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by sdbpastor

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I have a particular program that I use daily that insists on searching for pdf files in a particular location (SystemDocs)on my hard drive and it is not configuarable. As a test though I found that I can create sub-folders in that location (SystemDocs\ExtraPDFDocs) and place my PDF files in it and the program finds them fine.

However, do to other restriction at my locations, all my PDF files must be stored in a different folder elsewhere on my system so I cannot use the SystemDocs\ExtraPDFDocs location as my actual PDF storage location. The PDf's are actually stored in C:\My Office Documents\PDF Files.

Is there a way to create the ExtraPDFDocs sub-folder mentioned above that will trick the system into looking at the actual location (C:\My Office Documents\PDF Files) where the pdf files are located. In other words, is there a way to trick the program so that when it looks at the ExtraPDFDocs sub-folder it actually looks in C:\My Office Documents\PDF Files without actually changing the parent folder of ExtraPDFDocs?

Placing a shortcut in the SystemDocs\ExtraPDFDocs folder pointing to C:\My Office Documents\PDF Files doesn't work.

Michael

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by thumbsup2

What are you using to DO the searching with? Windows search? Or is this some program that you start, then click file/open? Please be more specific about what you're using.

by sdbpastor

The program that I am using searches for the titles of reseach papers (pdf documents) in SystemDocs\ExtraPDFDocs. For instance, if I am searching for any PDF file with the word "Sabbath" in the title it would search the files in SystemDocs and all its sub-directories (ExtraPDFDocs, etc). The program does not allow me to change the search path beyond extending it with the addition of additional sub-directories.

My PDF's are actually stored in another location,C:\My Office Documents\PDF Files, and due to other restrictions, I am not allowed to move them or copy them to another location.

What I want to know is this, is there a way that I can fool the program into thinking that it is looking at SystemDocs\ExtraPDFDocs for the PDFs when in fact it is actually looking at C:\My Office Documents\PDF Files where the PDFs are actually located.

Michael

by thumbsup2

No, not if placing a shortcut in the SystemDocs folder pointing to where the PDF's are stored doesn't work.

So I'll ask the question again? What program are you using? You haven't given us the name of it. Perhaps there is a work around for it.

by sdbpastor

It's a home-grown, in-house program I wrote in VB6 several years ago and have long since lost the source code as well as my notes for. It is called Biblical Research. It's basically a repository for all my scanned research papers, etc.

I think I'll just scrap it and try writing a new one and plan ahead this time and make the storage location customizable.

Thanks for your input.

Michael

by thumbsup2

Isn't it funny how the stuff we wrote yesterday was written thinking we had planned for EVERYTHING, yet today we find that we really didn't have a clue! Welcome to the world of programming!

:D

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