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M U L T I N O T E
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Version 0.874 (Beta8) - October 30, 2001
(c) Copyright 1993-2001, JMA
** BETA VERSION - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK !! **
What is MultiNote ?
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MultiNote allows you to save different texts (information) in a uniform way.
With Multinote you associate every text (ascii text, typed or from a file)
with a searchable title. You define what information is related, MultiNote
stores it for you.
With MultiNote you can arrange your information in three levels:
1) You can have several database files (or tables)
2) Each file has 15 divisions (tabs)
3) In each tabs you can have more than a thousand items (items and text)
Its hard to describe MultiNote in words, try it out !!!
Also, on eComStation MultiNote is drag/drop enabled. Just drag any
textfile from your desktop (or from any folder on your desktop) to
MultiNote and it will be added into your database. You can even do
it the other way around, drag any item from MultiNote to your desktop
(or from any folder on your desktop) and a text file will be created.
On eComStation, naturally, you can change the colors and font in the
itemlist and the textbox in MultiNote using drag/drop from the
system setup palettes.
MultiNote is availible for eComStation (and OS/2 Warp) and Windows.
They have not (yet) all the same features but the plans are to have
the same features in both versions.
However, the BIN, MYSQL and export file formats are fully compatible
between the both versions.
There is also a web (PHP/MYSQL) version using the same database as
the eComStation and Windows version. If you have interest in the web
version please contact us.
Installation
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MultiNote uses a separate DLL file to connect to a specific database types.
In this beta there are two drivers included:
- BIN, MultiNote own format
- MYSQL, uses the mysql database
Since installation is quite different depending on what format you choose
please refer to the correct procedure below:
==== On Windows =========================================================
Files are found in the win subdirectory:
---- BIN -----------------------
Requirments: Windows 98/Me/NT4/2000 (not tested on Windows 95/XP)
Copy the file MNOTE.EXE, MNDLL.DLL, MNOTE.INI, MNOTE.JT* to a directory
of your choice.
Start MNOTE.EXE
---- MySQL ---------------------
Requirments: Windows 98/Me/NT4/2000 (not tested on Windows 95/XP)
MySQL 3.23 (may work with older versions)
Only tested with MySQL server installed locally but
MultiNote should work with any MySQL server
Copy the file MNOTE.EXE, MY_MNDLL.DLL, MNOTE.INI to a directory
of your choice.
Rename MY_MNDLL.DLL TO MNDLL.DLL (REN MY_MNDLL.DLL MNDLL.DLL)
Using the MNOTE.SQL file and the MySQL utilities create two tables in
your (any) MySQL database.
Now you must create a connection string to connect to MySQL. The string
is a set of parameters separated with ;
This is an example that will help you figure out how to write your own
connection string:
I use the following string:
MARTIN;localhost;jma;0;\socket\mysql.sock
The parameters are:
MARTIN Name of my MultiNote database (NOT a MySQL db)
localhost Address of my server (hostname or IP address)
jma Name of the MySQL db where you created the tables
0 MySQL server port (TCP/IP).
\socket\mysql.sock Socket to connect to (if using sockets)
Edit the MNOTE.INI file. Replace the text mnote on the ConnectString
line with your connection string:
I changed my MNOTE.INI from:
[Connection]
ConnectString=mnote
To the following line:
[Connection]
ConnectString=MARTIN;localhost;jma;0;\socket\mysql.sock
Start MNOTE.EXE
Please refer to MySQL documentation for more information on how to
configure and connect to a MySQL server.
==== On eComStation ======================================================
Files are found in the ecs subdirectory:
---- BIN -----------------------
Requirments: eComStation or OS/2 Warp (tested on eComStation)
Copy the file MNOTE.EXE, MNDLL.DLL, MNOTE.JT* to a directory
of your choice.
Now you may type the name of a new database (click on Create new)
or via the browse button select the MNOTE.JTD (example) database.
---- MySQL ---------------------
Requirments: eComStation or OS/2 Warp (tested on eComStation)
MySQL 3.23.40 (may work with older versions)
Only tested with MySQL server installed locally but
MultiNote should work with any MySQL server
Copy the file MNOTE.EXE and MYSQL.MNDLL.DLL to a directory of your choice.
Rename MY_MNDLL.DLL TO MNDLL.DLL (REN MY_MNDLL.DLL MNDLL.DLL)
Using the MNOTE.SQL file and the MySQL utilities create two tables in
your (any) MySQL database.
Start MNOTE.EXE
Now you must create a connection string to connect to MySQL. The string
is a set of parameters separated with ;
This is an example that will help you figure out how to write your own
connection string:
I use the following string:
MARTIN;localhost;jma;0;\socket\mysql.sock
The parameters are:
MARTIN Name of my MultiNote database (NOT a MySQL db)
localhost Address of my server (hostname or IP address)
jma Name of the MySQL db where you created the tables
0 MySQL server port (TCP/IP).
\socket\mysql.sock Socket to connect to (if using sockets)
Enter your string and optionally (if your servers requires it) a username
and a password. Now click on "Create new" to create the connection.
If your connection is successful you can now click on the "Set as default"
checkbox and then click OK to open the database.
Please refer to MySQL documentation for more information on how to
configure and connet to a MySQL server.
Note: The MySQL support DLL is not multithreaded due to no threading
support in the current MySQL client library.
What is included in this beta ?
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==== eComStation ================
Open/create database
Printing single item
Edit, copy to, paste from in text (MLE)
Wordwrap, no wordwrap
Add, rename, delete items
Marking items, delete marked items
Printing, one item or many
Change tab names
Pack/import/export database
Save settings
Popup menus on item list and on text (MLE)
Drag/drop to and from item list and text (MLE)
==== Windows ====================
Printing single item
Edit, copy to, paste from in text (MLE)
Wordwrap, no wordwrap
Add, rename, delete items
Set font/color on each item
Marking items
Change tab names
Export database
Save window settings
What is not included in this beta ?
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Working search
Support for several other database formats
ODBC driver (contact us if you want to test)
Most other menuitems
Create HTML pages
Webversion (php)
Crypted and/or passworded database
Preferences notebook
Help system
And many other things...
Files in this beta
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MNOTE.EXE Main program
MYSQL.MNDLL.DLL Database driver for MySQL
MNDLL.DLL Database driver for "BIN" format
MNOTE.SQL MySQL script to create MulitNote tables
MNOTE.INI Windows INI file
MNOTE.JTD Example database
MNOTE.JTM Extra file for example database
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MULTINOTE BETA - BUGREPORT
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Use this text with the Windows version or if you cannot
start the eComStation version. If you can start the
eComStation version please use the included Technical
Support menu in MultiNote.
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Your Name :_______________________________________________________________
Your email:_______________________________________________________________
We need some input on your system.
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Type/brand: ___________________________________________________________
Processor: ___________________________________________________________
RAM size: ___________________________________________________________
Harddisk size: ___________________________________________________________
Graphic card: ___________________________________________________________
File system: ___________________________________________________________
OS version: ___________________________________________________________
OS fixpack: ___________________________________________________________
Please describe your problem(s) as specific as possible:
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email this to mail@jma.se
Thank you!
JMA
John Martin Alfredsson
President
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