Error window

The error window displays information about problems that occur while processing files, images and proofs.

Any errors that occur while PhotoFolio is running are reported to this window. It contains a list of the files on which the error occured, a description of the error and the path the files came from.

Errors are reported to this window regardless of whether the window is visible or not. The error window can be opened and closed from any window that logs errors in the error window.

The error window is global to all windows of PhotoFolio.

Errors are logged on a which window created the error basis. For example, if you open a browse window, files that aren't images are logged as errors. They are listed under the browse windows title in the error window.

The popup gadget in the error window allows selection of which window of errors to look at. All errors can be shown in one list or errors that are unattached to any window can be viewed separately.

Browse windows have show errors to view the errors that were generated from that browse window.

Normally, closing a browse or other window that has generated errors removes those errors from the error window. Selected errors can be manually detached them from a window´s title so that they don´t disappear when the window is closed. Remove window errors removes all errors associated with a window.

Errors generated during a proof make are not removed when the make window closes. Instead the errors remain logged under the date and time the make was started.

Menus

Errors (which are essentially just unrecognised/corrupt image files) can be manipulated as though they were files using the windows menu and context menu.

Project

The project menu contains items that manipulate the entire error list.

Hide error window

Hides the error window from the screen. Errors are still logged even if the error window is not visible. The window can be set to automatically open whenever an error is logged.

Remove window errors

For windows that generate errors and leave them behind when they are gone (e.g. the make window), this allows all of the errors attached to that window title to be removed.

Save error list...

Opens an ASL requester prompting for a filename to save the entire error list into as an ASCII file.

Edit

The edit menu contains items that allow editing of the contents of the error list.

Select all

Selects all the visible items in the error list.

Deselect all

Deselects all the visible items in the error list.

Toggle selected

Toggles the select state of all the visible items in the error list. Selected items are deselected and vice versa.

Selected

The selected menu contains items that operate on allof the selected items in the error list.

Copy...

Opens an ASL requester prompting for a destination directory to copy the file the error represents to.

Move...

Opens an ASL requester prompting for a destination directory to move the file the error represents to.

Save...

Opens an ASL requester prompting for a filename to save the selected items into as an ASCII file.

Detach...

Separates the selected items from their window title. This prevents them from being lost when the window that created them closes. They appear under the unattached window title.

A confirmation requester appears before the selected errors are detached.

Clear...

Removes the selected entries from the error list.

A confirmation requester appears before the selected errors are cleared.

Delete...

Deletes the files associated with the selected items in the error list.

A confirmation requester appears before the selected errors are deleted.

Context menu

Items in the error list context menu perform the same functions as those in the selected menu but they operate on the right clicked item and do not ask for confirmation before executing.