Set import and file-handling preferences

This question was posted in response to the following article: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/lightroom/using/WSA66356E1-47C3-405f-8E7F-0FD7AAEB0575.html

I imported a catalog into Lightroom 4 from PS 10 and would like to delete the import and start over. I want to re-work the PS 10 cat. before importing to Lightroom.

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What i actually want to do is SnailTravel, but i facing some problems, which is the
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- Exception Handling.
So i create another simple contructor files which name Employee and TestEmployeeClass, to try find out the problem but i failed, it come out error msg "cannot find symbol".
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I need help to separate them. (I think i miss some syntax but i dont know what)
And can somebody help me about Exception handling too pls.
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    pointsPerInch = 72;                    // Point/Pica Size, Points/Inch
    cursorKeyIncrement = 1;                // Keyboard Increment, Cursor Key
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    baselineShiftKeyIncrement = 2;    // Keyboard Increment, Baseline Shift
    leadingKeyIncrement = 2;        // Keyboard Increment, Size/Leading
    kerningKeyIncrement = 20;            // Keyboard Increment, Kerning
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    baselineGridRelativeOption = BaselineGridRelativeOption.topOfPageOfBaselineGridRelativeOption;    // Baseline Grid, Relative To
    gridColor = UIColors.lightGray;            // Document Grid, Color
    horizontalGridlineDivision = 12;    // Document Grid, Horizontal, Gridline Every
    horizontalGridSubdivision = 12;            // Document Grid, Horizontal, Subdivisions
    verticalGridlineDivision = 12;            // Document Gird, Vertical, Gridline Every
    verticalGridSubdivision = 12;            // Document Grid, Vertical, Subdivisions
    gridsInBack = true;                        // Grids in Back
    documentGridSnapto = false;                // snap to grid or not
    documentGridShown = false;                // show document grid
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    marginGuideColor = UIColors.violet;                // Color, Margins
    columnGuideColor = UIColors.magenta;            // Color, Columns
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    slugGuideColor = UIColors.gridBlue;                // Color, Slug
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    guidesInBack = false;                            // Guides in Back
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with(app.dictionaryPreferences){
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    checkRepeatedWords = true;                        // Find, Repeated Words
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    repeatedWordColor = UIColors.green;                // Color, Repeated Words
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Make a FileChannel from file handle

I have native file handle ( void* fileHandle ) , I want a java.nio.channels.FileChannel for the same.
I am working on windows.
The native library that I am using claims to be cross platform ( pismo file mount ).
I am not sure if this is always equivalent to FileDescriptor.handle
Something I found :
http://www.kfu.com/~nsayer/Java/jni-filedesc.html
JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_Example_prepare_1fd(JNIEnv *env, jclass _ignore, jstring filename, jobject fdobj) {
jfieldID field_fd;
jclass class_fdesc;
int fd;
char *fname;
fname = (*env)->GetStringUTFChars(env, filename, NULL);
fd = open(fname, O_RDWR | O_NONBLOCK);
(*env)->ReleaseStringUTFChars(env, filename, fname);
class_fdesc = (*env)->GetObjectClass(env, fdobj);
field_fd = (*env)->GetFieldID(env, class_fdesc, "fd", "I");
(*env)->SetIntField(env, fdobj, field_fd, fd);
}In this only the filedescriptor is set not the file handle.
Looking at the code below
java.io.FileDescriptor
public boolean valid() {
        return ((handle != -1) || (fd != -1));
}it seems initializing either file handle
or file descriptor should work. So for my case just setting the FileDescriptor.handle should work?!
Because what I have from the native side is just the file handle.
I can test my assumption for windows (may be linux if i have patience) .
But what I want to know is if this is a rule of thumb, and will work on all platforms.
That is, setting only one of filedescriptor (java.io.FileDescriptor.fd ) or file handle (java.io.FileDescriptor.handle)
will work on all platforms ?
After that I suppose I'll just
public FileChannel getFileChannel(long fileHandle){
    FileDescriptor fileDescriptor = new FileDescriptor();
    setFileHandle(fileDescriptor,fileHandle);// some native method which sets java.io.FileDescriptor.handle = fileHandle
    return new FileInputStream(fileDescriptor).getChannel();
}Any hint, suggestion, link would be appreciated.

What I found of net, and in src.zip that I have
FileDescriptor has two feilds, long handle, and int fd;
But what I got from
http://elliotth.blogspot.com/2005/08/javaiofiledescriptor-on-win32.html
It says that it's so only on windows and on linux there is only int fd.
@ejp
thanks for a quick pointer

Moved my library to an external hard drive. Now I get this message when trying to import video: Cannot start ingest because there is no storage location set. Please set one under Storage in Preferences and try again.

I recently moved my iMovie Library and all of its contents to an external hard drive. I then erased the library and all of its contents from my iMac HD and created a new library. Now when I try to import video from my DV camera I get this message: Cannot start ingest because there is no storage location set. Please set one under Storage in Preferences and try again. There is no way to set a storage location in Preferences. I have chosen an Event in the middle drop down box. But it still will not import. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

My iTunes library is set up the way I said in the top post and works totally fine.
Yes, and that is the default structure to which I was referring. iTunes will organize it that way automatically unless people do start changing settings (in which case they should know what they are doing and how iTunes works with library files and media structure.)
Both ways work, the advantages of mine would be that should iTunes try looking fo a library, it will always be in the default location.
It makes people think they have to change media location in preferences. They do not unless they want to relocate media only and leave other things on their internal drive (in which case there is no point in copying library files to the external, and you certainly wouldn't want to then delete them from your internal).
Downside is that then should someone move their iTunes library to anther computer they need to remember to get those library files on the external hard drive.
Just copy the whole iTunes folder and it will get the library files to the other drive in one step, along with all the other files.
Your post has good stuff but it makes a move appear intimidating and look like people have to do a lot of organizing to move the collection. It also throws in extra steps (namely altering preference settings) that could cause confusion or even make a mess of things. If people leave iTunes to default preference settings (which most people do) the move summarizes into a short line: Copy a folder and hold an extra button the next time you start iTunes.
Note that the instructions in the link I provided earlier do also include many steps, but those are to ensure that everybody does have it all organized correctly before simply copying the iTunes folder. In the end it is just a simple action.

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Greetings all,
I am trying to create a script to automate a PDF export process for my company for inDesign. I’m fairly new to inDesign itself and have no previous experience with javascript, although I did take C++ in high school and have found it helpful in putting this code together.
We have an inDesign template file and then use the Multi-page PDF importer script to import PDF files. We then have to export two version of each file that we import, then delete the imported file and all of the pages to reset the template. This has to be done for nearly 1000 pdf files each month and is quite tedious. I’m working on automating the process as much as possible. I’ve managed to piece together code that will cleanup the file much quicker and am now trying to automate the PDF exports themselves.
The files are sent to us as “TRUGLY#####_Client” and need to be exported as “POP#####_Client_Date-Range_North/South.pdf”
For example, TRUGLY12345_Client needs to be exported as POP12345_Client_Mar01-Mar31_North and POP12345_Client_Mar01-Mar31_South.
There are two templates built into the template file for the north and south file that are toggled easily via layer visibility switches. I need to get a code that can ideally read the #s from the imported Trugly file as well as the Client and input those into variables to use when exporting. The date range is found in the same place in the top right of each pdf file. I am not sure if this can be read somehow or if it will have to be input manually. I can put North or South into the file name based on which template layer is visible.
I am not sure how to go about doing this. I did find the following code for exporting to PDF with preset but it requires me to select a preset and then type the full file name. How can I set it to automatically use the “Smallest File Size” preset without prompting me to choose and then automatically input some or preferably all of the file name automatically? (If the entire filename is possible then I don’t even want a prompt to appear so it will be fully automated!)
PDF Export Code (Originally from here: Simple PDF Export with Preset selection | IndiSnip [InDesign® Snippets]):
var myPresets = app.pdfExportPresets.everyItem().name;
myPresets.unshift("- Select Preset -");
var myWin = new Window('dialog', 'PDF Export Presets');
myWin.orientation = 'row';
with(myWin){
    myWin.sText = add('statictext', undefined, 'Select PDF Export preset:');
    myWin.myPDFExport = add('dropdownlist',undefined,undefined,{items:myPresets});
    myWin.myPDFExport.selection = 0;
    myWin.btnOK = add('button', undefined, 'OK');
myWin.center();
var myWindow = myWin.show();
if(myWindow == true && myWin.myPDFExport.selection.index != 0){
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    }else{
        alert("No File selected");
}else{
    alert("No PDF Preset selected");
So far my code does the following:
1) Runs the Multi-Page PDF Import Script
2) Runs PDF Export Script Above
3) Toggles the Template
4) Runs #2 Again
5) Deletes the imported PDF and all pages and toggles template again.
It’s close and much better than the original process which was almost 100% manual but I’d like to remove the Preset prompt from the PDF script and have it automatically select the “Smallest File Size” preset. and then if there’s a way to have it auto-fill in the file name so no user input is required at all other than selecting each file to import. (If there’s a way to setup a batch action for the multi-import script that would be even better!)
Thanks in advance and if there’s anything else I can provide that would help please let me know! Even a nudge in the right direction will be a big help!

If you hold down the option key, it will typically show the location. Or you can often hit option-return on the file and it will reveal the file in the Finder, instead of opening it.
Final option is to open it, and just option-click the filename in the toolbar of Preview and it should show you the location.
It's probably an attachment to an email you've received. If you have Mail set to cache emails and their attachments it'll be stashed in a subdirectory of ~/Library/Mail. Which is fine.

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Hi there,
Just putting this out there to see if anyone else has experienced this problem.
We've just redeveloped an art site that relies on the product release date to order work, newest first, by the date they added it {tag_productlist,,,20,releasedate,true,true}
However, we've hit an issue whereby the 'release date' field is set to 01-Jan-2000 when we export and then import the product file, thus chnaging the ordering. The date can't be set on the import file (unlike web apps) and we haven't changed thousands of products manually. BC support have been stumped, suggesting it's our Mac's system date, but this is set automatically and accurate...and we don't want to change the release date anyway, that should just be the date the product was originally released.
Any thoughts or help would be greatfully received as this was a key part of the site design/development. This is the site http://hanguppictures.com
Cheers
Paul

Ran into the same issue. I was using the release date to flag latest products, regardless of ordering. Unfortunately running a product import then destroyed all that work.
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