ODK Briefcase on OSX

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Hi All,

I think I must be going crazy but I can't for the life of me get ODK
Briefcase working on OSX.

I'm sure it does work but am stuck just setting the briefcase storage area.
No matter what I do I can not select to open a folder and so I can't use
the app - has anyone else come across this?

Dan

2

You probably got tripped up by this safeguard:
ODK Briefcase will not allow you to select a folder that contains a
'forms' directory, or is contained in any directory that contains a 'forms'
directory. This is to prevent people from inadvertently nesting ODK
Briefcase Storage Locations (by selecting or creating a directory within a
storage location).

You may have a 'forms' folder in your home directory. If you rename that,
or move it into a sub-folder, things will start to work.

Mitch

··· On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 5:13 AM, Daniel Probert wrote:

Hi All,

I think I must be going crazy but I can't for the life of me get ODK
Briefcase working on OSX.

I'm sure it does work but am stuck just setting the briefcase storage
area. No matter what I do I can not select to open a folder and so I can't
use the app - has anyone else come across this?

Dan

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3

hi mitch, i've come across that before this is just weird it doesn't matter
even if I create an entirely new never used before folder i still can't
choose it - very weird not come across it before.

cheers
dan

··· On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 5:35 PM, Mitch Sundt wrote:

You probably got tripped up by this safeguard:
ODK Briefcase will not allow you to select a folder that contains a
'forms' directory, or is contained in any directory that contains a 'forms'
directory. This is to prevent people from inadvertently nesting ODK
Briefcase Storage Locations (by selecting or creating a directory within a
storage location).

You may have a 'forms' folder in your home directory. If you rename that,
or move it into a sub-folder, things will start to work.

Mitch

On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 5:13 AM, Daniel Probert dprobert@camfed.orgwrote:

Hi All,

I think I must be going crazy but I can't for the life of me get ODK
Briefcase working on OSX.

I'm sure it does work but am stuck just setting the briefcase storage
area. No matter what I do I can not select to open a folder and so I can't
use the app - has anyone else come across this?

Dan

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Are none of the folders selectable?

Perhaps you are navigating to the folders in an odd way (e.g., through a
mount that is read-only?).

··· On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 10:38 AM, Daniel Probert wrote:

hi mitch, i've come across that before this is just weird it doesn't
matter even if I create an entirely new never used before folder i still
can't choose it - very weird not come across it before.

cheers
dan

On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 5:35 PM, Mitch Sundt mitchellsundt@gmail.comwrote:

You probably got tripped up by this safeguard:
ODK Briefcase will not allow you to select a folder that contains a
'forms' directory, or is contained in any directory that contains a 'forms'
directory. This is to prevent people from inadvertently nesting ODK
Briefcase Storage Locations (by selecting or creating a directory within a
storage location).

You may have a 'forms' folder in your home directory. If you rename that,
or move it into a sub-folder, things will start to work.

Mitch

On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 5:13 AM, Daniel Probert dprobert@camfed.orgwrote:

Hi All,

I think I must be going crazy but I can't for the life of me get ODK
Briefcase working on OSX.

I'm sure it does work but am stuck just setting the briefcase storage
area. No matter what I do I can not select to open a folder and so I can't
use the app - has anyone else come across this?

Dan

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Its really weird I can write to all locations that i've tried. Like desktop
as an example. The open button just never shows.

I'll try reloading Java.

··· On 28 Mar 2013 18:14, "Mitch Sundt" wrote:

Are none of the folders selectable?

Perhaps you are navigating to the folders in an odd way (e.g., through a
mount that is read-only?).

On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 10:38 AM, Daniel Probert dprobert@camfed.orgwrote:

hi mitch, i've come across that before this is just weird it doesn't
matter even if I create an entirely new never used before folder i still
can't choose it - very weird not come across it before.

cheers
dan

On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 5:35 PM, Mitch Sundt mitchellsundt@gmail.comwrote:

You probably got tripped up by this safeguard:
ODK Briefcase will not allow you to select a folder that contains a
'forms' directory, or is contained in any directory that contains a 'forms'
directory. This is to prevent people from inadvertently nesting ODK
Briefcase Storage Locations (by selecting or creating a directory within a
storage location).

You may have a 'forms' folder in your home directory. If you rename
that, or move it into a sub-folder, things will start to work.

Mitch

On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 5:13 AM, Daniel Probert dprobert@camfed.orgwrote:

Hi All,

I think I must be going crazy but I can't for the life of me get ODK
Briefcase working on OSX.

I'm sure it does work but am stuck just setting the briefcase storage
area. No matter what I do I can not select to open a folder and so I can't
use the app - has anyone else come across this?

Dan

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