What if the address to my cloud storage folder is 'C:\users\myname\Dropbox\Pathagoras documents' but the same folder on your cube mate's computer is 'C\:users\anothername\Dropbox\PathagorasDocuments'? Well, in that case, the pointers in your DropDown Lists, Libraries and Books will not be compatible with each other. They point to the same place, but the text recorded by Pathagoras is not the same.

   Not to worry. You can create a 'universal' pointer that, when used, will always point to the proper location. Just tell Pathagoras where the local  of your cloud storage is saved. (Do this on each computer.) That 'personal' path with be memorized by Pathagoras and shorthand characters will be used to identify the location. Once set, the shorthand characters (e.g., "[DBP]") will take the place of the extended path to reference the cloud storage folder. Since [DBP] will be extend to the proper location on each computer, everyone can point to the proper location even when the 'long' names on your various computers don't precisely match up.

   (Note: we originally wrote this feature when DropBox was the predominant player in cloud storage. There was a single reference -- [DBP] -- and a single pointer. But beginning in 2022, we added 2 more (for a total of 3) 'parent paths'. We kept the same general nomenclature, because it is helpful in identifying which parent path is in play. These are the names:

 [DBP] (DropBox Parent)

 [ODP] (OneDrive Parent)

 [GDP] (Google Drive Parent)

 But please know that you can use any parent shortcut for any location. 'ODP' can be legally used for DropBox locations (but doing so may be confusing to end users.) However you use it, just make sure that you and your co-workers are using the same parent path shortcut designator to assure that the shortcuts are compatible and that each computer point to the same destination folder.    

Setup:

   To set  your parent pointer, (1) click Pathagoras Features | Utilities & Settings | Network. (2) Click the 'Parent' Path Settings tab. (3) In the field at the right, type (or navigate to using the '...' button) the initial part of the local path to your cloud storage folder up  the level you want to 'shortcut.' (Typically that will be the folder that ends with 'Dropbox' or 'OneDrive' or 'GoogleDrive' as in the examples below. That offers the most flexibility.) 'Press Save.

   From now own, When creating and saving references to your DropBox, etc. folder, Pathagoras will automatically replace c:\users\myname\DropBox' with [DBP] (or [ODP] or [GDP], as appropriate. When Pathagoras encounters a shortcut in an address on any prepared computer, it will replace the shortcut characters with the extended parent path. In this way, a document is always called via your personal path.

The shortcut names discussed above are arbitrary. The feature itself will work for all cloud storage tools. So if you want to use [GDP] for NetDocs storage, go for it.