Android Question 'Ctrl + click to sync files:

[Mark Stuart]

Hi All,

Just got a new laptop computer to replace my failed desktop computer.
So I installed B4A and B4J as brand new installations onto the laptop.

Version:
B4A - 13.4
B4J - 10.3

Followed the instructions to the law.
Built a B4A and B4J app as B4XPages.
I see there is a comment/link at the top of the B4XMainPage in both IDE's:
'Ctrl + click to sync files: .....

When do I know to click on this and let it do its thing?
There's no knowing when I should. This kind of thing troubles me when I have no idea what it does or why I should even click on it.
Yes, Erel and team are fantastic developing these tools, but have mercy on me for not knowing really what it's for.
There should be a comment above the click-line stating what it's for and when to use it.

Don't leave these things to the imagination of a developer trying to discover the B4XPages environment.

Shalom, Shalom.

Mark Stuart

 

[LucaMs]

You have a "Shared Files" folder where you can store resource files that will be used in B4A, B4J, and B4I.
When you add a new file to that folder, Ctrl-click and those files will be copied to the Files folder of the open project (and displayed in the Files tab).

 

[Mark Stuart]

You have a "Shared Files" folder where you can store resource files that will be used in B4A, B4J, and B4I.
When you add a new file to that folder, Ctrl-click and those files will be copied to the Files folder of the open project (and displayed in the Files tab).

Gee, I wonder how your comment could be added to that link somehow

 

[LucaMs]

Gee, I wonder how your comment could be added to that link somehow

You can create your own project templates and add it:
https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/b4x-projects-templates.119901/