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EpF

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Using IsMissing() in a networked library
« on: July 12, 2011, 04:23:13 am »

I use a 'file exists?' type field to control what files are available to viewschemes, and now that I'm moving to a networked setup here, I see that all network files in a library share are missing, as far as  IsMissing() is concerned.

Is there any way around this, or could it be fixed by JRiver to work as expected?

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Re: Using IsMissing() in a networked library
« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2011, 08:46:16 am »

I would expect IsMissing(...) to work.

Perhaps UAC is blocking access to the share until you explicitly connect?  Do the files play?  Does the expression change after a play (Media Center does a connect on playback)?
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Re: Using IsMissing() in a networked library
« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2011, 04:03:39 pm »

I guess I should be a bit more specific:

I have a calculated field which returns yes or no for IsMissing(), then I use that to restrict the display of files in a viewscheme. That viewscheme shows up empty on the client until I locally (temporarily) remove that restriction.

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Re: Using IsMissing() in a networked library
« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2011, 04:22:22 pm »

Arguably the file is missing as far as a client is concerned, since IsMissing(...) takes a filename and checks if it is reachable locally.

IsMissing(...) is slow, so I wouldn't build views around it anyway.  It would be better to use auto-import to manage fixing / removing broken links.
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