Missing Resources And More ...

Here's the scenario:

I own two desktop computers. They both are
located at the same desk. One is about four years old. It's slow but
adequate. I do my Logos work on this computer. Let's call this one
Computer A. The other computer is probably eight years old. It's really
slow, but I'm using it as a backup computer -- just in case something
happens to the faster one. Lets call this older computer Computer B.

So
I've installed Logos 4 on both computers. Computer A has 442 resources.
Computer B has 441 resources. So it would seem that Computer B is
missing a resource. But wait, there's more! Computer A has 21
dictionaries while computer B has 22 dictionaries. Now the situation is
getting more complicated, and the data almost seems contradictory.

So
after much detective work this is what I found. Computer A seems to be
missing a dictionary, but it's actually in the Library. It's just been
classified as a monograph instead of a dictionary. So that solves one
mystery.

Computer A also has another monograph that computer B
does not have. It's called, "Meltho Fonts User Guide". So I poked around
in the resource folder of Computer A and copied MELTHOFONTS.lbxlls from
the resource folder of Computer A to the resource folder of computer B.

After
this I told both copies of Logos 4 to "rebuild index". I had high hopes
that this action would cause Computer B to find the Meltho Fonts
resource and add it to the library. I also hoped that Computer A would
somehow pick up the most up-to-date metadata while rebuilding the index.
In other words, I was hoping that "The Zondervan Dictionary of Bible
Themes" would become a dictionary instead of a monograph, and that the
indexer program would obtain that updated information from the Logos web
site.

Alas, neither of my hopes was realized. The state of both
libraries is unchanged.

The next step that I am considering is
copying the entire contents of Computer B's resource folder to Computer
A's resource folder, and then rebuilding Computer A's index. I would
hope that this would correct the metadata problem. However this does
nothing for the missing Meltho Fonts User Guide on Computer B. And I run
the risk that this action will totally destroy the the Logos 4
installation on Computer A.

So what do you suggest? I'm looking for two
answers.

1) How do I fix the metadata problem on Computer A?

2)
How do I get Computer B to pick up the Meltho Fonts User Guide?

Thanks
for your help.

Doug Witmer

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SteveF

Someone else will be able to tell you how.At least try typing "Update Now" without quotes into each computer's Logos 4 Command "window" to see if they will download the correct files.

But I can tell you one way NOT to do it. In libronix 3 we could copy resource files and add them to folders etc. We CANNOT do that in Logos 4. It will NOT recognize them.

The best we can do is to use the following in the Command Window: SCAN followed by a path to our resources. And even that is only supposed to be just a way to get Libronix 3 (L3) resources into L4.

If one of these resource drawers was perfect you might (but I do not think it i recommended) copy the whole drawer (ie. replace one of the computers resource drawers with the one from the other.) But I think there are also warnings against this.

Unfortunately this is one of the "cloud" drawbacks. IT is supposed to recognize what shouldbe there and place it in the right place. (In theory) But some have noted tha tin actual practice it does not always happen as expected.

Sorry this is not more help.

TCBlack

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/105509#Comment_105509

Strange indeed. I would also suggest running "update resources" from the commandbox on both systems.

David P. Moore

Computer A also has another monograph that computer B does not have. It's called, "Meltho Fonts User Guide".

Same thing happened to me, but I just decided to hide the user guide to make the library count the same on both computers.

Dave Hooton

So I poked around
in the resource folder of Computer A and copied MELTHOFONTS.lbxlls from
the resource folder of Computer A to the resource folder of computer B.

After
this I told both copies of Logos 4 to "rebuild index".

2)
How do I get Computer B to pick up the Meltho Fonts User Guide?

You're a glutton for punishment[:)] As already mentioned you should use scan in the Command box to get missing resources from a folder into L4. After you restart L4 it will see that indexing is performed.

1) How do I fix the metadata problem on Computer A?

Metadata updates occur every 6 hours so it does not respond to commands!

Doug Witmer

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/105657#Comment_105657

First of all, thanks to everyone who offered suggestions!

Okay, here's an update. Computer B is now fixed. I went through the upgrade from 4.0a to 4.0b yesterday, and Computer B fixed itself in the process.

Computer A still has "Zondervan Dictionary of Bible Themes" in the "monograph" category. I think I'm going to "poke around" in the Logos files until I find what I think is the metadata. Then I'll delete the file, and restart Logos. I hope this will force Logos to rebuild the file, and hopefully get the correct metadata from the mother ship.

Doug Witmer

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/106045#Comment_106045

Okay, one more update. The upgrade to 4.0b fixed Computer B (except for the Metadata). Then I purchased more resources, and then both computers were upgraded to 4.0b SR1. So now Computer A has one more resource than Computer B. And the metadata is still wrong on one resource.

I've tried the "scan" command (doesn't seem to do much), and the "update resources" command as well as the "rebuild index" command. I'm just scratching my head at this point. Oh well, I suppose I'll think of something eventually.