In many old Trados programs there have been problems, when files are moved. The old "log file bug" in Trados 2007 seems to be there still; if you move or delete the log file, then you get a totally incomprehensive error message. There was a question on TW_users about this just a few days ago. And this error has always been there, since the first versions of Trados in 1997.
Not to mention the MultiTerm files, that are not possible to move.
And, the file handling problem seems to resurface in Studio too. Today I by mistake registered a new project and the files unfortunately went into a sub-folder in another project, as I was careless when I registered the project. So I thought that this would be easy to fix: I shut down Studio, moved the project folder, with all the files, to the location where it should have been. Then I opened Studio, and the project was not on the project list. And, here it would be nice with an error message saying:
"The project xxxx.xxx was not found. Delete the project (yes) or find it in the file system (yes)"
When clicking yes, there would be a window where you can pick the new location for the project.
As it is now, you can delete a project folder (by mistake) and there is no trace of it when opening Studio, not even an indication that a project has been lost.
Then I tried to open the project with File/Open/Project, and found the project file named xxxx.sdlproj in the project folder, but when trying to open the file I get this error message:
"The selected project could not be opened"
I also tried to move another project, with the same result. Obviously Studio is sensitive for the exact location, so you cannot move a project folder to another location and open it. That is a very hard restriction. Sometimes you want to move projects. I have a habit of moving last year's projects to another hard disk. And sometimes you have to buy a new computer. That would mean that all old projects would be impossible to open, unless you manage to create exactly the same file structure the project was created in.
Suggestion from SDL: Buy the Professional version and work with "Packages". Seems to be a complicated and expensive solution to a simple problem
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if you don't know the path and can't open project, please do the following:
ReplyDeleteNew > project > indicate the location of the project in "Create a project based on the previois project" window
The response will be "Project not found and will be removed from list" (that's what we want and we are unable to do, because it isn't on the list!)
Now Cancel create window, do "Open > Project" and indicate the project, it opens.
Regards,
RD