According to the help file, I think the answer is no. It says that when you import a text file from an external location, a copy is stored in the local folder on your phone and that is where all edits are saved, not on the external location. So, you would have to export it back over the original file.
Later, Richard Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it. Jane Wagner, from In Search of Intelligent Life in the Universe Sent from my iPhone 5S > On Jan 24, 2015, at 4:37 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > I'm pondering VDW's usefulness in my day to day workflow, and here's a very > important question. I know it can handle importing to, and exporting from, > Dropbox, but can it edit in place? That is, can it open a file in Dropbox (a > text file - I know it can't directly open other formats), then save my > changes back to that file? Or, do you need to import the file, make the > changes, the export it, find the folder it came from, save it, and be sure to > override the original with the updated one? The latter is more of a pain to > do, and would make this app less useful. If it can do the former, that would > be great. Thanks for any input. > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex Hall > mehg...@icloud.com > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any > questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a > member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators > directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
