Displaying URLs imported from GSAK on Streets and Trips 2007

[Wumpus23]

Ok, this is a weird one.

 

I use GSAK to import my html pages for my geocaches then of course the way points.

 

When I export the HTML pages, I use the default settings.

When I export my waypoints, I use the Streets and Trips menu and change the URL link to the xref.txt located where I put my HTML pages.

 

When I go into Streets and Trips, I import (using the Import Data Wizard) my waypoints. I then change the pushpin properties to display the URL in the bubble.

 

My problem is this: it will not open the local url (file://c:/etc...) at all. Won't even pop up IE.

 

I have one other bit of info that hopefully will help someone help me figure this out: When I export the waypoints, but use the default settings (where the URLs point straight to the official webpage) then do everything else the same, it works. I can Ctrl-Click on the pushpin or open it and simply click on the URL in the bubble.

 

I'm stumped here. Anyone have any ideas?

 

I use IE7 (though I did recently go back to IE6 on my laptop with the same problem) and I use Streets and Trips 2007.

 

Also, I have checked the pushpin properties and set the "Use Hyperlinks from your imported data" to URL.

 

One other bit of information: when manually creating a pushpin, I can type in any webpage I want and it'll work, but it won't work if I type anything with the file:// format, except for "file://" itself (and nothing else) which will take me straight to the "My computer" window, as it's suppose to.

 

Thanks in advance!

Edited August 16, 2007 by Wumpus23

[Wumpus23]

Well, looks like I sorta figured this out:

 

It seemed to work when I entered "\\\C:\Cache\%code.htm" in the URL Link portion of the Streets and Trips Export Wizard in GSAK.

 

I can't ctrl-click but I sure can open the balloon and click on the url! (After setting the pushpin properties to display the url in the balloon of course.)

 

Weird, but hey, it works now.

[+Airmapper]

Thanks for posting with your solution. I've been keeping an eye on this since I would like to do the same thing with MapPoint. I suspected it was possible to link cache data to an offline database, but I had no idea how. I'm going to give your method a try.

[Wumpus23]

Thanks for posting with your solution. I've been keeping an eye on this since I would like to do the same thing with MapPoint. I suspected it was possible to link cache data to an offline database, but I had no idea how. I'm going to give your method a try.

 

If you have problems with my way, try file:///c:/cache... etc. That is the way it SHOULD have worked.

[+Airmapper]

Thanks for posting with your solution. I've been keeping an eye on this since I would like to do the same thing with MapPoint. I suspected it was possible to link cache data to an offline database, but I had no idea how. I'm going to give your method a try.

 

If you have problems with my way, try file:///c:/cache... etc. That is the way it SHOULD have worked.

 

Well I got it to work. But it is weird.

 

When I generated the S&T export from GSAK, I clicked the xref.txt button below the URL field, and pointed it to the matching HTML database I keep for my PDA.

 

In the balloon, everything appears fine in the URL, except a space in the address, like a folder name, cuts off the URL link. For example I have:

 

file:///C:/Users/My Name/............. Like there it cuts off the blue link just after "My"

 

However, if I "CTRL + Click" on a cache (pushpin) it opens my default browser and up comes the offline cache page. Just the opposite of what you reported.

 

This is cool though, and since I already regularly export my caches to HTML files for the PDA, I get double duty out of maintaining the HTML cache databases.

Edited August 18, 2007 by Airmapper

[+PDOP's]

When I generated the S&T export from GSAK, I clicked the xref.txt button below the URL field, and pointed it to the matching HTML database I keep for my PDA.

 

However, if I "CTRL + Click" on a cache (pushpin) it opens my default browser and up comes the offline cache page. Just the opposite of what you reported.

 

I believe that's the way it is supposed to work if you chose xref in the URL field. I know it works this way for me using S&T2004. I use this setting on my laptop for when I don't have internet access.

 

To have Ctrl+Click open the online page I use the *Default setting in the URL field.

[+Sileny Jizda]

Sweet, I had no idea I could do this. I spose I do learn something new every day.

[+Stunod]

Thanks for posting with your solution. I've been keeping an eye on this since I would like to do the same thing with MapPoint. I suspected it was possible to link cache data to an offline database, but I had no idea how. I'm going to give your method a try.

 

If you have problems with my way, try file:///c:/cache... etc. That is the way it SHOULD have worked.

 

Well I got it to work. But it is weird.

 

When I generated the S&T export from GSAK, I clicked the xref.txt button below the URL field, and pointed it to the matching HTML database I keep for my PDA.

 

In the balloon, everything appears fine in the URL, except a space in the address, like a folder name, cuts off the URL link. For example I have:

 

file:///C:/Users/My Name/............. Like there it cuts off the blue link just after "My"

 

However, if I "CTRL + Click" on a cache (pushpin) it opens my default browser and up comes the offline cache page. Just the opposite of what you reported.

 

This is cool though, and since I already regularly export my caches to HTML files for the PDA, I get double duty out of maintaining the HTML cache databases.

 

Try using dirctories without spaces in their name (ie: "MyName" instead of "My Name"). I had the same problem as you described and this fixed it for me (my problem directory was "My Documents")

Edited August 19, 2007 by Stunod