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MyNotes v2.6

- Add annotations to files -
( The notes are remembered even when files are renamed/moved/modified !)


I needed a way to make small notes that could somehow linger to the MANY files I've downloaded.
Some easy way to make annotations to files, to add little tags that would help me not to say:

"What the hell does this thing do?"

or "Did I download it?...WHY??"

or "Oh DAMN! I remember I found out the best tool for the job among this heap of files months ago, but now which one WAS that?"

Yes, there are available some such programs on the net but many are made redundant by Windows XP as they were based on web-folder feature. And they recognized files by their name or location. "What if I move or rename them?"

So... I made MyNotes



its available at : http://www.angelfire.com/theforce/niceguy/index.html

To get the commented source, run with the parameter '/source'

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Thanks for sharing that.

I notice (in XP at least) that the file properties dialog contains a "Summary" tab with a comments field. Personally, I've never used it for anything but perhaps you can explain how it's inferior to your approach (e.g. maybe comments are lost when you move a file).

thats kool Rajat thanx for sharing it

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^sleepy^

well i'd looked into all alternatives i could find before coding this myself, including summary tab... no offence meant but those days i was quite new to au3 and found it difficult, so tried to excuse my way out whenever possible...
ah yes, the "Summary" tab... firstly its only available for a very limited no. of file types... mostly MS stuff like .doc .xls etc... and secondly, the comments are not searchable.

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That clarifies it. Thanks.

by the way if there are some ideas about making this better then i'd definitely appreciate that... like if somebody can think of a way to get the name of the file on which one's hovering the cursor then i can greatly improve MyNotes.

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Does it only work in explorer? I use directory opus.

right now, yes. but u can mod the source to support that too. it should be easy ... just replace the relevant class names and keys/ways to read the file name and path reading. quite some modding if u're new to ahk!

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Also, there is no summary tab for Win 9x. I use a sub-prog called InfoTip which give information in a popup format (like in XP when you hover over a file) about lots of aspects of a file or folder (lots of info, and yes folders as well) as well as a place for you to put in a short note to yourself. It works off either a files extension, if you dont put in any notes, or off the specific file, if you add your own notes. However, I have been annoyed that it doesnt provide an override key (other than removing it from the exten alltogether) that would allow the popup to come up or not come up. Sort of an on/off button for the InfoTip program. Because it can be really annoying when half your screen fills with the popup just because you lingered over a file/folder name too long. Also a configurable timer would be nice too, it seems to be timed quite fast.

It might also be possible to add a "Open Note" command in the context menu that would open a "note" (like a small .txt file) that would describe the particular program you are questioning. Maybe put all these "notes" in in a separat folder somewhere. I've been putting a "note" manually in with folders that certain progs are in, and naming it like:
About XXX - YYY.txt
Where XXX would be the file name (w/out extension of course), and YYY would be my initials so i know that that file is an info file for the program stated. Sure, most have readme files but they dont say what i want and not all are named readme (keeping the names the same helps me know that it is a readme file and not some disclaimer file, also if i do a search i get all my "notes" files by making my own). I really don't want to mess up the original readme file(s), also if I uninstall the prog that file, and all my notes in it, go with it. So i just use my own "about" file.
Lotsa luck - V2

Hi
My notes didn't work for me, it said non item found. So i went to uninstall it and it delted all my desktop items, they didn't go to recycle bin to it permantly deleted them. I would like to know how to get them back please.

@Falco

MyNotes says no info found for the items fow which no note is added or for files for which address bar doesn't show full path (like desktop).

And i'm very sorry (really) for the files that got deleted. this is most probably because u installed MyNotes on desktop itself (bad idea) .. the files can be recovered by some file recovery software. I'll modify the source to delete only the files created during installation. sorry again.

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I've updated the installer to remove only the files created during the installation (and not all in the installation folder). Sorry for the inconvenience caused to anyone.

And thanx Falco for pointing this out.

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Yeah i extracted to the dektop. not sure how much i lost..

Ouch... If I lost all the files on my desktop, a part of me would be taken away... *scurries off to make some backups before his preciouses can be violated* Anyway, the real reason I'm here; Is there an estimation to when we can expect the next version of MyNotes? (If any?) It's still lacking a little in functionality, and I'm starting to build up quite a database of hefty notes. I have tons of ideas for new features/fixes/extensions if you'd like to hear 'em. (I looked at the source myself, I'm already sorting it out and testing out some new stuff.)

sure! go ahead!

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