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by Jon
Wed Mar 22, 2006 7:45 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Universal Code for Bookends
Replies: 30
Views: 23466

Hi zfirst, Actually, I'm using an Intel iMac and I haven't noticed that (although I went from a 1 GHz G4 iMac to this). It's pretty snappy. But it will obviously fly when it's x86 native. And believe me I don't need any encouragment -- it's going to happen as soon as the development tools all align ...
by Jon
Wed Mar 22, 2006 10:05 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Unexpected Quit
Replies: 1
Views: 2565

Hi,

Please contact us directly for tech support (support@sonnysoftware.com) with a bit more detail about what happens when you launch Bookends 9.

Jon
Sonny Software
by Jon
Wed Mar 22, 2006 12:43 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Need help on a basic thing
Replies: 1
Views: 2224

Hi fkurban,

Bookends saves automatically (when you leave a field), so there is no explicit save command.

Jon
Sonny Software

P.S. It's Mac, not MAC (i.e. it's not an acronym).
by Jon
Tue Mar 21, 2006 7:55 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Attempts to open unavailable database @ startup
Replies: 6
Views: 4343

Chris, the problem is that although Bookends knows to open the local database, it still tries to mount the remote database so that it can resolve its alias (for the "Open Recent" menu). I've changed this behavior so that it won't attempt to mount an unavailable server, and this fix will be...
by Jon
Tue Mar 21, 2006 3:57 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Attempts to open unavailable database @ startup
Replies: 6
Views: 4343

Hi Chris, nothing you're doing wrong. I'll try to repduce and see what's going one.

Jon
Sonny Software
by Jon
Tue Mar 21, 2006 1:37 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Attempts to open unavailable database @ startup
Replies: 6
Views: 4343

That's odd -- I wonder if there is a problem with your Preferences. Please remove Bookends 9 Preferences (that's where the alias to the last-opened-db is stored) and launch again. If you still have problems with Bookends failing to open the last-opened-db, please contact me directly for tech support...
by Jon
Tue Mar 21, 2006 12:18 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Dates spanning multiple years
Replies: 6
Views: 4747

Hi ozean,

What you are reporting is a different issue. You have "use year only for date" checked on in the format you are using. Uncheck it and the span of years will be used for output.

Jon
Sonny Software
by Jon
Tue Mar 21, 2006 8:49 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Dates spanning multiple years
Replies: 6
Views: 4747

Most fields are not dedicated (meaning, they have no specific features tied to them). There is nothing to prevent one from using the Date field for year and assigning another field for Month & Day (in fact, that's what we do for the Newspaper type, assigning the latter to User3). Everything woul...
by Jon
Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:33 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Dates spanning multiple years
Replies: 6
Views: 4747

Bookends doesn't have a dedicated year and month/date field, so when you export as XML it splits up the year from the rest. You can do one of the following: 1. Global move in Bookends to a custom field, then move that to the date field in the target application. 2. Do a global edit (if possible) in ...
by Jon
Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:17 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: backing up bookends
Replies: 1
Views: 2165

Hi,

That's covered in the User Guide. It depends on the setting in your Preferences. The default is ~/Documents/Bookends/Attachments.

Jon
Sonny Software
by Jon
Mon Mar 20, 2006 6:15 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: autocomplete for 'city'
Replies: 2
Views: 2891

Then make a Term List for the Location field. Now you'll have autocomplete.

Jon
Sonny Software
by Jon
Mon Mar 20, 2006 6:14 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Can't handle author first name beginning with number
Replies: 3
Views: 3362

That's logical. To prevent it, end the name with a comma:

3M Inc,

and Bookends will leave it alone.

Jon
Sonny Software
by Jon
Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:47 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Attempts to open unavailable database @ startup
Replies: 6
Views: 4343

Hi Chris,

Yes, Bookends opens the last opened db on launch. So the workaround you suggest will work (it's not too much of a hassle since you can use the "recent" item in the File -> Open menu).

Jon
Sonny Software
by Jon
Mon Mar 20, 2006 9:53 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Feature request: "Get Database Info"
Replies: 2
Views: 2928

Hi tharpold,

I've thought of something like this, too, although I don't know how useful it would really be. One thing I can comment on is your request for rebuild/reindex status. Bookends 9.0.4 will have some very nice new features in this regard.

Jon
Sonny Software
by Jon
Sat Mar 18, 2006 9:27 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: a colon before pages cited
Replies: 1
Views: 1877

Hi Danny,

This code is already in place and it works in my tests...are you using 9.0.3? If so, please send me a small db and your SBL format again (I may have an old copy) and I'll test it again.

Jon
Sonny Software