[Ann] CintaNotes 2.0 Beta 2/3/4!

[CintaNotes Developer]

What will be the final behavior?
Because this problem will also occur if I move the application to a different folder - or rename the folder and so on.
(We already talked about renaming the db-file and you mentioned that CN will know the new file after opening it).

Shouldn't the final version be similar stable in regards to the CN folder getting a new destination/name (we are still talking about a portable app)?
So if you get rid of the 'run as admin' dialog wouldn't it be a good idea to register on every start?

Unfortunately now we don't have enough time to implement this, but it future we'll put this straight.
The final behavior (in version 2.1 or so) will be approx as follows:
CN will remember in settings file if it has been registered as the link handler. If on start CN detects that it is not a link handler, although the settings file tells it otherwise, it will prompt the user to register the link protocol again.
The registering itself will be done as running another copy of itself with elevated privileges and a special command line parameter, so this instance will (after the user clicks on "Allow" on the UAC prompt that pops up) just register the protocol and exit.

[CintaNotes Developer]

Can you change color of related tags to #0000ff, to try it and say opinions.

We'll make this color configurable in the next version, so you just need to wait a bit.

[CintaNotes Developer]

This is wonderful stuff Alex!
If i were a girl, i'd give you a nice hug!!

Just unzipped b3 to a new folder under C:
setup my Simplenotes account and finished doing my very first sync in about 2 min.
Of course, i really didn't have a ton of notes in either bucket but the dual sync process seams to perform just fine! yay!!

Thank you so much! It's a purrfect Christmas gift!!

You're welcome! Extremely glad it went smoothly

[CintaNotes Developer]

I notice that i can't use sync if i'm behind a proxy with auth. May be you could add a simple proxy config dialog (server, port, username & pwd) .
Nothing more to say, except i really enjoy the tab interface

Sure thing, we'll add that in the version that comes after 2.0. Thanks for the suggestion!

[CintaNotes Developer]

Can i ask what is "register link protocol"?

This is useful for embedding links to CN notes into HTML pages, Outlook messages, etc.

This registers CN with the system so that CN can open note links from other applications, links like:
cintanotes://841b37b1-0bfe-4cf9-b6f1-d5 ... e69ef76697

These links are produced by the "Copy note link" command in the notes list.

[CintaNotes Developer]

Exporting all to html looks good.
Received this error message when trying to export all to xml (probably French accent):

XML parsing failed
XML parsing failed: syntax error (Line: 62, Character: 226)

Hmm, what app gave you this error?

[CintaNotes Developer]

Same here!
I'm quite excited about this... I see myself purchasing a license real soon

So nice to hear this!
Tomorrow CintaNotes will be on BitsDuJour so you'll be able to do that with a very nice discount!

[CintaNotes Developer]

Alex,
as already reported there is a bug with clipping. I am able to reproduce now. I used beta 3 for the test.

Thomas, huge thanks for coming up with reproduction steps.
I think I've fixed the bug in the Beta 4 which I'll be putting up now.

[CintaNotes Developer]

Hope to see some timing options on SN sync.
Automatic set to every 5 min. would be nice.

Will be in Beta 4!

[CintaNotes Developer]

I don't know how to reproduce it (yet), but I've seen the old "disappearing tag trick" bug again.
Mark
CN2B3

Yes, I confirm. Will be fixed in the final release. Thanks

[CintaNotes Developer]

Here goes the next (and final) Beta!

What has been fixed/done:
- Added "Auto sync every N minutes" option;
- Fixed SN sync possible deadlock;
- Fixed "column uid not unique" problem;
- Fixed ColorPicker repaint bug;
- Better sync status reporting

Download: http://cintanotes.com/files/beta/CintaN ... _Beta4.zip

[danielson]

Exporting all to html looks good.
Received this error message when trying to export all to xml (probably French accent):

XML parsing failed
XML parsing failed: syntax error (Line: 62, Character: 226)

Hmm, what app gave you this error?

Alex,

Tried again this a.m. with exported database which included newly created tabbed ones (nice feature!).

1. Firefox is not good at .xml and read only one line (= one note/paragraph);
2. Opera read quite a bit more but i would say only about a fifth of the notes (a few letters were in read but hard to tell what it didn't like except the oblique bar \);
3. Created a new database with CN and tried to import: Note import completed: Imported notes 0 ; Updated notes 0 ; Skipped notes 153.

I recall now that not all xml files are alike but it's funny to see how they work (or don't) with different apps.

[ChrisCN]

Not sure whether this has already been reported:

If I close the application and restart it I lose the "Sort by" setting for every section
except for the one that has the focus (the others get reset to 'Created').

[Thomas Lohrum]

Not sure whether this has already been reported:
If I close the application and restart it I lose the "Sort by" setting for every section
except for the one that has the focus (the others get reset to 'Created').

I can confirm this problem. I have the MAIN section only. Yesterday I noticed that the sort order was set to 'Created', but couldn't explain how this happened. Chris, thank's for bringing this up

Thomas

[kazak]

We'll make this color configurable in the next version, so you just need to wait a bit.

Thank you,
It seems, borders of selected Notes lighter than in 1.8.x version.... It's difficult to distinguish, which note is selected.

[Thomas Lohrum]

Alex,
as already reported there is a bug with clipping. I am able to reproduce now. I used beta 3 for the test.

Thomas, huge thanks for coming up with reproduction steps.
I think I've fixed the bug in the Beta 4 which I'll be putting up now.

Sorry. No. It is still there.

More information:
* the main window is visible
* no filter is active!!!
* when i press Ctrl+F12 a new editor opens along with the pasted content
* untagged notes are now filtered in the main window!!!!!!!!!
=> Why is this? I have never noticed this before.
* i can reproduce this bug with the provided test data only

Testdata:
* Übersicht
http://winfwiki.wi-fom.de/index.php/%C3 ... das_iPhone
Wikitude

Steps to reproduce:
* make the main window visible
* clear any filters
* select the above three lines
* press Ctrl+F12
* press Alt+Enter
* edit the creation date
* assign Tags, e.g. "iphone apps"
* save note using Ctrl+S
* press ESC
==> observe the bug:
class db::DatabaseException
SQLite Error 19:
column uid is not unique

When you exit CintaNotes, more errors will be displayed. The process hangs and you have to kill it.

Thomas

[ChrisCN]

Not sure whether this has already been reported:
If I close the application and restart it I lose the "Sort by" setting for every section
except for the one that has the focus (the others get reset to 'Created').

I can confirm this problem. I have the MAIN section only. Yesterday I noticed that the sort order was set to 'Created', but couldn't explain how this happened. Chris, thank's for bringing this up

Thomas

You're welcome!

[Noddy330]

Here goes the next (and final) Beta!

What has been fixed/done:
- Added "Auto sync every N minutes" option;
- Fixed SN sync possible deadlock;
- Fixed "column uid not unique" problem;
- Fixed ColorPicker repaint bug;
- Better sync status reporting

Download: http://cintanotes.com/files/beta/CintaN ... _Beta4.zip

Had some problems with not all notes syncing to another PC which B4 seems to have solved.
Final test tomorrow on another PC behind a firewall with proxy. Nod

[Noddy330]

Here goes the next (and final) Beta!

What has been fixed/done:
- Added "Auto sync every N minutes" option;
- Fixed SN sync possible deadlock;
- Fixed "column uid not unique" problem;
- Fixed ColorPicker repaint bug;
- Better sync status reporting

Download: http://cintanotes.com/files/beta/CintaN ... _Beta4.zip

Had some problems with not all notes syncing to another PC which B4 seems to have solved.
Final test tomorrow on another PC behind a firewall with proxy. Nod

B4 looking good syncing at another location

It looks like occasionally the date/time of the last sync is the date/time of the last but one.
See my log below
It is 6.56, date of last sync is 6.50, I sync, date of last sync now 6.56
It is 6.58, date of last sync is 6.56, I sync, date of last sync now 6.56 - wrong
It is 6.59, date of last sync is 6.56, I sync, date of last sync now 6.59
It is 7.00, date of last sync is 6.59, I sync, date of last sync now 7.00
It is 7.01, date of last sync is 7.00, I sync, date of last sync now 7.01
It is 7.13, date of last sync is 7.01, I sync, date of last sync now 7.14
It is 7.15, date of last sync is 7.14, I sync, date of last sync now 7.15
It is 7.41, date of last sync is 7.15, I sync, date of last sync now 7.15 - wrong
It is 7.49, date of last sync is 7.15, I sync, date of last sync now 7.49
It is 8.03, date of last sync is 7.49, I sync, date of last sync now 8.03
Nod

[CintaNotes Developer]

Alex,

Tried again this a.m. with exported database which included newly created tabbed ones (nice feature!).

1. Firefox is not good at .xml and read only one line (= one note/paragraph);
2. Opera read quite a bit more but i would say only about a fifth of the notes (a few letters were in read but hard to tell what it didn't like except the oblique bar \);
3. Created a new database with CN and tried to import: Note import completed: Imported notes 0 ; Updated notes 0 ; Skipped notes 153.

I recall now that not all xml files are alike but it's funny to see how they work (or don't) with different apps.

Regarding web browsers, I'll need to check if the XML is really ill-formed. However right now there are some pressing issues, so I'll get back to this in a couple of days time.

About 153 skipped note: did your CN database already contain all these notes?