Unable to create Folders with the same name as Projects.

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George Tsikos

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Unable to create Folders with the same name as Projects.

PostSun May 06, 2018 8:02 pm

Hi

Don't know if this is a design flaw or bug.

In the Databases/Projects window you cannot create a folder with the same name as an existing project name.

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Re: Unable to create Folders with the same name as Projects.

PostSat May 26, 2018 1:25 am

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Re: Unable to create Folders with the same name as Projects.

PostSat May 26, 2018 1:39 am

Design. Had been like that forever.
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Re: Unable to create Folders with the same name as Projects.

PostSun May 27, 2018 5:04 am

I think this is a bad idea for a lot of reasons. I think a better route is to make a small change in the name of the project so that you can differentiate between different versions. For example:

Project v1
Project v2
Project v3
Project FINAL

would all go in a folder titled

Project 5-2018

For backup purposes, you'd never want different files to have have the exact same name, or a project to have the exact same name as a file it contains. I have used this same process for edits, for sound mixes, and even for writing. No question, everybody works differently and different methods work for different people, but I think you have to be careful on how databases look at identically-named items.
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