Making pages easier to sync with a mobile device

re: Making pages easier to sync with a mobile device

Keith Ryde — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 19:30:41 GMT

Can't make the links to the downloads work.

Send to Mobile Device - John Guin and I working together

OneNote Extensibility & More.. — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:13:28 GMT

I wanted to post about a new powertoy that John Guin and I worked on called "Send to mobile device".

re: Making pages easier to sync with a mobile device

JohnGuin — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:58:34 GMT

The server seems to be under heavy load right now. this is what I get for trying to use nothing but free servers...

All I can suggest is waiting and trying again in a bit.

John

re: Making pages easier to sync with a mobile device

tam — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:18:50 GMT

Once I've run the setup file, where do I find the icon in onenote please? (have searched everywhere but cannot see it) Thanks for your help.

re: Making pages easier to sync with a mobile device

JohnGuin — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 19:03:35 GMT

The button should be on the far right of the standard toolbar. If you try to customize the toolbar, does "Copy to Device" show?

John

re: Making pages easier to sync with a mobile device

Raj — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 01:11:30 GMT

I still not able to see the button :(

Customize toolbar does not show up either...

I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app. No luck at all.

re: Making pages easier to sync with a mobile device

Dave Kolb — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:23:01 GMT

Is there some decent API doc on the COM object model anywhere? I have not been able to find. If so could someone send me a link at dave@DotNetCodeSlingers.com as it may be a while before I find my way back here. Thanks, Dave

re: Making pages easier to sync with a mobile device

Dave Kolb — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:24:00 GMT

P.S. The first addin I installed I could not find either until I found that I had addins disabled in the options menu and then restarted ON. Bet is your problem. Dave

re: Making pages easier to sync with a mobile device

Egypt — Thu, 01 May 2008 07:46:56 GMT

Mine isn't working either... it shows nowhere. I've checked add-ins as well, and its enabled (however, the addins list is empty, meaning copy2device doesn't even exist on it!). So what's the problem? Is there a specific way to install this? (and what do i do with the code folder..?)

re: Making pages easier to sync with a mobile device

JohnGuin — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:39:24 GMT

First, make sure OneNote has the .NET programmability support installed (it does not install by default). In your control panel, go to Programs or Add/Remove Programs and rerun setup for OneNote. When you select a Custom install, you will get a tree view that will show you the option under OneNote to install .NET programmability support.

Install it, then reinstall the Copy To Device addin.

The code folder is only for people who want to see the code I wrote. If you don't want that folder, you can delete it.

Sorry for the problems,

John

re: Making pages easier to sync with a mobile device

Egypt — Fri, 02 May 2008 04:36:48 GMT

i restarted my laptop again n now the button shows; thx anyways though... however, ever since i installed the Copy2Device addin, my pics won't open =S completely random but yeah... it gives me the pic's folder path and tells me it's not compatible with Win32 =S ( i have to right click > open with > [..] every single picture!!)

that a bug?

re: Making pages easier to sync with a mobile device

JohnGuin — Fri, 02 May 2008 05:39:04 GMT

Sounds like something went wrong somewhere. I suggest copying the exact error message and looking that up on the internet. either that or double check file associations (open a folder and click file \ folder properties \ file types, on WinXP. On vista, right click the image file and select Properties. There is a button for Opens With - change it to open with whatever image viewer you want to use. I use Paint).

Hope this helps, and sorry for the problems,

John

I'm out until August

OneNote Testing — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:58:33 GMT

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Does Not Function

FamDoc — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 03:31:23 GMT

I have been able to install the powertool, but it does not copy when the menu button is pressed. I installed other powertools and they work, but this does not. Suggestions.

re: Making pages easier to sync with a mobile device

John — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 05:28:24 GMT

Can you look in local settings\app data folder for a file named CopyToOneNoteMobile.xml? That is a log of what happens when you run the tool. Can you either post it here or send it to me via email and I'll take a look.

Also, I assume you have successfully synced with your mobile phone already, and other than this powertoy, sync with OneNote works as expected, right?

Thanks and sorry for the problems,

John

re: Making pages easier to sync with a mobile device

Kal — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:49:09 GMT

This is a cool feature, John. Is there any way to make the data sync BACK to the original source if you change it in OneNote Mobile?

In a perfect world, I'd like data to sync across devices/platforms in OneNote just as it does between my desktops and laptops now (with a little assist from Hamachi.)

Thanks, Kal

re: Making pages easier to sync with a mobile device

JohnGuin — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:13:53 GMT

Hi Kal,

There is no easy way to keep the data in sync with this powertoy. I would need to re-write an entire sync mechanism to see if that data has changed on BOTH pages, and that is not a trivial task.

We are working on improving the experience.

Thanks for using OneNote,

John

re: Making pages easier to sync with a mobile device

TechMarketer — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:17:27 GMT

I would love for this tool to work. Unfortunately I'm having a similar problem to the one FamDoc reported above: once clicked, the "Copy to Mobile" button 1) always stays grayed out and 2) fails to copy the page.

re: Making pages easier to sync with a mobile device

John — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:14:50 GMT

Hello,

can you try this: make sure OneNote has the .NET programmability support installed (it does not install by default). In your control panel, go to Programs or Add/Remove Programs and rerun setup for OneNote. Select a Change install and you will get a tree view that will show you the option under OneNote to install .NET programmability support. Enable it, finish setup and then reboot.

Let me know if that fixes the problem,

John

re: Making pages easier to sync with a mobile device

TechMarketer — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:20:24 GMT

Dude, it worked! 100% functional now. Wow this is an amazing add-on... absolutely convenient!

Thanks so much John!

re: Making pages easier to sync with a mobile device

clamshell — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:58:35 GMT

This is a really nice add-in, I've been looking for something like this. A couple of suggestions:

Running on Windows XP (Tablet PC Edition), the dialog for overwriting the note came up behind the OneNote window. I clicked the button several times before I realized this. It would be nicer if it showed up in front.

When clicked on a note in my OneNote Mobile notebook that had already been copied, it automatically creates another copy in that same notebook. Shouldn't the button be disabled, or cause it to be copied back to it's original location?

I second Kal's request for a more advanced syncing process. As I understand how complex that is, how about another option in the "overwrite" dialog for copying the OneNote Mobile page back to the main notebook.

re: Making pages easier to sync with a mobile device

clamshell — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:59:58 GMT

Oops. Hit submit before my fourth suggestion:

Some way to automatically copy all notes mentioned in your XML file to OneNote Mobile at once.

re: Making pages easier to sync with a mobile device

JohnGuin — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:19:58 GMT

Hi Clamshell,

1. I wish I could solve the focus problem. I've tried forcing my dialog to have focus, but if some other application takes focus right after mine, it fails again.

2. Duplicate pages should be created - can you look in the install folder and email me the log files you find there?

3. We're working on Mobile improvements. Stay tuned.

4. I don't understand this request - can you clarify what you mean by "copying all notes in the XML file?" The XML file lists all the notes you have already copied in order to prevent them from being duplicated. Deleting this file will allow duplicates to be created since the list of files you have already copied will disappear. In other words, if you see a page in this file, it should already be in the mobile device folder.

re: Making pages easier to sync with a mobile device

JohnGuin — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:20:02 GMT

Hi Clamshell,

1. I wish I could solve the focus problem. I've tried forcing my dialog to have focus, but if some other application takes focus right after mine, it fails again.

2. Duplicate pages should be created - can you look in the install folder and email me the log files you find there?

3. We're working on Mobile improvements. Stay tuned.

re: Making pages easier to sync with a mobile device

Mal Evans — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:45:14 GMT

Looks like a great add-in now that I have ON sync working

Links do not appear to be working any longer... :(

re: Making pages easier to sync with a mobile device

JohnGuin — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:19:38 GMT

Make sure you use the link to http://johnguin.com/Documents/CopyToONMobile_Setup.zip

The server hosting the other files got decommissioned and I'm still trying to restore from backups.

Sorry for the problems.