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.
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Re: Two databases
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
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
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Re: Two databases
Great tip, DennisG. Added to the T&T sticky: http://cintanotes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=156.
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Re: Two databases
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
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.
Could anybody give me detailed instructions, i understand little in such things
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
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Re: Two databases
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
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
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