[Pcgen-trackers] [ pcgen-Feature Requests-1253045 ] Fails to load custom data if not under main data dir

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Feature Requests item #1253045, was opened at 2005-08-06 04:17
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Category: Installation and Environment
Group: Unscheduled
>Status: Deleted
Resolution: None
Priority: 4
Private: No
Submitted By: Jenni Merrifield (strawberryjamm)
Assigned to: Andrew Wilson (nuance)
Summary: Fails to load custom data if not under main data dir

Initial Comment:
REPRO STEPS
1. Launch PCGen on a Windows machine with PCGen 
5.8.0 installed
2. Open the preferences dialog
3. Select the Location settings
4. Change the "custom" directory location to something that 
is NOT beneath the "data" directory.

Example:

Existing Data Dir:
  c:/program files/pcgen/pcgen580/data

Existing Custom Dir:
  c:/program files/pcgen/pcgen580/data/customsources

New Custom Dir
  c:/documents and settings/username/my 
documents/pcgen/customsources

5. Close PCGen
6. Create a custom data file and save it in the directory you 
selected as the Custom directory
7. Open PCGen

OBSERVED
The custom sources in the specified custom directory are 
not loaded

EXPECTED
The custom sources are loaded.

WORKAROUND
Move BOTH the data directory AND the custom directory, 
ensuring that the custom directory sits beneath the data 
directory.

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>Comment By: David R. Bender (papa_drb)
Date: 2011-07-13 11:22

Message:
http://jira.pcgen.org/browse/CODE-757

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Comment By: Andrew Wilson (nuance)
Date: 2007-05-03 08:14

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Haven't looked at this recently.  It's in the queue to be done after
the JEP stuff.  This one isn't release critical.

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Comment By: Martijn Verburg (karianna)
Date: 2005-09-04 06:11

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Thanks nuance, I will assign this to you :-) - K

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Comment By: Jenni Merrifield (strawberryjamm)
Date: 2005-09-03 21:20

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No offence intended nuance, but I'd argue that a "a half 
implemented FREQ" is a bug.

If the functionality appears to be there, then it should work when 
the user tries it.  If it's never going to work, then the code that 
makes the desired functionality appear to be there should be 
removed.  (i.e., either make this work properly or remove the 
preference to set "customsources" independently from setting 
the "data" directory, thereby forcing the custom directory to be 
located under the current data directory.  Personally, I'd prefer 
to have the former done, but would accept the latter if it was 
deemed necessary.)

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Comment By: Andrew Wilson (nuance)
Date: 2005-09-02 16:07

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Yeah, this does not work.  I started this about 2 years ago,
adding the code to be able to locate the custom directory
anywhere under the current data directory was stage one.

Right about the same time as I started on this another coder
started major work on the LST loaders.  It put me off working
on it and I didn't finish implementing it.

This is not a bug, it's a half implemented FREQ.

If you want to reassign this to me I just might get it
finished off.
That won't be 'til after the Ability changes are done though.

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