Although it looks like the file with the customisations is tucked away but locatable, it is in very different positions between XP and Vista and not simple for a non-techie user to keep two machines in sync.
Can we have a simple routine from FH4 please?
http://www.fhug.org.uk/wishlist/wldispl ... lwlref=415
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* Export / Import Property Box Customisation
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Export / Import Property Box Customisation
I have posted the following on the Tasks & To Do's thread but I've repeated it here because it is highly relevant to Tony's new thread:
'I have two instances of FH4 on two computers. One is the full (paid for) version working with my main files and the other is the 30 day demo version that I am currently using as a test system. So I have been able to test out the transfer of the modified PB-INDI.fhdata file, the corresponding flags.fha file and the custom attribute file (custom.fhf).
Lo and behold it works.
I am very willing to share the customisation I've done and was going to put the whole lot on to the Download pages of FHUG. However I then realised that the PB-INDI file doesn't just add the new tab. It replaces the whole of YOUR individual property box. Same problem with the flags file but the custom attributes file is separate and doesn't affect the standard attributes. So I think how we share these custom property box features needs to be thought through very carefully before doing it. Any views?'
'I have two instances of FH4 on two computers. One is the full (paid for) version working with my main files and the other is the 30 day demo version that I am currently using as a test system. So I have been able to test out the transfer of the modified PB-INDI.fhdata file, the corresponding flags.fha file and the custom attribute file (custom.fhf).
Lo and behold it works.
I am very willing to share the customisation I've done and was going to put the whole lot on to the Download pages of FHUG. However I then realised that the PB-INDI file doesn't just add the new tab. It replaces the whole of YOUR individual property box. Same problem with the flags file but the custom attributes file is separate and doesn't affect the standard attributes. So I think how we share these custom property box features needs to be thought through very carefully before doing it. Any views?'