<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Micha,<div>Thank you very much.<div>I was puzzled because on 4 Sep 2009 Jurgen Fischer, and on 6 Sep 2009 Giovanni Manghi, both reliable sources, reported that support for relative paths was working in Qgis 1.3.0. But then I found a follow up email on 11 Sep 2009 from Manghi saying support for relative paths is NOT working in Qgis 1.3.0, and an "emergency" release of Qgis would be issued in a couple of days, but, to my knowledge, that "emergency" release did not happen.</div><div>That would explain why, in Qgis version 1.3.0 Mimas, for Mac OS X 10.6, downloaded from <a href="http://www.kyngchaos.com/">http://www.kyngchaos.com/</a> support for relative paths does not work for me.</div><div>I look forward to using Qgis with support for relative paths.</div><div>Greg</div><div><br></div><div><div>On Jan 5, 2010, at 1:04 PM, Micha Silver wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Hi Greg:<br>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.<br>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.<br>Looks to me like the bug has been fixed in 1.4.<br>--<br>Micha<br>Greg Coats wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">This is very confusing. The link you provided says: "resolution deleted".<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Does that mean Qgis version 1.3.0 does not support relative paths, and version 1.4.0 will not support relative paths?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">A 4 Sep 2009 email to Qgis-user from Jurgen Fischer says he fixed the relative path bug in Qgis.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">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."<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">The need for Qgis to support relative paths was identified in<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/1211">http://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/1211</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">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.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">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?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Greg<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">On Jan 5, 2010, at 12:20 PM, Micha Silver wrote:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Greg Coats wrote:<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Qgis version 1.3.0 Mimas, for Mac OS X 10.6, downloaded from <a href="http://www.kyngchaos.com/">http://www.kyngchaos.com/</a><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">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.<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">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.<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">The paths are saved relative to what directory?<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">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.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Here's the bug ticket on that issue:<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/1864">http://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/1864</a><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Is failure to start up from a project file that has relative paths a known issue with Qgis 1.3.0?<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">If yes, does Qgis 1.4.0 eliminate this failure to start up from a project saved with relative paths?<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Greg</blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>