comment writing & age system

phylissophical

Whenever I have to re-install or upgrade jv16 PowerTools, I loose the two most important columns in 'Software uninstaller' section. Namely the Comment writing and the Age system which allows you to mark an item as Old.

Is there a file I can back up, then move into the newly installed folder that would save the info in these two columns?

jepe

Hello,

About this you can find the answer from to developper himself over here:

http://www.macecraft.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=4082

Best regards

Jean-Paul

ckag

>> Is there a file I can back up, then move into the newly installed folder that would save the info in these two columns? <<

As JP cited to you, the Age/Comment system has gone bye-bye in v2010.

For older versions, though, yes, there is a way to preserve your age/comments.

If you just upgrade OVER an existing version, the Age/Comments should be preserved. If you do a fresh install, then your old Age/Comments are gone.

The Age/Comments are stored in C:\Program Files\jv16 Power Tools\Settings. The files involved are AgeComment*.*. Those are the files to backup. After a fresh install, just copy them back into the Settings folder and you should be good to go.

Again, though, v2010 does NOT offer Age/Comment. It's supposed to come back in v2011.

phylissophical

Thanks to you both. Glad to see I'm not the only one who misses those tools. I found 3 AgeComment dat files but the whole folder is .dat files. Perhaps I should backup that whole folder???

ckag

>> Glad to see I'm not the only one who misses those tools <<

Oh, yeah... I would venture to guess that way back when, it was those tools that put jv16pt a step above other reg tools out there. I know those tools made me a loyal fan, plus, of course, it was a free program back then...<grin>...

I also remember one version a long time ago where they dropped those two tools. It was rushed back into the program when many complained.

>> Perhaps I should backup that whole folder??? <<

You could, but it's only the AgeComment*.* files that hold th data for the Age/Comment columns. Keep in mind that this only applies as long as they continue to use the same file/data system. When 2011 comes out and hopefully has Age/Comment back in the program, it depends on how they handle the data.

When 2011 comes out, my plan will be to UPGRADE it over my current v1.9.1.606 and hopefully it will maintain the Age/Comments. If so, hopefully the data will still be held in the AgeComment*.* files. If so, then I'll copy them off, then do a fresh install of 2011, and finally copy back the AGeComment*.* files. If the Age/Comment data system changes with 2011, then I'll just have to figure out where the data is stored and save off those files. I've got my fingers crossed that they maintain the old AgeComment files and that 2011 will cleanly upgrade over v1.9.1.606.

phylissophical

Gees, if they've been through this before with the removal of the age/comment, strange they removed it again. As you say, it's really a unique feature.

Your probably right, not worth saving other .dat files as they may not work in newer versions. And nice to hear I can just install overtop the older version. That always confuses me with new versions of any programs. Rarely is it made clear whether you can install overtop, or best to uninstall old version first. Thxs for explaining how your going to deal with new versions. I'm putting that on a stickie note for future reference.

ckag

>> strange they removed it again <<

I read in another thread here that they were having problems getting 2010 out the door. In order to do so, they dropped the Age/Comment feature for now.

>> And nice to hear I can just install overtop the older version <<

When there is a maor version change, I usually like to do a fresh install rather than upgrading over an existing version. In the case of 2011 when it comes out, though, I'll first do an upgrade to see if Age/Comments have been preserved from v1.9.1.606. If so, then I'll check the data files to see if the format/filename(s) have changed (hope not). Whichever the case, once I get 2011 working with Age/Comments in place, then I'll do a fresh install after having saved off the appropriate Age/Comment data files.

One note if you're going to try an upgrade over an existing version with a major version change. Note that jv16pt is installed in "C:\Program Files\JV16 PowerTools 2009". By default, for instance, v2010 wanted to install in "C:\Program Files\JV16 PowerTools 2010". To get around all that, I do fresh installs to "C:\Program Files\JV16 PowerTools". Note that ther eis no "year" in the folder name. And, of course, I always have a good image backup of my system before I do any major installations so that I can easily revert back if there is a problem.