DROE Tool Update
I posted a minor update to the DROE Tool, now at version 0.2 (Beta). There are three changes in this release:
- The download now includes a detailed README file with installation/upgrade instructions, screen shots, and troubleshooting tips.
- The check to make sure that the OneNote DROE page successfully opened is now case insensitive, so it’s a bit more forgiving.
- Toggling the tray icon now also displays the version information for the tool.
You can download the latest version on the Downloads page. Thanks especially to Tripp Castell for helping to troubleshoot the previous version.
-Carl
Friday, December 28th, 2007 : DROE Tool, Misc, OneNote, Productivity : 8 Comments
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8 Responses to “DROE Tool Update”
January 18th, 2008 at 11:13 am
I’m struggling getting the date to show up in DROE. It loads the DROE page without issue, but doesn’t add the date. I have reviewed the troubleshooting section and pulled extra stuff off the page. Any other thoughts? I am looking forward to using this tool.
January 21st, 2008 at 1:21 am
Chris - I just posted a new version of the tool (version 0.3). Please check out the Downloads page. There was an issue for Windows Vista users. I had to change the method used for sending text due to a difference in the keyboard hooks in Vista. (I only have WinXP, so thanks to Antonio for helping me troubleshoot this!) There are also some nice new shortcuts in there for Outlook task & email creation.
Hopefully this update fixes your problem.
-Carl
February 7th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Any chance of getting the source for the DROE tool?
February 10th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Hi Rich - The DROE tool will always be free, and I plan to continue supporting it with new features and enhancements. As long as I’m able to support it, I don’t plan to post the code or make it open source.
February 27th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Carl:
I recently downloaded the updated version of the tool. Is there any reason why the cursor moves 4 spaces below the date and time stamp? and any subsequent additions, the cursor moves to the same line as the date and time stamp. pervious versions worked fine.
February 29th, 2008 at 7:32 am
BV - I posted a reply here…
Thanks,
Carl
October 10th, 2008 at 3:21 am
Hi Carl
Great tool!!! I have only one remark: I use it for reading pdf-files and making excerpts: it would be great if I could make a note in OneNote without the date. Then I can just send every line I copy from the pdf-file I read to the DROE page and don’t have to delete the date inserts.
Thanks
Renger
October 10th, 2008 at 7:26 am
Renger - Thanks for your comments… I’ll put this on the list for the next version. You can get rid of *most* of the stamp by playing with the “Stamp_Format” setting in the INI file. You could, for example, set it to a single period or underscore. If you leave it blank, however, the tool assumes you forgot to set it and gives you a generic date stamp format. A good way to handle this in a future version might be to allow “Stamp_Format = NULL” in the INI file.
-Carl