = False
ComboBox1.Enabled = True
FillList1
FillList2
End Sub
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OldPathNet = "\\yourPath\" & TestDocName ' & "\"
DocNameold = OldPathNet & TestDocName & "-" & DocName02 & "-" & DocName03 & "-" & DocName04 & ".doc"
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        Set filesys = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
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        filesys.DeleteFile (DocNameold), True
'I get file permission error here
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If DocName01 <> "" Then
If Not TestDocName = DocName01 Then
If Not TestDocName = "" Then
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End If
End If
End If
TestDocName = DocName01
End Sub
'''''''Document path functions''''''
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Set filesys = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
If Not filesys.FolderExists("\\yourPath\") Then
   newfolder = filesys.CreateFolder("\\yourPath\")
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If Not filesys.FolderExists("\\yourPath\" & DocName01 & "\") Then
    newfolder = filesys.CreateFolder("\\yourPath\" & DocName01 & "\")
End If
End Sub
''''''Save Function''''''
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DocName01 = ActiveDocument.TextBox2
DocName02 = ActiveDocument.TextBox4
DocName03 = ActiveDocument.TextBox1
DocName04 = ActiveDocument.ComboBox1.Value
chkpath
NetPath = "\\yourPath\" & DocName01 & "\"
DocName = NetPath & DocName01 & "-" & DocName02 & "-" & DocName03 & "-" & DocName04
ActiveDocument.SaveAs2 FileName:=DocName, FileFormat:=wdFormatDocument
ComboBox1.Locked = True
ComboBox1.Enabled = False
ComboBox2.Locked = True
ComboBox2.Enabled = False
TextBox1.Locked = True
TextBox1.Enabled = False
TextBox3.Locked = True
TextBox3.Enabled = False
TextBox4.Locked = True
TextBox4.Enabled = False
DeleteOldDoc
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Set CAPEX02 = ActiveDocument.ComboBox2
With CAPEX02
      .AddItem "CASTING", 0
      .AddItem "HOT ROLLING", 1
      .AddItem "COLD ROLLING", 2
      .AddItem "FINISHING", 3
      .AddItem "PLANT GENERAL", 4
      .AddItem "MOBILE EQUIPMENT", 5
End With
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Set CAPEX01 = ActiveDocument.ComboBox1
With CAPEX01
      .AddItem "A Name", 0
      .AddItem "Another Name", 1
End With
End Sub
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mogulman52 and Don,
I went back and looked at my code and had already updated it to SaveAs in the new docx format. It still holds the lock handle in place until Word closes, unlike earlier versions which released the lock handle when you did a SaveAs.
As a note, all my Word and Excel macro-enabled (dotm & xltm) templates are read only and are never filled in, prompting the user for a file name on any close event or if they run the code gets auto-named. I do the SaveAs and concatenate the file name
from data on the document (or sheet) that has been filled in. During the SaveAs the docx gets saved to a network folder and also on a local folder. The lock gets renamed to the filename and remains until Word is closed.
So my code still fails at the point noted below while trying to delete an old filename version after the file has been saved as a new filename in a new folder. So....
The code is looking in the last folder where the docx file was saved for the older filename so it can be deleted. The newest docx version has already been saved in a different folder and has a new lock handle of its own. That lock is not my problem, it's
the older file lock which really exists in the same folder as the first filename that the docx was saved to. It does not release that lock until I exit Word. My work around has been to instruct all users to manually delete the older version file.
The other odd thing is this only happens when I run it from code, if you manually go through these steps with the SaveAs menu drop-downs in Word it will release the lock handle???
Hope this isn't to confusing and thanks for all your suggestions and help.
Sub DeleteOldDoc()
OldPathNet = "\\yourPath\" & TestDocName ' & "\"
DocNameold = OldPathNet & TestDocName & "-" & DocName02 & "-" & DocName03 & "-" & DocName04 & ".doc"
If Not TestDocName = DocName01 Then
Set filesys = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
If filesys.FileExists(DocNameold) Then
filesys.DeleteFile (DocNameold), True 'I get file permission error here- lock handle is still present from last SaveAs command in last folder where previous version of file was saved.
End If
End If
If DocName01 <> "" Then
If Not TestDocName = DocName01 Then
If Not TestDocName = "" Then
MsgBox "Project Proposal Has Been Moved From Year " & TestDocName & " To " & DocName01 & ""
End If
End If
End If
TestDocName = DocName01
End Sub
Glenn

Convert RAW Files in Your Aperture Database to Adobe DNG Files

The following describes how to convert all the RAW images in your Aperture database from manufacturer formats, such as Sony's ARW and Canon's CR2, to Adobe's DNG while retaining all the Adjustments already applied to your RAW files. In the example below I am assuming that your Aperture Library has ARW and CR2 files. These steps work with the latest version of Aperture, being Version 3.3, and have not been tested with earlier versions (in fact, it probably will not work because the database structure changed in 3.3 - however, this means that the steps below can also be applied to your iPhoto library). The steps are:
1. Within Finder select the Aperture Library and Secondary Click to bring up the Shortcut Menu. From this select "Show Package Contents"; this will open a Window showing all the files/directories contained within your Aperture Library.
2. Drag the "Masters" folder out of the Package and place it on your Desktop. The purpose of this step is so that Applications, such as Adobe DNG Converter, can "see" the "Masters" folder, which they cannot do if it is located within the Aperture Library Package.
3. Run the Adobe DNG Converter, select the above "Masters" folder with the "Select Folder" button, make sure you have selected the option "Save in the Same Location", it is also a good idea to select the option "Skip source image if the destination already exists", check your Preferences then select the "Convert" button.
4. Adobe DNG Converter will now convert all the RAW files to Adobe DNG files and save them in the same location as your existing RAW files. Once complete, take a note of (a) the number of files converted and (b) the types of files converted, such as if the conversion includes ARW, CR2, NEF files etc. In this example I will assume that the converter only found ARW and CR2 files; if your system is different then modify the steps below to make sure it covers all the RAW file types converted in your particular system.
5. Select the "Masters" folder and in the Finder Window Search Field search for all the files that end in .ARW and .CR2 (this filename search list should match the types of files found by the Adobe DNG Converter in step (4)(b) above). The number of files returned by the search must match the number of files recorded by the Adobe DNG Converter in step (4)(a) above. Do NOT put the .DNG files in your search criteria. Select all the files found in the search and move them to the Trash. This will delete all the original manufacturer's RAW files from your Aperture Library leaving behind all the new DNG files.
6. Move the "Masters" folder on your Desktop back to the root directory of the Aperture Library Package Content directory.
7. Select the Finder Window containing the Aperture Library Package Contents.
8. If there is a file called "ApertureData.xml" then open it with a text editor. Search and Replace ".arw" with ".dng", ".ARW" with ".DNG", ".cr2" with ".dng" and ".CR2" with ".DNG" (note, do not use the " marks in your search). Make sure you cover all the file types incorporated in your particular system. Save the "ApertureData.xml" file.
9. Traverse to the Database/apdb directory. Select the "BigBlobs.apdb" file and open it with a Hex editor. In this example I will use Hex Fiend by Ridiculous Fish (see http://ridiculousfish.com/hexfiend/). Once the file is open perform a Find and Replace ensuring you are finding and replacing Text and not Hex. In Hex Fiend this means selecting Edit/Find from the menu and then selecting the "Text" button to the top/left of the window. In your Find/Replace field you will need to find ".arw" and replace it with ".dng", make sure you select "Replace All" (note, do not use the " marks in your search). Do exactly the same for ".ARW" with ".DNG", ".cr2" with ".dng" and ".CR2" with ".DNG" (and whatever particular RAW files were in your system).
10. Perform exactly the same steps in (9) for the files "History.apdb", "ImageProxies.apdb", "Library.apdb" and "Properties.apdb".
That is it, your Aperture Library now contains DNG files instead of your original manufacturer files while still retaining all the Adjustments originally made in Aperture to those manufacturer files. Of course, you can repeat the same step and replace your DNG files with the original RAW manufacturer files if you wish. This process works because:
1. Aperture does not store the Adjustments in the RAW files, it keeps these in its internal SQLite database.
2. By using a Hex Editor you (a) don't have to play with SQLite to gain access to Aperture's data and (b) because you are replacing text that has exactly the same number of characters you are not invalidating the format of the underlying data file - this is why you use a Hex Editor instead of a simple text editor.
Think of Aperture as being a repository that holds Adjustments which then link to the original RAW source. Therefore, the above process simply replaces your RAW source and therefore all the Aperture Adjustments are still valid; same Adjustments, new source. In case you ask, no, you cannot transfer Adjustments in and out of Aperture because there is no standard to transform adjustments between different photographic applications.

A rather involved method, David.
I am sure it works, and compliments for figuring it out, but I think one critical step is missing in your workflow: Before you begin - backup, backup, backup!
And I think, all the edits in your database that you are doing so diligently, is what you bought Aperture for to do for you, why do it yourself?
I convert selected raw files this way - without manually patching the Aperture Library:
Export the originals of the raw images that I want to convert.
Run dng-converter.
Import the converted originals back, flag them, and move them to the project they came from.
Sort the project by capture date, so that identical images are show side by side.
Then I use the Lift&Stamp tool to transfer all adjustments and tags from the original raw to the dng copy. I check, if some edits are left to do, then delete the original.
It may take a little longer than your method, but this way all edits in the library are done by Aperture, and I am protected from accidental slips when editing the property list files. That requires a very careful work.
Patching the database files inside the library may be justified as a last ressort, when you need to fix and recue a broken Aperture library, and none of the provided tools is working, but not as a routine operation to do batch conversion of image files. It is very error prone. One wrong entry in the library files and your Aperture Library may be unreadable.
Regards
Léonie

Problem with „Empty-File Handling" in PI 7.11

Hi,
Iu2019m working in PI 7.11 with file adapter, Sender CC, option: Empty-File Handling: Process Empty Files.
What I want to do is giving target file the system-date, if the source file is empty.
But I always get a mapping error in RTWB: Premature end of file.
It seems that the payload is empty.
Any idea?
Thanks a lot in advance!
Rene Dong
Edited by: Rene Dong on Aug 31, 2010 4:20 PM

What I want to do is giving target file the system-date, if the source file is empty.
The error you are getting makes sense. You should do a check in the mapping, if the payload is empty then use brute force to pass the system date.

How do I know if this variable is a file handle?

G'day
(This has also been posted on StackOverflow)
Say I have this code:
function doFileStuff(){
    var file = "";
    try {
        file = fileOpen(filePath);
        // do stuff with file
    finally {
        fileClose(file);
If the fileOpen() process fails, the fileClose() call will error. What I need to do is this sort of thing (pseudocode):
if (isFile(file)){
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I know I can test if file is an empty string still, and this works for me here, but it's not testing what I should be testing: whether file is a file handle. I can check the object's Java class, but this again sounds a bit hacky to me, and there should be a CFML way of doing it.
There should be something like just isFile(), shouldn't there? I can't find anything like this in the docs.
Any thoughts / tips? I have gone into more depth in my investigations on my blog. it's too wordy for here.
Cheers for any help.
Adam

That would just defer the issue.. fileOpen() doesn't return a boolean, so I can't go:
if (fileOpen(filePath)){
     fileClose(file);
fileOpen() returns a file object; or nothing if it fails. The whole thing is to identify whether it's a file. That's the question.
As per my original, it's dead easy to work around, provided one leverages known side effects of the situation (original variable state; that if it's a file it exposes some public properties; that one can doa getClass() on it via Java, etc), but one shouldn't have to work around something as fundamental as this. So I was wondering if I had missed something.
Seemingly not (based on feedback I've had from various quarters).
Adam

"The document could not be opened. Bad file handle." Error

Greetings,
I have many operators opening documentation using acrobat reader 8.1.2. When the documents are opened, sometimes a change has to be done to the file. I use computer management to "kick" everyone out of the files, update the .pdf, and then they can re-open the file to see the latest and greatest version. The problem is, if not everyone is out of the file, I sometimes get a ""The document could not be opened. Bad file handle." error, and have to usually wait a period of time before it will let anyone in. I think it has something to do with the windows temp files, but am unsure. It's hard to ensure everyone is out of the document on time, as up to 50 people may be in it at the same time.
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missing file:"c:\program file\adobe\reader 8.0\reader\acrord32.exe"
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Empty File Handling in xLink adapter

Helloo Experts
I am doing a scenario, which creates an empty file(when some mapping condition doesnt satisfy).
I dont want to write this empty file in the target directory.
This can be handled if a file adapter is used, but I am using a SOAP AXIS adapter, so I dont know how to handle this here.
I alaso tried using the StrictXml2PlainBean to avoid the creation, it creates 0 documents and a 0kb empty file.
Can anyone please let me know how this can be solved????
Also if some one has done this empty file handling in J2SE file adapter...can you tell how it was done.
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Regards
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