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jgroen
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8 years ago

Create Sharelink issues for files not uploaded yet

I set this parameter before generating a sharelink: dropbox.sharing.PendingUploadMode.folder This works fine as long if I don`t go deeper that one (not yet indexed folder) folder. So if create fo...
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Greg-DB
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8 years ago

There isn't an option to change that behavior, so the only workaround that comes to mind is to explicitly create the parent folder(s) first. We'll consider it a feature request for a better way to do this though.

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    jgroen
    New member | Level 2
    8 years ago

    Gotcha. Can you tell me how the official Dropbox client handles this particular situation? Would it also fail, or does it use the workaround? Many thanks

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      Greg-DB
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      8 years ago
      The official Dropbox client works in a very different way entirely, so it isn't a useful comparison unfortunately.

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