Actinic Content Tree - EXPAND ALL

[madmatt95]

Is there a way to expand the entire Actinic Content Tree - Everything even down to the attribute choices?

The Reason I need to is because if I perform a search, Choices are not found if they are not expanded.

Anyone?

[Nadeem]

Hi Matt,

The Content Tree is controlled in the registry. I know a way of collaping them all, but not expanding them. I will see if there is a way to do this, and put the solution on this thread.

Kind Regards

[Nadeem]

Hi Matt

I have been doing some testing on 7.0.5, and created a choice with my name. I have collapsed all sections and make sure that i select a brochure fragement.
Now if i go to "Edit | Find" in Actinic and type in my name, Actinic can find it. I have done some testing with other words and they seem ok. It does not need the choices to be expanded for the search to pick up a choice name.

Kind Regards

[Nadeem]

Hi Matt,

I'm afraid there is no way of expanding all the content tree, even within the registry. It is not possible to do.

Kind Regards

[AJReading]

It would be very useful to have a feature in a future version that allows the sorting of the content tree by alphabetical order, by title or ref number...

[Bruce]

Hi,

I will add this to the wish list for you.

Kind regards,

[Jan]

It would be very useful to have a feature in a future version that allows the sorting of the content tree by alphabetical order, by title or ref number...

While you are waiting for this feature to be added to the main product, you could use my sorting tool to do it. You can find a free trial and more details at the URL below :

http://www.actinicplugins.co.uk/acat...ting_Tool.html


Note : that any changes made would be permanent so if you wanted to use these features to look at data offline in various different ways, this would not be suitable.

Regards,

[SteveECrane]

Content Tree - Registry Control

Nadeem,

Where can control of the Actinic Business Content Tree be found in the Registry?

I am asking because for the last 6 months, mine has been stuck in a rut! It always opens with the same Brochure and "Shop" Fragments expanded and it's now becoming quite tiresome amending this 'view' and re-positioning the cursor to where I left off, etc., each and every time we come to implement a little bit of design. As a matter of interest, the same thing happens after a Site Snapshot is performed, whether or not Actinic is actually closed down and re-opened at that time.

The other long-standing 'issue' with Actinic-specific defaults we have is with printers: the Invoice and Shipping Details are retaining the Actinic PDF printer instead of the last (physical) printer used and/or selected.

Any help appreciated ... but I would really like to know where to find the Actinic Registry entries for controlling layout, etc.

Cheers ...

[Nadeem]

Hi Steve,

The registry key is held in

"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Actinic\Catalog7\Sites\Site1\TreeState"

If you close Actinic, open the registry and delete the key - TreeState, close it and reopen Actinic, a new 'TreeState' key will be generated. If you are running on the latest version, then you would also need to delete the key

"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Actinic\Catalog7\Sites\Site1\TreeState"

Please remember when you import a snapshot, you are also importing a registry that was taken at that time. Therefore it could be reintroducing an old problem. Simply deleting the keys i have written above should help you

Kind Regards

[SteveECrane]

Thanks, Nadeem, but therein may lie the problem - I have no such entry "TreeState"!

What should it look like? Perhaps if I create an outline Regsitry entry, then Actinic will attempt to populate it? At the moment, there's not even a branch present, let alone any detailed entries!

Cheers ...

[Nadeem]

Hi Steve,

If you highlight 'Site1' or your Site folder in the registry, on the righthand side there should be a key for 'TreeState'. By the way what version are you running?

Here is an attachment of what my registry would look like once i have highlighted the "Site1" folder on the left hand side. See the right hand side and you will see the red line where 'TreeState' is.

Kind Regards

[SteveECrane]

Nadeem, sorry ... but there is not one!

The only entry for "TreeState", if I perform a Registry search (Keys, Value and Data, full or partial searches), is for one related to Windows Media Player, certainly not Actinic!

So, can I recreate one?

[Nadeem]

Hi Steve,

Strange, please tell me are you on 7.0.1 or 7.0.2? There was a bug which was fixed in the latest version concerning the registry. I believe it was found in 7.0.2 and fixed in 7.0.3. Please see the following thread.

I would not recommend in recreating the key within the registry, i would recommend on upgrading instead. Please take a backup beforehand.

Kind Regards

[SteveECrane]

Nadeem,

7.0.3 FBIA.

[Nadeem]

Hi Steve,

Mmm i would suggest in registering a support ticket or contact Tech Support and pass them this thread. They would ask for the registry entries, so you might need to export them.

Kind Regards