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Posted by XLnotes
Apr 13, 2012 at 05:25 PM
Hi, Slartibartfarst, thanks for your interest. Seems like the 1001 error appears in some rare cases, several users have reported about it recently. We’ve updated the installer, so this error is gone. Please, download the updated installer on our site.
True, XLnotes was available for some time in the past, however, we were not satisfied with performance of text controls we used, since we wanted them to handle pictures seamlessly, without loss of quality and with good compression. Having used a lot of notetaking apps, you know that picture handling is often a major downside for most of them, often lacking even basic tools for picture editing and often reducing their quality unacceptably. Being not confident in the software ourselves, we couldn’t offer it to the market, hence lack of reviews and coverage. In the latest version we use MS Word, which is by far superior to any text controls in terms of image and formatting handling. Seems like the search for ideal text component is over.
Indeed, for that short period of time, when XLnotes was available, it offered a different pricing model.
If you wish to purchase XLnotes, then your payment will be processed by one of the largest software distributors - Avangate, which serves thousands of software vendors, including some of the most well-known. This information is clearly provided on our site. You don’t share any personal or payment details with us, so the payment procedure is made as secure as possible. Concerning our server location - it’s a matter of cost/performance ratio and as said earlier, we don’t access users personal data in any way.
Concerning the possibe “just another notetaking app” reaction, you are right that notetaking segment is overcrowded, however, the majority are simple list notes apps, which are good for capturing thoughts and appointments from time to time. However, if you want a place, for example, to catalog merchandise items and supply each of them with picture, text description and attachment, then you will need a free-form structure like Excel and notetaking add-in like XLnotes, because you can’t do it other way.
Posted by XLnotes
Apr 13, 2012 at 05:39 PM
Hi, Jack, I’m strongly sorry for the loss, however, sometimes Excel even without any add-ins installed drops comments - look for “Excel disappearing comments”. It happens in Shared workbooks, which is a very buggy feature of Excel, and if you have used it, then data loss is likely. Since the last public release, notes security has been further improved. For the moment, XLnotes has been used in production environment, handling hundreds of notes per workbook and not a single error appeared. Also, since notes are stored inside their workbooks, backuping your data is very easy - just copy the entire saved workbook to a safe location. You can also export just notes to a specified folder using the corresponding function. If you are still interested, give the new version a try.
Posted by TonyJ
Apr 13, 2012 at 09:55 PM
I agree with Jack Crawford, the concept is very strong.
However, I think OneNote would be the better choice for the comments container. I also don’t feel comfortable with the comments file being saved inside the Excel notebook. An externally stored file would ease my fears over data loss or corruption, and if the links were relative and all to files further down the folder tree there wouldn’t be any issues in moving or backing up the files.
Perhaps technical issues prevent it, but I think an Excel and OneNote combination would be more appealing to the market. It would certainly get my attention.
Posted by Mitchell Kastner
Apr 13, 2012 at 11:39 PM
I cannot figure out how to create a hierarchical structure in Excel. Something to do with the grouping function. Is there a straightfoward explanation on how to create a tree?
Cheers
Posted by Slartibartfarst
Apr 14, 2012 at 09:19 AM
@XLnotes - thanks for your reply.
I shall download the updated installer and see how it goes.
I am actually quite keen to trial XLnotes as it sounds like a really good concept AND I suffer from CRIMT (Compulsive Reactive Information Manager Trialling), a variation of CRIMP (Compulsive Reactive Information Manager Purchasing). ;-)