CintaNotes Portable 1.8.1 Development Test 1

Gord,

Well done with making CintaNotes portable. I like the application very much, and use it as a quick & dirty alternative to more comprehensive products including AllMyNotes or TreeDBNotes. I have paid to register the app.

However, I use CintaNotes in its native, portable mode (ie: unzip into the PortableApps directory on my USB key) simply because in its PortableApps.com version, it will NOT remember if the database is moved to any other location on the USB key. I try to keep all of my data in DATA_*Product* subdirectories, as they are more easily backed up this way. The bare native portable version does remember alternative database locations, and works successfully on other computers. No doubt a simple portable fix. Can you have a look at this?

Regards,

Gord,

I am a registered user of CintaNotes, and run it from my USB key. I have made a comment or two in the past about your portable version, and have just verified that 1.7.1 dev test 2 still has the same issues. So, here goes:

If I run CintaNotes "bare". That is, just download the zip file from the CintNotes website into the PortableApps directory on my USB key, the application will remember both the skin and database file (which I store in a separate directory to the application itself) when run again. Everything is happy.

If I install your portable version, the chosen skin is not remembered next time CintaNotes is run. Further, CintaNotes "forgets" where my database file is kept. Now, I would prefer a PortableApps version, because of all of the advantages that brings - discussed on these forums many times. But unfortunately, your portable version appears to lack some of the attractions of simply unpacking the native zip file into a directory on my USB key.

While I understand that I can FILE|OPEN my data file, when I simply unpack the zip file into a directory, CintaNotes will automatically open my last data file. I do not need to FILE|OPEN it. Frankly, I prefer it to work that way. Try it out. The skin choice not being "sticky" is also a bit annoying.

I hope I have been clear. I do not wish to discourage your efforts - quite the opposite. I think this is what I was trying to communicate last time I provided some feedback. Could you investigate your saving of preferences between runs? This is a great little application, and well worth persevering with.

Regards,