Testing DevonThinkPro: One question!

test_DTP · January 20, 2006, 9:14pm

hi there,

a simple question:

import a textfile to DT
I want to edit this textfile with an external editor
the file stored in the DT-Database opens up e.g. in TextEdit, but the changes I make in TextEdit won’t be stored in DT!!!

is that the way DT works?

I don’t get it.

any help would be great …
cheers
stefan

cgrunenberg · January 20, 2006, 9:22pm

Yes, that’s the way (at least until v2.0 will arrive). DT is a database but not a file manager or Finder replacement (although v2.0 might be more usable in that way).

test_DTP · January 20, 2006, 9:47pm

hi,
thanks for the quick response:

so only internaly editing is recogniced by DT ???

s.

Bill_DeVille · January 20, 2006, 9:59pm

Yes.

And “Open With” doesn’t mean “Edit With”. If you do use that procedure to open and edit a document under another application, use Save As instead of Save to save the edited version to the Finder. Then reimport the document if you wish to reflect the changes in the DT Pro database.