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Two databases
Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 5:54 am
by oded
I'm looking for a way to run two different databeses of CN. I don't mean and don't need to run them simultaneously. At any given time just a single db would be open.
Currently My Cintanots folder contains the exe, settings and db files.
I guess I have to create another folder for the second db file.
What other files should be placed in the second (new) folder and what changes should I make to accomplish what I need?
I want of course every db to be backuped correctly.
Thanks for any help.
Oded.
Re: Two databases
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 1:37 pm
by DennisG
Hi Oded.
I have two databases that I run concurrently — one for work and one for my personal notes. I copied the entire CN application into a new folder, MyCintaNotes. I renamed the database MyCintaNotes.db and edited the settings file to point the notebook.file parameter to MyCintaNotes.db. To get it to run simultaneously, I created a .bat file to run MyCintaNotes with the -i switch. Finally, I changed the global hotkey from Ctl-F12 to Ctl-F11.
Regards,
DG
Re: Two databases
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 11:47 pm
by Midas
Re: Two databases
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 3:36 pm
by oded
DennisG wrote:Hi Oded.
I have two databases that I run concurrently — one for work and one for my personal notes. I copied the entire CN application into a new folder, MyCintaNotes. I renamed the database MyCintaNotes.db and edited the settings file to point the notebook.file parameter to MyCintaNotes.db. To get it to run simultaneously, I created a .bat file to run MyCintaNotes with the -i switch. Finally, I changed the global hotkey from Ctl-F12 to Ctl-F11.
Regards,
DG
Thank you Dennis for your help. Much appreciated
Oded.
Re: Two databases
Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 6:05 am
by Shef
hi there,
thanx a lot for this tip. It is really cool to have several separate notebooks.
I've managed to do the first part, but not sure about the second.
DennisG wrote:
To get it to run simultaneously, I created a .bat file to run MyCintaNotes with the -i switch. Finally, I changed the global hotkey from Ctl-F12 to Ctl-F11.
Could anybody give me detailed instructions, i understand little in such things
Re: Two databases
Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 6:14 pm
by DennisG
Hi Shef,
You'll need to change the paths to your configuration, but here's what I did:
1. After copying the entire CintaNotes application to C:\USB\MyCintaNotes, I created the bat file,
C:\USB\MyCintaNotes\runMyCintaNotes.bat. It has one line:
C:\USB\MyCintaNotes\CintaNotes.exe -i
2. DoubleClick on it to execute it. You'll get a DOS window and then CintaNotes should appear. Close the DOS window, if you like. CintaNotes will keep running.
3. Go into Options/Hot Keys and change the "Clip text hot key" and the "show main window hot key" to your preferences. I changed mine to Ctl-F11 and Shift-Ctl-F11. This way, my work version of CintaNotes uses the default Ctl-F12 settings and my personal notes use Ctl-F11.
4. I also went into View/Color Theme for my personal notes and changed the color so that I can visually distinguish them.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
DennisG