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

[Greg Coats]

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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