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Force Folder Actions to notice changed files
Authored by: robg on Mar 30, '10 09:25:50AM

For those suggesting Drop Box, I have it and we use it for a number of things. But in this case, I wanted the file to be web-accessible (for a number of reasons). It also doesn't make any sense for Peter to be in the actual Excel file, so I don't want to put that in Dropbox.

As for Google Docs (and Numbers, for that matter), its spreadsheet isn't advanced enough to do the manipulation required on the data file we get from our online sales cart provider.

The idea was to generate an actual nice looking sales report, something that doesn't require interaction, but gives a snapshot look at the business. For that, Excel's web page output is ideal. It was just getting the form online that was a bit tricky.

But the more general hint here is that you can force Folder Actions to read new files in a folder by removing them, and then re-adding them. Common sense, I know, but it took me a while before I thought to actually try it.

-rob.



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Force Folder Actions to notice changed files
Authored by: jeffner76 on Mar 30, '10 09:31:13AM

Dropbox does have the ability to be web accessible. You can either access a folder directly through the dropbox folder on your computer or by logging into dropbox.com. There are a couple of different ways you could share access to Dropbox - (1) create one account, share the login information between two computers. (2) Create an account for each user then "share" the folder with the excel doc you want multiple people to have access. We are using this at my company (two users, 2 accounts, shared access to certain folders) and it's working very well. I've also gotten my family members on it so that we don't have to email files back and forth and keep up with revisions. Good luck!



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Force Folder Actions to notice changed files
Authored by: wheeles on Mar 30, '10 11:06:44AM

You can always save your html file to your Dropbox public folder. It can then be viewed online as a webpage by those who know its address.



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