http://forum.generalkb.com/index.php Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:31:23 -0500 Phorum 5.2.14 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5141,5141#msg-5141 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5141,5141#msg-5141
i am testing this nice product and it seems to work quite well for my requirements. however, there is something missing.

i need to be able to copy the category tree. further, it's better if in copying the tree, I can copy the gkb documents and topics inside as well.

I have a requirement to keep track of resolutions on findings in weekly log reviews. so I am categorizing by week, then by log report (say, 17 of them. windows active directory, linux successful root access etc etc.). so there is a maximum of 17 subcategories under 1 parent category which is the report week (say, 01 August 2010 - 07 August 2010).

so i hope you get it, that I need to replicate the tree every report week. it's gonna be tedious to keep on creating the tree every week.

thanks]]> cogstagg GeneralKB software Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:43:07 -0500 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5132,5132#msg-5132 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5132,5132#msg-5132
GeneralKB is really a great piece of software. I have searched a long time to find something like it.
I'm just starting to explore the many possibilities of it.
One thing I don't seem to find is to have relative link paths.
If I insert a file in the database, its link is something like c:/directory/subdirectory/filename.ext.
Now I want to move my database and all its associated files to a different drive, but then the
database doesn't find the file anymore. What I want to do is something like ../subdirectory/filename.ext
where the .. is the directory where I put my database. So it would be no problem to move everything from
c:/directory to for example d:/dir1/dir2.
I know you can insert the file directly in the database but because it concerns sometimes many video fragments
of several tens of Mb, the database file immediately becomes immense. Therefore I prefer links to files.
Is there a way out ?

Many thanks !]]> allysibo GeneralKB software Fri, 18 Jun 2010 04:47:38 -0500 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5122,5122#msg-5122 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5122,5122#msg-5122
I used this file already : generalkb-2-6-306.exe , reinstall didn't work either, no question about the capture option.
Could be, included in the .msi , download, started , it recognizes the correct installation, so I used "repair", it checked, no question about capture, after this startup GKB, runs well, tried to capture a webpage: no result.

Probably it's in included in the setup / msi file, nevertheless, still can't capture a webpage.B)]]> gkbrv GeneralKB software Tue, 24 Aug 2010 07:23:48 -0500 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5118,5118#msg-5118 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5118,5118#msg-5118
First I tried on a Toshiba extended harddisk, subdir were made, nevertheless GKB doesn't recognize the newly made subdir and file.

OK, then tried on the normal harddisk, made a new subdir by the explorer, and filename for a new database inside the programm : result of the game : Can't create "......" directory as error message while the directory allready was made.

Solution ?]]> gkbrv GeneralKB software Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:38:57 -0500 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5114,5114#msg-5114 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5114,5114#msg-5114 Forum entry) GKB 2.4 and does not contain any hint on it - but there it worked fine).
So I would like to start GKB using
generalkb.exe "C:\MyGKBFiles\MyDatabase.gkb"

Would be fine if it would be available before I have to pay for the next bugfix release.

(already posted in Launch GKB with GKB database in May)]]> ahansske GeneralKB software Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:11:49 -0500 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5113,5113#msg-5113 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5113,5113#msg-5113
So I have to click through the drives and pathes again and again to fill in the list. Why that? Could you please at least make the edit box read/writeable to allow copying the path into after selecting it with a more handy tool?

Thanks a lot! My hope was to find it within the last update.]]> ahansske GeneralKB software Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:59:48 -0500 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5111,5111#msg-5111 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5111,5111#msg-5111 finkman GeneralKB software Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:09:26 -0500 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5110,5110#msg-5110 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5110,5110#msg-5110 Any help?]]> finkman GeneralKB software Sun, 14 Jun 2009 05:02:28 -0500 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5108,5108#msg-5108 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5108,5108#msg-5108
Congratulations: PDF viewer is within GeneralKB now. This is a very nice feature !!!

But: The viewer at least needs a search dialog (like GKB document editor) to find text in the current document.

And, of course, the database search should also find text in embedded documents, especially PDF and HTML - because this is the main feature of GKB. Otherwise it does not make too much sense to store documents inside the database.


I'm sure, this is already on the list for the next release.]]> ahansske GeneralKB software Tue, 05 May 2009 04:22:40 -0500 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5096,5096#msg-5096 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5096,5096#msg-5096
"open database manager window at startup"

or even call the dialog after GKB has been started the database manager all the time selects the same database. Where can I configure which database this is? Normally I would expect that it selects the database which has last been used. But it is a database which I did only use one time in the last weeks to convert it from 2.4 to 2.6.]]> ahansske GeneralKB software Mon, 04 May 2009 08:16:37 -0500 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5095,5095#msg-5095 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5095,5095#msg-5095
The dialog to do that all the time starts in a personal directory, never reminds the directory where the last database came from and has also no chance to copy/paste the path from an explorer.

So I have to click through the drives and pathes again and again to fill in the list. Why that?]]> ahansske GeneralKB software Mon, 04 May 2009 08:11:08 -0500 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5094,5094#msg-5094 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5094,5094#msg-5094
I would expect that

"E:\WinApps\General Knowledge Base\2.6\generalkb.exe" "%1"

should do the job - but doesn't open a database. GKB 2.4 did so.]]> ahansske GeneralKB software Mon, 04 May 2009 01:47:46 -0500 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5093,5093#msg-5093 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5093,5093#msg-5093
border: 5mm left, right, top, buttom

Where can I define these settings in a matter that GKB remembers these settings with the next start? Normally one would expect at least 10mm top, right, bottom and 20mm left.]]> ahansske GeneralKB software Mon, 04 May 2009 02:14:13 -0500 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5092,5092#msg-5092 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5092,5092#msg-5092
* some text
* a copy/paste bitmap
* another copy/paste bitmap

When use export to PDF the text and the 1st bitmap is on page 1, there is another page, but not another bitmap in it.

Any idea?]]> ahansske GeneralKB software Mon, 04 May 2009 02:14:53 -0500 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5088,5088#msg-5088 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5088,5088#msg-5088 Peter_T GeneralKB software Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:00:03 -0500 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5085,5085#msg-5085 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5085,5085#msg-5085 I have now reinstalled version 2.5 and the display of HTML is ok.
I run Windows XP and Internet Explorer 8.0

Regards]]> ofniw GeneralKB software Sat, 11 Apr 2009 05:59:04 -0500 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5083,5083#msg-5083 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5083,5083#msg-5083
I recently upgraded from 2.4 to 2.5.256 and the hyperlinks in my previous built databases no longer work.

This message appears "cannot navigate to gkp://topic.(+ a number)

Also..when creating a hyperlink (by highlighting the file in the link pop-up) the path is:

gkb://category.10426 (number changes depending on selected file).

.Problems with .pdf files:

Existing links to local pdf files aren't working.

A newly created .pdf link is not being retained in the links box.
ie it looks like a link (ie blue color), and acts like a link (ctrl + mouseover shows hand) but the path isn't showing in link pop-up and nothing happens when I click on it.

External links work fine.

Jackie (Win XP Home)]]> JackieD GeneralKB software Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:10:10 -0500 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5082,5082#msg-5082 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5082,5082#msg-5082 i have some quistion here
plss tell me
delphi kb is not suppurted any more?
is yes pls send me link to dow,oad the program

and i just orderd general kb they send me the serial but no data base in the software 2.5

pls help]]> the_gladiator GeneralKB software Sat, 07 Mar 2009 09:09:58 -0600 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5081,5081#msg-5081 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5081,5081#msg-5081 I'm new here, but using generalkb about half a year.

I'm using Version 2.5.258.

My database get deeper and deeper organized. Now its not possible to select deep organized topics while they are not visible in the dialog box. It seems to me, that I'm not able to scroll in this dialog or to resize this box.

See attached clip.
Hope there is a solution.
Thanks rainer]]> rainer GeneralKB software Sat, 28 Feb 2009 12:37:22 -0600 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5071,5071#msg-5071 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5071,5071#msg-5071
I can't see where to download the necessary .exe from your web site and it's obviously not in the installer any place, so what I did was take the KBWebCapture.exe and .dll from a 2.4 install and placed those two files into the installation directory for version 2.5. Now the plugin doesn't fail because there's no .exe to execute but now I have ...

Problem #2 With the transplanted WebCapture utility files (exe & dll), the Capture program always crashes with "Exception EAbort in module KBWebCapture.exe at 00055AFC".

So, at the end of the day, WebCapture isn't working for me on Vista 64 bit using GeneralKB 2.5.]]> dpetroce GeneralKB software Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:51:07 -0600 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5068,5068#msg-5068 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5068,5068#msg-5068
One other thing, while I'm here. It would be nice if the user could change the font size in the navigating tree and the topics list. With the larger screens and larger resolutions, everything seems to be getting smaller and smaller and harder to see as I'm getting older. Perhaps there's a lesson here.]]> dpetroce GeneralKB software Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:50:30 -0600 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5067,5067#msg-5067 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5067,5067#msg-5067 agathos GeneralKB software Sun, 01 Feb 2009 05:06:58 -0600 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5066,5066#msg-5066 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5066,5066#msg-5066 generalkb GeneralKB software Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:25:20 -0600 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5065,5065#msg-5065 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5065,5065#msg-5065
2. When I first started to use GKB, each time, when I modified any topic and moved to the another one, GKB asked me weather I want to save the changes. Now GKB does not ask me. Is there any option to force the previous behaviour ?]]> GrzegorzWiktorowski GeneralKB software Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:34:36 -0600 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5060,5060#msg-5060 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5060,5060#msg-5060
Where can i download the GKB Server from
Its not part of the installation package, and is not on your Download site
I have bought a Family license, and need the server

Regards]]> clayton GeneralKB software Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:07:51 -0600 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5059,5059#msg-5059 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5059,5059#msg-5059
I did find the example database after looking in the installation folder and adding it to my list in the Database Manager, but this is asking too much of a new user. It would be better to connect to this automatically than revise the help file to tell them how to make a new database in Getting Started heading.]]> Vincent Clark GeneralKB software Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:12:30 -0600 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5057,5057#msg-5057 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5057,5057#msg-5057 GrzegorzWiktorowski GeneralKB software Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:05:45 -0600 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5054,5054#msg-5054 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5054,5054#msg-5054 GrzegorzWiktorowski GeneralKB software Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:54:57 -0600 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5049,5049#msg-5049 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5049,5049#msg-5049
Until recently, we used client/server version 2.4 for demo purposes (evaluation version)

After purchase of GeneralKB, we immediately started with client/server version 2.5. Unfortunately, we cannot use hyperlinks that point to other topics or categories in the database. Each time, we get an error message similar to "Cannot navigate to gkb://category.21999". In the trial version 2.4, this worked fine.

Hyperlinks to external documents (i.e. absolute hyperlinks containing full path)

Two questions:

Do you have any ideas on how to resolve this problem?

Alternatively, would it possible to define links containing the full path that point to categories/topics inside the same DB. Where does GKB typically store the data, in a separate folder?

Thank you for your feedback.
Peter]]> peter.vanhoven GeneralKB software Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:28:05 -0600 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5044,5044#msg-5044 http://forum.generalkb.com/read.php?2,5044,5044#msg-5044
I'm evaluating GeneralKB for a procedure-manual application. I must be not understanding some things, though,

1. I have created a database but when creating the first-level nodes on the tree the application seems to position the nodes rather unpredictably. And I cannot seem to make the drag-and-drop work: I try to move the node and get the confirmation dialogue, but I can only move the nodes into other categories; I cannot seem to change the position of nodes in the first level.

2. Once the nodes are created, I cannot change the names -- even to correct a simple typo.

What am I missing?]]> dstahl GeneralKB software Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:58:18 -0600