Relative Links

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Ineffable
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Relative Links

Post by Ineffable »

I moved my Flare project folder from the C: drive to an E: drive (my C: got full). Now, I get all kinds of missing link errors in my output. Apparently, Flare is using absolute links to all my graphic files, so it's still searching for things in the C: drive, which, of course, are all contained in the Flare project folder.

This is strange as even if I insert a graphic into Flare, it copies that graphic into its folder structure.

Why is it using absolute links, and how would I fix it? I can't possibly go in and re-insert all images so that the links are fixed.
LTinker68
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Re: Relative Links

Post by LTinker68 »

When you moved the project to the other drive, did you remove it from the Start pane in Flare and then re-add it? Doing so will associate the project with that new location, so all files inside the project should resolve correctly. Assuming, of course, that you're not using source control.
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Re: Relative Links

Post by Ineffable »

LTinker68 wrote:When you moved the project to the other drive, did you remove it from the Start pane in Flare and then re-add it? Doing so will associate the project with that new location, so all files inside the project should resolve correctly. Assuming, of course, that you're not using source control.
I did not do that initially. It probably won't work now since the it's already been updated to the new directory.

It'll take less time for me to go through and repair all the dead links then to move it back to try to re-map.

Thanks!
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