New File / copy file in eXist

[anneschuth]

Hi there,

I talked to George Bina about this on the last XmlPrague (pre-) conference. I would love to be able to create new files and copy files directly in the data source explorer. Right now I find myself saving files locally a lot only to rename them and upload them again. It would be great to have this in the dropdown that is shown when right-clicking a collection.


Best,
Anne Schuth
University of Amsterdam

[sorin_ristache]

Hello,

Copying a file from a collection to another one directly in the Data Source Explorer view (on the same server or a different one, that is the same connection or a different one in the Data Source Explorer view) will be available in the next version of Oxygen which will be available probably in two months. It was already implemented and you should be able to test it in an Oxygen 13 beta version which we will announce before the official release of the Oxygen 13 version. If you want I can add you to a list and we will let you know about the beta version if you want to use this feature.

To create a new file in a database collection you can create the file first on the local file system and after that you can drag it from the Windows Explorer / Mac OS X Finder / etc. and drop it on the target database collection in the Data Source Explorer view.

We will consider also allowing the user to create a new file directly in the Data Source Explorer view which we will try to implement also in time for the Oxygen 13 release. Basically this could work by creating a new file with the New action (the New toolbar button or the File -> New action from the File menu) followed by saving the file in the database collection by a drag and drop with the file tab (the title of the yet unsaved new editor panel, still called Untitled1.xml for example) from the editor area to the database collection in the Data Source Explorer view.


Regards,
Sorin

[anneschuth]

Thank you for the very quick reply!

Copying a file from a collection to another one directly in the Data Source Explorer view (on the same server or a different one, that is the same connection or a different one in the Data Source Explorer view) will be available in the next version of Oxygen which will be available probably in two months. It was already implemented and you should be able to test it in an Oxygen 13 beta version which we will announce before the official release of the Oxygen 13 version. If you want I can add you to a list and we will let you know about the beta version if you want to use this feature.

Great! And yes, I would like to be added to that list.

To create a new file in a database collection you can create the file first on the local file system and after that you can drag it from the Windows Explorer / Mac OS X Finder / etc. and drop it on the target database collection in the Data Source Explorer view.

That is what I do right now and I end up with a bunch of local files I have to delete again.

We will consider also allowing the user to create a new file directly in the Data Source Explorer view which we will try to implement also in time for the Oxygen 13 release. Basically this could work by creating a new file with the New action (the New toolbar button or the File -> New action from the File menu) followed by saving the file in the database collection by a drag and drop with the file tab (the title of the yet unsaved new editor panel, still called Untitled1.xml for example) from the editor area to the database collection in the Data Source Explorer view.

Why can't this be similar to the "New Collection..." option already present in the drop-down menu in the Data Source Explorer? That would be the most intuitive to me.

Thanks again for being so responsive!
Best,
Anne

[sorin_ristache]

Great! And yes, I would like to be added to that list.

OK, we will let you know about it.

Why can't this be similar to the "New Collection..." option already present in the drop-down menu in the Data Source Explorer? That would be the most intuitive to me.

We will consider that too.


Thank you for your feedback,
Sorin