[Qgis-user] File -> Project Properties... -> General -> Save absolute paths=No

[Micha Silver]

Hi Greg:
I just did a test saving a project with relative paths in 1.4 (on 
Ubuntu), then I opened it on 1.3 (Windows) and it worked fine. All 
layers were below the project file in the directory structure.
Then I added another layer from elsewhere on the disk - *not* below the 
project - and went back to QGIS 1.4 and it also opened fine.
Looks to me like the bug has been fixed in 1.4.
--
Micha
Greg Coats wrote:
> This is very confusing. The link you provided says: "resolution deleted".
> Does that mean Qgis version 1.3.0 does not support relative paths, and 
> version 1.4.0 will not support relative paths?
> A 4 Sep 2009 email to Qgis-user from Jurgen Fischer says he fixed the 
> relative path bug in Qgis.
> A 6 Sep 2009 email to Qgis-user from Giovanni Manghi says "I just 
> tested the latest source code available and relative paths now works 
> fine, without any bugs."
>
> The need for Qgis to support relative paths was identified in
> http://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/1211
> filed a year ago, with "resolution set to fixed" for Qgis version 
> 1.0.3, and yet it does not work in Qgis 1.3.0.
>
> After saving a Qgis 1.3.0 project with relative paths, then when Qgis 
> starts up the next time it reports to me that it can find any of the 
> layers. What I do not understand is that this issue has been reported 
> as fixed, and working several times, but it does not yet work. Has 
> anyone tested relative paths in Qgis 1.4.0? Is a final fix guaranteed 
> to be included Qgis version 1.4.0?
> Greg
>
> On Jan 5, 2010, at 12:20 PM, Micha Silver wrote:
>
>> Greg Coats wrote:
>>> Qgis version 1.3.0 Mimas, for Mac OS X 10.6, downloaded 
>>> from http://www.kyngchaos.com/
>>>
>>> I have done Save Project As... with Save absolute paths=No, meaning 
>>> Save relative paths=Yes, several dozen times, but EVERY time when 
>>> Qgis restarts with these relative paths in the project file, then it 
>>> is unable to find ANY of the layers.
>>>
>>> When I set Qgis -> File -> Project Properties... -> General -> Save 
>>> absolute paths=Yes, Save Project As..., quit Qgis, and then restart 
>>> Qgis with the project file that has absolute paths, then all layers 
>>> start up fine, all of the time.
>>>
>>> The paths are saved relative to what directory?
>> If I understand correctly, the paths are from the directory where the 
>> qps is saved, but *only below* that directory. So for this to work, 
>> you have to have all your data layers *beneath* the directory where 
>> the project file is saved.
>> Here's the bug ticket on that issue:
>> http://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/1864
>>> Is failure to start up from a project file that has relative paths a 
>>> known issue with Qgis 1.3.0?
>>> If yes, does Qgis 1.4.0 eliminate this failure to start up from a 
>>> project saved with relative paths?
>>> Greg
>
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