Opening a new catalog in Lightroom4.3

I am not able to open new catalog in Lightroom 4.3. It is asking for a file inseatd of folder...can you help please ?

When I select
File->New Catalog,
it asks me for a file ... you must tell Lightroom the name and location for this new catalog.
Catalogs are not related to folders, so you shouldn't be expecting it to ask for a folder.

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The file should be in your recently used catalog list (File, Open Recent).
If not then use your operating system to search for all files with the "lrcat" suffix.
Failing those we might need to know the LR version and your OS.

My lightroom 4 wouldn't open. A computer tech worked on my computer to clean it all up, etc. however lightroom still wouldn't open. He opened a new catalog and that will work, however I can't find my old one with all my photographs. When I click on ope

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What happens if you try File->Open Recent? What happens if you have your operating system search all of your hard disks for files whose name ends with .LRCAT?

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will other lrcat files open for you? like the one you just closed.
If so then your CSC_0895.JPG.lrcat. could have a problem. My first thought is that I wouldn't recommend naming a file" .jpg.lrcat" since it could cause an issue. rename it "_jpg.lrcat " and try opening it.
If that doesn't work try to open from a backup of that lrcat if you have one.
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We have CCM configured in our SRM 5.0 and ECC 6.0 as the backend system.
We have brought products and our entire CCM is working fine. Whenever we click on the products it is opening in the new window only. Somewhere we configured this, can anyone suggest which parameter decides this capability.
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You shouldn't need (its not even a good idea) separate catalogs for your vacations and trips. Your best bet is to put them all in one catalog.
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Thank you Jeff,
I tried your original suggestion and now my inserted html widget reads
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style="width:850px; height:1000px;
border-width:0px;
border-color:#FFCC66;
border-style:solid;"
scrolling="auto" target="_blank">
</embed>
It is live on my site. You can see that the embedded document still opens the destination links in the embedded window.
As for your other two suggestions, thank you as well. I am aware of those techniques and did not use them because that is not how I want the other PDF links on the page to behave. The catalog and autocad blocks downloads in the box at the top should simply download (or behave however the client's browser is configured to handle downloaded PDF documents or zip files.) I don't intend to force those to open a new window. I could also have our client click on a link to the PDF document and open it in a new page (like in your second suggestion) but I was hoping to embed the PDF and have it automatically viewable on our Download • Terms • Prices Page with all of the PDF search functions intact as well as the links be active. My only complaint at this point is that the links in the embedded PDF document open the destination page in the embed window instead of a new window. I only want to force a new window because the destination window doesn't behave properly when it opens in my embed window and it is difficult to figure out how to go back to the my PDF document when a destination window gets opened in the embed window. The code you sent didn't do the trick. Or maybe I didn't get it exactly right. That is why I included it above. Thanks for trying though. I appreciate the effort.
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I am getting this error out of nowhere. yesterday I could get into Lightroom fine. Then last night I started getting an error that pops-up with a "ringing bell" sound and I have to CTRL ALT DELETE out of the program because none of the buttons work.
The error says:
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Thanks!

Test the integrity of the catalog. You can tick this option using the Ctrl key when launching.
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Open a new browser window to show document

Hi,
I am trying to click an item in datagrid to open a new
browser window and display the document for this selected item. how
to implement it? thank you.

Here is a full example that should do what you are asking.
You need to create an itemRenderer for your DataGrid.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="
http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
backgroundAlpha="0" >
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.collections.*;
private var catalog:ArrayCollection;
private static var contacts1:Array = [
{URL: "
http://www.macromedia.com/software/dreamweaver/",
Product: "Dreamweaver"},
{URL: "
http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/",
Product: "Flash"},
{URL: "
http://www.macromedia.com/software/coldfusion/",
Product: "ColdFusion"},
{URL: "
http://www.macromedia.com/software/flex/",
Product: "Flex"},
{URL: "
http://www.macromedia.com/software/breeze/",
Product: "Breeze"},
{URL: "
http://www.macromedia.com/software/director/",
Product: "Director"}
private function initCatalog(cat:Array):void
catalog = new ArrayCollection(cat);
myDatagrid.dataProvider = catalog;
public function generateHtml(url:String):String {
return '<a href="'+url+'"
target="_blank">'+url+'</a>';
]]>
</mx:Script>
<mx:Text text="This example uses a Text itemRenderer for
the second column that
changes the font color of those cells and uses the htmlText
property of Text
to make the cell a link." width="350" />
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creationComplete="initCatalog(contacts1)" >
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<mx:DataGridColumn dataField="Product" />
<mx:DataGridColumn dataField="URL" width="400">
<mx:itemRenderer>
<mx:Component>
<mx:Text color="0x0000FF"
htmlText="{outerDocument.generateHtml(data.URL)}"/>
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Can a plugin create a new catalog file based on the current (or a specified source) catalog?

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I doubt there is a way to create a new catalog via plugin (without some serious stunt - i.e. nothing in SDK supports it), and remember - open/active catalog is locked (sql will fail), so you can only do the script if Lr is closed or has a different catalog open.

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