Sync preferences files?

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Hi,

I'm running Dopus on my home PC and my laptop. Is there some way to sync the preference files, perhaps using dropbox? I'm new to Dopus and am making a lot of changes to the preferences. It would be great not to have to remember to export and import the config all the time.

thanks,
tony

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I use Dropbox to sync. Works well.

Regards, AB

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Sample Save/Restore button code:

@set dir = "/profile\Dropbox\OpusSettings\" @confirm:Backup this configuration?|Backup|Cancel Prefs BACKUP=all TO {$dir}"{date|yyyy-MM-dd}@{time|HHmm}" Quiet Go {$dir} NEWTAB=findexisting Select FIRST TYPE=files

@set dir = "/profile\Dropbox\OpusSettings\" Go {$dir} NEWTAB=findexisting Select FIRST TYPE=files @confirm:Restore this configuration?|Restore|Cancel Prefs RESTORE=all,replace QUIET FROM {file$}
Regards, AB

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If you want the syncing to be completely automated, you can do it by moving your Opus configuration directory (/dopusdata) to somewhere under your Dropbox folder. You would then need to make a link or junction from the new location of the configuration directory back to the original spot.

So for instance, if your existing Opus configuration directory is C:\Users\tonydav\AppData\Roaming\GPSoftware\Directory Opus you would move the first folder somewhere under your Dropbox folder, and then create a junction called Directory Opus in C:\Users\tonydav\AppData\Roaming\GPSoftware that points to the new location.

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Jon, that's what I needed to know. Both my dropbox drives are in the same location so it should work. Will give it a burl.

Thanks,
tony

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Seems to have worked a treat.

Thanks heaps
tony

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this is a truly excellent solution, I've had this problem for ages. The only problem is, you can't have a different default layout !!
everytime I use my other computers, I get my first computer's layout :cry:
is there a solution to this? can the file keeping this information be somehow excluded?

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i m referring to jon's dropbox solution btw

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Jon, how reliable is the dropbox solution against concurrent changes of different systems (e.g. when having DOpus running on the workstation as well as on the notebook)?

I assume that changes that are made in the preferences of system 1 are not recognized by a DOpus instance on system 2 when opening the preferences dialog there (DOpus on system 2 were started before the changes were made on system 1)? Rather these recent changes of system 1 may be overriden by the preferences of system 2 when closing the dialog on system 2?

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Correct, it would only work reliably with one instance of Opus running at a time.

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can't dopus be made to look for specific configuration files (say, "mydefaultlister.oll") elsewhere ?

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Mind you, I am using playful's setup (thanks again, playful !)

After stupidly attempting to create a relative symlink inside my dropbox symlink, I came up with a different solution, but it requires that you click on the Home ("happy place") button.

Playful has two buttons: one for going back to your default lister (named "my lister"), and one for saving your current layout AS this default lister.

the two buttons are

Prefs SETDEFAULTLISTER=quiet Prefs LAYOUTSAVE=single LAYOUTNAME="My Lister" LAYOUTCLOSELISTERS=yes

and

Prefs LAYOUT="My Lister"

All I did was create a variable which is inevitably different for each pc, and renamed the default lister accordingly:

@set dir=%COMPUTERNAME% Prefs SETDEFAULTLISTER=quiet Prefs LAYOUTSAVE=single LAYOUTNAME="{$dir}-My Lister" LAYOUTCLOSELISTERS=yes 

@set dir=%COMPUTERNAME%
Prefs LAYOUT="{$dir}-My Lister"

I feel like I just leveled up in Dopus !
:thumbsup:

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ahem, is there a way to open up a lister by doubleclicking on the desktop, and have a lister setup such as this: LAYOUTNAME="{$dir}-My Lister" ?

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You can configure desktop double-click to run a user command which in turn can run any command(s) that you want.

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:blush: I had never seen this option before!!