I have built a Showcase gallery on my laptop. The saved spg file is in a folder together with a folder of all the original images. It opens up on the lap top but on the desk top I get circles with question marks in for the images (but I do get the captions text) , I transferred via drop box and on a flash drive and tried on a shared network, all with the same result. Is Showcase a one-computer only application? Or is there a solution to what ever mistake I have made?
Hi Richard,
The showcase application creates two types of files; the .spg
(Softpress Gallery) files and the .fwgallery files.
The spg files are the working files that hold the settings for the
gallery but simply reference the paths to the original images. On your
new machine the application can’t resolve the path to the images which
is why you are seeing the question marks. The fwgallery file, on the
other hand, is self contained and holds the final output (not the
original) images as well as the captions and settings for the gallery.
If you just want to insert the gallery into your Freeway document on
another machine then the fwgallery file will work for you. I’d
recommend you copy the original images over to the new machine and
remake the gallery file from there so you can adjust and modify the
gallery if you wish. The links to your images will be different on
each machine but each should work as expected.
Regards,
Tim.
On 21 Oct 2010, at 11:13, Richard Lowther wrote:
I have built a Showcase gallery on my laptop. The saved spg file is
in a folder together with a folder of all the original images. It
opens up on the lap top but on the desk top I get circles with
question marks in for the images (but I do get the captions text) ,
I transferred via drop box and on a flash drive and tried on a
shared network, all with the same result. Is Showcase a one-
computer only application? Or is there a solution to what ever
mistake I have made?
OK Tim and thanks for the advice. All is well with the fwgallery files which I see stay with the Freeway as I switch machines.
Of course trying to view a Freeway file on another machine, typically to my laptop so I can show something to a client for example, means in theory that Freeway must be shut down on the desktop. I say in theory because sometime I get the message “no…” and sometimes it stays open on both machines. Why is it theoretically forbidden to have it open on the lap top and desk top and why does it ignore this rule from time to time? [Only answer if you have nothing better to do :-)]
Breaking myself away from staring at the wall for a moment…
Freeway’s network protection will prevent you from running the same
version of a single licensed (not site licensed) copy of the
application on the same network. You maybe seeing this intermittently
because the machines aren’t on the same network at the same time or
that the copy protection code is busy contacting the software
police.
Regards,
Tim.
On 21 Oct 2010, at 13:03, Richard Lowther wrote:
Why is it theoretically forbidden to have it open on the lap top and
desk top and why does it ignore this rule from time to time? [Only
answer if you have nothing better to do :-)]
