Submitted by LM77 on 2021/01/07 02:27
This would be an extremely helpful feature!
 
I realize that as a practical matter this can already be done by forwarding an email containing attachments to IQ, but this is a rather cumbersome way to address the issue...
 
Thanks!

Comments

Hi LM77
 
Can you explain in more detail what you'd like ?
By "attach" do you mean "embed" ? If yes, that isn't what's done with email attachments...
 
Pierre_Admin
IQ Designer
 

LM77

2021/01/14 10:53

In reply to by Pierre_Admin

What I want is to be able to store the attachments within the IQ base (sub)directory, the way email attachments are currently stored, rather than linking to attachments found in some other part of my computer. This approach that I want - storing the attachments rather than linking to them - is thus like the approach followed by EssentialPim and Leadertask, rather than, say, Doogiepim. (I have licenses for them all, but IQ beats them by a mile...)
 
The reason: by attaching files rather than linking to them, way I always know where the attachments are and have no trouble finding them. By contrast, at least the way I work, when downloading files from the internet (e.g., PDFs from journals), I usually relocate the files to another directory after initially downloading them, so any link to the file becomes invalid once I move it somewhere else. (E.g., if I initially download a file from the web to Desktop or Downloads, I usually move it later to another, more suitable location on my computer, treating the Desktop/Downloads as only a temporary storage location.)
 
Thanks!

Pierre_Admin

2021/01/14 11:20

In reply to by LM77

Hi LM77!
 
Understood. I'll add it to the list
FWIW, When you link a file, you have the option of creating a shortcut which will be placed under the .Files folder
This Windows shortcut will find the file, even if you move it to a different location
 
Pierre_Admin
IQ Designer
 

LM77

2021/01/14 14:36

In reply to by Pierre_Admin

Thanks for the suggestion about the shortcut, that certainly helps a lot!