DEFAULT CATALOG IN ORGANIZER LOCATION

I have been using the default catalog in Photoshop Elements 5.0.2 organizer, and it is getting large. I decided to build a new catalog. It did not work out so I want to return to the default catalog. The program does not indicate that selection when I use the open command in the organizer. Can some one tell me where to find "My Catalog.psa" under Windows Vista.

C:\ProgramData\Adobe\Photoshop Elements\Catalogs
By the way, it is not recommended to split a catalog just because it is getting large. (How large was yours anyway?) Better you should compact it regularly by File->Catalog->Recover to keep your catalog "healthy".

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<ui:case name="ErrorExists">
<oa:image id="ErrorExists" source="erroricon_active.gif" warnAboutChanges="false" destination=""/>
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<oa:childNode id="LineNodeRN" viewLink="" viewLinkAccessorName="LinesAccessor">
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<oa:nodeDef id="LineLine" viewName="AllocationsLinesVO" viewAttr="Line"/>
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<oa:nodeDef id="DistributionLine" viewName="ExpenseAllocationsVO" viewAttr="Line"/>
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<oa:messageStyledText id="ReportDistributionId" prompt="Report Distribution ID" adminCustomizable="false" viewName="AllocationsHeadersVO" viewAttr="ReportDistributionId" dataType="NUMBER" rendered="false"/>
<oa:messageStyledText id="PaymentMethod" viewName="AllocationsHeaderVO" viewAttr="ChargeType" prompt="Payment Method"/>
<oa:flowLayout id="DateColumn" prompt="Date" cellNoWrapFormat="true">
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<oa:messageStyledText id="Date" viewName="AllocationsHeaderVO" viewAttr="Date" prompt="Date" shortDesc="Date"/>
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<oa:flowLayout id="ExpenseTypeLayout" prompt="Expense Type" cellNoWrapFormat="true">
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<oa:image id="ChangedItemIcon" prompt="" shortDesc="Indicates changed items" styleClass="p_OraRequired" source="/OA_MEDIA/changeditemicon_status.gif" imageHeight="16" imageWidth="16" rendered="${oa.AllocationsHeaderVO.ExpTypeChangedRender}"
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</oa:flowLayout>
<oa:flowLayout id="ReceiptAmtColumn" prompt="Receipt Amount" cellNoWrapFormat="true">
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<oa:image id="AmtChangedIcon" prompt="" shortDesc="Indicates changed items" styleClass="p_OraRequired" source="/OA_MEDIA/changeditemicon_status.gif" imageHeight="16" imageWidth="16" rendered="${oa.AllocationsHeaderVO.AmtChangedRender}"
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<oa:messageStyledText id="ReimbursementAmt" viewName="AllocationsHeaderVO" viewAttr="StringReimbursementAmount" prompt="Reimbursement Amount" dataType="NUMBER"/>
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<oa:messageStyledText id="Location" viewName="AllocationsHeaderVO" viewAttr="Location" prompt="Location"/>
<oa:switcher id="AllocationReasonSwitcher" prompt="Allocation Reason" viewName="AllocationsHeaderVO" viewAttr="RenderAllocationReason" rendered="false">
<ui:case name="Y">
<oa:messageTextInput id="Y" viewName="AllocationsHeaderVO" viewAttr="AllocationReason" prompt="Allocation Reason" rendered="true" readOnly="false" columns="30"/>
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<ui:case name="READ_ONLY">
<oa:messageStyledText id="READ_ONLY" viewName="AllocationsHeaderVO" viewAttr="AllocationReason" prompt="Allocation Reason" rendered="true"/>
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</oa:switcher>
<oa:messageStyledText id="Justification" viewName="AllocationsHeaderVO" viewAttr="Justification" prompt="Justification" userCustomizable="true"/>
<oa:messageStyledText id="ProjectsEnabled" viewName="AllocationsHeaderVO" viewAttr="ProjectsEnabled" adminCustomizable="false" prompt="Projects Enabled" rendered="false"/>
<oa:stackLayout id="ProjectLayout" extends="/oracle/apps/ap/oie/entry/accounting/webui/ProjectLayoutRN" prompt="Project" rendered="false"/>
<oa:stackLayout id="TaskLayout" extends="/oracle/apps/ap/oie/entry/accounting/webui/TaskLayoutRN" prompt="Task" rendered="false"/>
<oa:stackLayout id="AwardLayout" extends="/oracle/apps/ap/oie/entry/accounting/webui/AwardLayoutRN" prompt="Award" rendered="false"/>
<oa:switcher id="ExpenditureOrg" extends="/oracle/apps/ap/oie/entry/accounting/webui/ProjExpendOrgSwitcherRN" prompt="Project Expenditure Organization" rendered="false"/>
<oa:formValue id="Kff" viewName="AllocationsHeaderVO" rendered="false"/>
<oa:switcher id="RemoveSwitcher" extends="/oracle/apps/ap/oie/entry/accounting/webui/RemoveSwitcherRN"/>
<oa:formValue id="ProjectId" viewAttr="ProjectId"/>
<oa:formValue id="TaskId" viewAttr="TaskId"/>
<oa:formValue id="AwardId" viewAttr="AwardId"/>
<oa:formValue id="ProjectExpendOrgId" viewAttr="ProjectExpendOrgId"/>
</ui:contents>
<ui:tableSelection>
<oa:multipleSelection id="multipleSelectionRN" viewName="AllocationsHeaderVO" viewAttr="Select" shortDesc="Select Expense Lines:">
<ui:contents>
<oa:selectionButton id="UpdateAllocations" text="Update Allocations">
<ui:primaryClientAction>
<ui:fireAction/>
</ui:primaryClientAction>
</oa:selectionButton>
<oa:selectionButton id="Revert" text="Revert" shortDesc="Default line to original settings.">
<ui:primaryClientAction>
<ui:fireAction event="clicked"/>
</ui:primaryClientAction>
</oa:selectionButton>
<oa:selectionButton id="MyAllocationsItem" text="My Allocations"/>
<oa:selectionButton id="MyAllocationsApply" text="Apply" shortDesc="Apply an allocation to selected expense lines.">
<ui:primaryClientAction>
<ui:fireAction/>
</ui:primaryClientAction>
</oa:selectionButton>
</ui:contents>
</oa:multipleSelection>
</ui:tableSelection>
</oa:hGrid>
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Vasu.

Hi Anil,
I changed the as suggested by you ..
OAHGridBean localOAHGridBean = (OAHGridBean)paramOAWebBean.findChildRecursive("HeaderNodeRN");
Still I it is null..
OAHGridBean localOAHGridBean = (OAHGridBean)paramOAWebBean.findChildRecursive("HeaderNodeRN");
if (localOAHGridBean != null){
OAHGridQueriedRowEnumerator enum1 = new OAHGridQueriedRowEnumerator(paramOAPageContext, localOAHGridBean);
while(enum1.hasMoreElements())
Row row = (Row)enum1.nextElement();
if (row.getAttributeIndexOf("SelectedFlag") != -1)
if (paramOAPageContext.isLoggingEnabled(2)) {
paramOAPageContext.writeDiagnostics(this, "SelectedFlag != -1" , 2);
if ("Y".equals(row.getAttribute("SelectedFlag"))) {
if (paramOAPageContext.isLoggingEnabled(2)) {
paramOAPageContext.writeDiagnostics(this, "SelectedFlag = Y" , 2);
if (row instanceof OAViewRowImpl) {
if (paramOAPageContext.isLoggingEnabled(2)) {
paramOAPageContext.writeDiagnostics(this, "row instanceof OAViewRowImpl" , 2);
ViewRowSetImpl rowSetImpl = ((OAViewRowImpl)row).findRowSetForRow(null);
if (paramOAPageContext.isLoggingEnabled(2)) {
paramOAPageContext.writeDiagnostics(this, "localOAHGridBean.getDataAttributeName :"+localOAHGridBean.getDataAttributeName() , 2);
paramOAPageContext.writeDiagnostics(this, "localOAHGridBean.getNumberOfRowsDisplayed :"+localOAHGridBean.getNumberOfRowsDisplayed() , 2);
paramOAPageContext.writeDiagnostics(this, "localOAHGridBean.getRowHeaderViewAttributeName() :"+localOAHGridBean.getRowHeaderViewAttributeName() , 2);
paramOAPageContext.writeDiagnostics(this, "localOAHGridBean.getViewAttributeName() :"+localOAHGridBean.getViewAttributeName(), 2);
OAHGridQueriedRowEnumerator enum2 = new OAHGridQueriedRowEnumerator(paramOAPageContext, localOAHGridBean);
while (enum2.hasMoreElements())
Row rowToUpdate = (Row) enum2.nextElement();
if (paramOAPageContext.isLoggingEnabled(2)) {
paramOAPageContext.writeDiagnostics(this, "After getting Current Row rowToUpdate.getAttribute(ReportHeaderId) :"+rowToUpdate.getAttributeCount() , 2);
paramOAPageContext.writeDiagnostics(this, "After getting Current Row rowToUpdate.getAttribute(ReportHeaderId) :"+rowToUpdate.getAttribute("ReportHeaderId") , 2);
//paramOAPageContext.writeDiagnostics(this, "After getting Current Row rowToUpdate.getAttribute(ReportHeaderId) :"+rowToUpdate.getAttribute("ReportHeaderId") , 2);
//paramOAPageContext.writeDiagnostics(this, "After getting Current Row rowToUpdate.getAttribute(ReportLineId) :"+rowToUpdate.getAttribute("ReportLineId") , 2);
}else
if (paramOAPageContext.isLoggingEnabled(2)) {
paramOAPageContext.writeDiagnostics(this, "localOAHGridBean is null", 2);
It prints "localOAHGridBean is null"..
Regarding getCurrentRow() following is the code..
ExpenseAllocationsAMImpl oam = (ExpenseAllocationsAMImpl)paramOAPageContext.getApplicationModule(paramOAWebBean);
ExpenseAllocationsVOImpl distVO = (ExpenseAllocationsVOImpl)oam.getDistsVO();
if(distVO!= null)
//OARow oarow = (OARow)vo.getCurrentRow();
if (paramOAPageContext.isLoggingEnabled(2)) {
paramOAPageContext.writeDiagnostics(this, "before distVO.getFetchedRowCount(1) ", 2);
paramOAPageContext.writeDiagnostics(this, "distVO.getFetchedRowCount(1) "+distVO.getFetchedRowCount(), 2);
paramOAPageContext.writeDiagnostics(this, "distVO is not null", 2);
paramOAPageContext.writeDiagnostics(this, "After getting expAllVO.getCurrentRowIndex() :"+distVO.getCurrentRowIndex(), 2);
Output in log..
[39]:PROCEDURE:[xxcep.oracle.apps.ap.oie.entry.accounting.webui.XxcepAllocationsHGridC26]:before distVO.getFetchedRowCount(1)
[40]:PROCEDURE:[xxcep.oracle.apps.ap.oie.entry.accounting.webui.XxcepAllocationsHGridC26]:distVO.getFetchedRowCount(1) 0
[40]:PROCEDURE:[xxcep.oracle.apps.ap.oie.entry.accounting.webui.XxcepAllocationsHGridC26]:distVO is not null
[40]:PROCEDURE:[xxcep.oracle.apps.ap.oie.entry.accounting.webui.XxcepAllocationsHGridC26]:After getting expAllVO.getCurrentRowIndex() :-1
Thank you..
Vasu..

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coolmanoh wrote:
When I put photos in the organizer, does the organizer make copies of the originals? Where are they located on the hard drive?
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I'f attached a screen shot showing the dialog box in quesation. I now see where it is quite small, you should be able to see the areas of the screen I'm referring to.
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Brett,
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