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Posted by razorboy
Aug 27, 2012 at 05:09 PM
Slartibartfarst wrote:
>@razorboy states above:
>Aug 26, 2012 at 05:50 PM
>...I contacted Info Select
>support, and they claim to have no idea who owns the user
>Group…
>_______________________
>
>That seems rather odd. Maybe he
>(President/CEO of Micro Logic and eMachineShop) has abandoned/resigned the role?
>He did seem to be given a pretty hard time of things by some users.
>Just for the record,
>he certainly announced his taking over ownership of the moderation of the InfoSelect
>User Group forum in a forum post
>here:
>http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/InfoSelect/message/4604
> - where
>he wrote:
>_______________________
>>>>He did seem to be given a pretty hard time of things by some users.<<<<
Slartibartfarst: thanks for those updates. It ‘is’ rather peculiar about the forum: Tech Support doesn’t know who owns it, and the owner does not replay to messages. I expect that the owner is IS, and they are letting it die a natural death. Given that anonymity on the internet encourages bad manners (or worse) in those who lean that way, perhaps the forum committed a type of suicide. Thanks again.
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Posted by razorboy
Aug 28, 2012 at 02:44 AM
Arnold wrote:
>When you install the program do not accept the default directory, place it in c:\apps\
>Win7 does not allow writing to the c:\Program Files\ directory. This will solve most
>problems (including asking for your ‘key’).
>
>Have installed many programs not
>written for Win7 (or Vista) into c:\apps or d:\apps to get around the ‘you can not write
>or update information here’.
>
>As always, your milage may vary.
Arnold, I take it that the installation of Version 10 does not require any such hackery, and that the default directories are fine as is. Yes?
Thank you.
Posted by Slartibartfarst
Aug 28, 2012 at 05:49 AM
[b]@ razorboy:[/b]
As regards installing is8, is9 (called “2007”), and is10, you can install them either in the default directory or wherever else you might want them to go. As I wrote above:
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[quote]As with all my trial or old software, I deliberately install the software into a special directory of my own choosing and thus avoid installing the software into the Windows “Program Files” or “Program Files (x86)” directories - thus bypassing the need for extra system privileges that the OS puts on proggies using those directories. The only difficulty I recall was in ensuring I had the appropriate InfoSelect v5 (and later) English spelling and thesaurus files. I also have the IS database in a specially defined data area (for targetting of backups).[/quote]
([b]@Arnold[/b] said something similar, above.)
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As a result of responding to this discussion that you started, I have reinstalled and tested is9 (called “2007”), and is10 (the latest version is v10.00.87).
I put them both into my trial directory, running .concurrently with is8 (which was already installed).
I am currently putting is10 through its hoops, and so far it is looking quite good, though it kept crashing when I tried to install it with my old .wd2 is8 database files, so I figured out how to install it first and THEN convert the .wd2 files. It’s a bit tedious that way, but as a workaround it seems to be OK.
I had not trialled this version of is10 before, and I must say it looks quite good! If it enables me to easily save my browser .html pages (I currently have these in a Scrapbook library), then I might consider using it for that, though it seems expensive so I am hoping I shall find more befits than just that. Otherwise I will not be able to easily justify the outlay. I am already doing what data management/manipulation I want with OneNote and separate tools and FREE Firefox browser add-ons. At worst, is10 may not offer much extra, but at best, it could offer a degree of increased consolidation of functionality - which is always a good thing IMHO.
I would recommend you download is10 free of charge as a trial, and that will apparently give you 60 runs (that is what it states) before the trial licence expires. You should be able to get some idea of how useful it is from that.
WARNING: Though the is8 and is9 Help files were self-contained and very well-documented, there is apparently only an online Help facility for is10. I have tried using it and it unfortunately seems like rubbish. I presume that they are still writing a proper one! It badly needs one anyway - and especially for the price they are asking.
You can download the various versions of “is” from here: http://www.miclog.com/download/index.htm
Posted by Arnold
Aug 28, 2012 at 03:56 PM
razorboy wrote:
>
>Arnold, I take it that the
>installation of Version 10 does not require any such hackery, and that the default
>directories are fine as is. Yes?
>Thank you.
Never ‘upgraded’ to v10, did not like the changes and ribbon bar so voted with my non-purchase (and email to support as to reason).
Posted by razorboy
Aug 28, 2012 at 04:06 PM
>Arnold wrote:
>Never ‘upgraded’ to v10, did not like the changes and ribbon bar so
>voted with my non-purchase (and email to support as to reason).
Thank, Arnold.