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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: ryanastiefes on May 30, 2021, 11:54:13 AM

Title: Import Links from older DmD version
Post by: ryanastiefes on May 30, 2021, 11:54:13 AM: Is there anyway to export links setup in older versions of DmD to import to the latest version of DmD?
Title: Re: Import Links from older DmD version
Post by: Greg on June 11, 2021, 10:47:48 AM: I'm not sure what you are asking. Can you clarify?
Title: Re: Import Links from older DmD version
Post by: ryanastiefes on June 14, 2021, 12:11:07 PM: Apologize for not being more descriptive.
When an IP is setup and saved in the links it does not transfer to the new DmD version when upgraded. Is there a reason for that? Do I have to pull these links from a DmD file of the older version?
Title: Re: Import Links from older DmD version
Post by: BobO on June 14, 2021, 01:48:39 PM: Quote from: ryanastiefes on June 14, 2021, 12:11:07 PM
Apologize for not being more descriptive.
When an IP is setup and saved in the links it does not transfer to the new DmD version when upgraded. Is there a reason for that? Do I have to pull these links from a DmD file of the older version?

Are you saying the links are being transferred? They should be.
Title: Re: Import Links from older DmD version
Post by: Greg on June 14, 2021, 04:17:41 PM: Quote from: ryanastiefes on June 14, 2021, 12:11:07 PM
When an IP is setup and saved in the links it does not transfer to the new DmD version when upgraded. Is there a reason for that? Do I have to pull these links from a DmD file of the older version?

I'm still not sure what you are saying. However, the links should be transferred from the older version of Do-more Designer to the newer one. If not, you can find your links in the DmdComm.RST file. You can manually copy those over. The file is located in, for example:

c:\Users\Public\Documents\Do-more\Designer2_7\Bin

So, you can copy that DmdComm.RST file from there to say, for example:

c:\Users\Public\Documents\Do-more\Designer2_8\Bin
Title: Re: Import Links from older DmD version
Post by: ryanastiefes on June 24, 2021, 03:23:56 PM: Thanks Greg. My links weren't being transferred.
Title: Re: Import Links from older DmD version
Post by: Controls Guy on June 25, 2021, 01:20:50 AM: What I'd like is toolbar config import/export. Now that it survives version upgrades, I have been customizing, but I'd like to be able to port the configuration to a new machine if I install DmD.
Title: Re: Import Links from older DmD version
Post by: Bolt on June 25, 2021, 11:44:10 AM: Is there a way to open a saved project without trying to connect to the link? I have my timeouts set pretty high for VPN connections, and sometimes I want to open a project to quickly check something, and it takes an eternity to open, try to connect, and then timeout, and allow me to open without connecting to link. I'd like to be able to speed that up.
Title: Re: Import Links from older DmD version
Post by: franji1 on June 25, 2021, 11:48:50 AM: Quote from: Bolt on June 25, 2021, 11:44:10 AM
Is there a way to open a saved project without trying to connect to the link? I have my timeouts set pretty high for VPN connections, and sometimes I want to open a project to quickly check something, and it takes an eternity to open, try to connect, and then timeout, and allow me to open without connecting to link. I'd like to be able to speed that up.

Currently no, but that's a good idea.
Title: Re: Import Links from older DmD version
Post by: Bolt on June 26, 2021, 09:20:29 AM: I suppose the same applies for just trying to open DmD without being connected to any VPN, it goes through each link "Sensing link", times out, tries the next one, etc... Takes a few minutes just to do anything.
Title: Re: Import Links from older DmD version
Post by: Controls Guy on June 26, 2021, 09:58:10 AM: You can turn that off.
Title: Re: Import Links from older DmD version
Post by: Bolt on June 29, 2021, 08:10:37 PM: Quote from: Controls Guy on June 26, 2021, 09:58:10 AM
You can turn that off.
I've done some poking around with no luck, where do I turn that off?
Title: Re: Import Links from older DmD version
Post by: Controls Guy on June 29, 2021, 08:56:17 PM: In the INI file.
Title: Re: Import Links from older DmD version
Post by: franji1 on June 30, 2021, 07:51:28 AM: Quote from: Controls Guy on June 29, 2021, 08:56:17 PM
In the INI file.
That's so old school. ;)

In the Select PLC Connection dialog (New Online, et al.), there is a checkbox to turn it off.
Title: Re: Import Links from older DmD version
Post by: Controls Guy on June 30, 2021, 10:05:45 AM: Hey, I'm old! Whatever way I learned to do something 28 years ago is probably stuck there forever! ;D
Title: Re: Import Links from older DmD version
Post by: franji1 on June 30, 2021, 10:50:28 AM: Quote from: Controls Guy on June 30, 2021, 10:05:45 AM
Hey, I'm old! Whatever way I learned to do something 28 years ago is probably stuck there forever! ;D

You probably program using the keyboard, not a mouse or touch pad.
Title: Re: Import Links from older DmD version
Post by: Controls Guy on June 30, 2021, 11:46:59 AM: Prolly 80/20 keyboard. And I love all the keyboard shortcuts. Those are pretty well burned in too.