Error when opening file on ownCloud

Scrivener Windows Beta (Archived)
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So you haven’t tried to open the project from within Scrivener? File -> Open

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OK, thanks for following up on this:

  1. That sounds reasonable of course: there are PDFs in the project, but I am not aware of any weird ones;
    BUT: I checked the content of the project folders by counting the files in the sub-folders. There are some differences:
    a) on Windows, Quick Look folder is empty; b) on Windows, there are less files in the files folder and the sub-folder Data has ca 200 files less; c) on Windows, icons is empty, d) on windows, there are less files in Settings, and the subfolder Data is empty

  2. I tried file/open just now and the difference is: a second Scrivener icon appears in the tool bar called PDF Loader (not in the task manager though), the rest is the same,

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How did you get the project to your ownCloud?
And is ownCloud literally an external HD accessed over WiFi, not just a sync station like Dropbox? If yes, not having the project on a HD that is directly controlled by the PC (or Mac) is probably not a good idea

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I copied the original project from the finder on my Mac to the web-app of ownCloud as advised by our institutional computer dept.

And yes, it is rather like dropbox but that’s how I understood Scrivener syncs between computers after watching this: literatureandlatte.com/lear … ion?os=iOS

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No, if you are trying to access the ownCloud via WiFi or a web interface, it’s nothing like Dropbox and I’m not surprised if it doesn’t work.
On your Mac the project sits on your hard drive, on your Mac. You need to copy it to the hard drive on your PC. And make sure you get the whole project. On the PC it is a folder with .scriv ending.

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Dropbox copy all files in the Dropbox folder that are edited up to the Dropbox server, in the background, without you knowing it or having to do anything, and other “syncing” methods with other cloud providers work the same. And when you start your Mac the Dropbox app checks (in the background) if any files on the server have changed and if they have, they are downloaded to the hard deive of your Mac.

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So that means the ‘load PDF file’ issue isn’t due to ownCloud. It may be a corrupted PDF thing as suggested by Lunk, or it may be you didn’t copy the project fully from Mac, or it could be a problem with the current beta and this specific project.

So, more questions.

Can you open and work on any other local Scrivener projects (not ownCloud, not the pdf problem project) with the current beta on your Windows PC? (So try loading a project that’s not the problem project, and don’t use ownCloud. Trying to determine whether it might be a problem with the current beta. If not projects work, maybe it is.)

Prior to updating to the current beta, were you ever able to successfully open and work on on any Scrivener projects with the prior beta, using ownCloud? (Trying to understand whether ownCloud has ever worked for you.)

To confirm that you copied the problem project fully from Mac, try it the foolproof way: On the Mac, do a Backup Now manual backup to zip file of the problem project. Transfer the zip file to your PC, then extract the contents. Try to open the extracted problem project. Still getting the PDF error?

best,
Jim

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Thanks Jim, thanks everyone, this worked (so far). :slight_smile: I transferred everything manually and the scrivx file opened on the Window machine. Obviously, ownCloud failed to synch all subfolder files.

It’s considerably slower than on the Mac but it works.
Now I have to figure out how to synch it via ownCloud.