Re: Hyperlink from MindManager to MLO

[robisme (Olivier R)]

Hi,

I used Mindmanager 2012, and now the new Mindjet 11, and it works perfectly.

-In Mindmanager, you have to "copy hyperlink"

-In MLO, before pasting the link, type {file:

-then at the end, add a second } to your link, and voilà!

I second you on the request of having a real sync between Mindjet and ML, the same way there is a sync between Outlook and MLO.

Le lundi 25 mars 2013 22:16:43 UTC+1, Steve04 a écrit :

Dear all,

I am using MLO since about 4 months and I am quite happy with. 

For several actions I use OneNote and it is quite good that I can copy the hyperlink of a paragraph directly into a MLO task.

The same does NOT work with my Mindjet 11 version.

When copying from OneNote into MLO I need to add "file:" and then the link works perfectly into OneNote.

When doing the same thing with I link copied from Mindjet 11 I get an error message "Could not execute file:.....".

Interestingly enough the error message shows a path that is longer as the original hyperlink and the path to MLO is added.

Any idea how get a working hyperlink to a Mindjet topic into MLO?

What I would like a lot as a future functionality in MLO/Mindjet is the possibility to send tasks from a MindMap to MLO (and ideally keep them synchronized; but sending alone would be cool).

Thanks for your help

Steve

[Dwight]

Try adding one or two slashes "/" after file: before mj-map

Steve04 <stefans...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Olivier,

 

thanks for your answer. Unfortunately this doesn't work in my case - no idea why (I have read your other post before).

This is what I do in detail:

 

Copy as hyperlink in MM and paste to MLO results in:

mj-map:///C:\Users\Folder1\Folder2\Mapname.mmap#oid={0F3B31B4-689C-4F5B-889D-7D3C4B709DEE}

 

This is no hyperlink; adding "file:" leads to

file:mj-map:///C:\Users\Folder1\Folder2\Mapname.mmap#oid={0F3B31B4-689C-4F5B-889D-7D3C4B709DEE}

 

Which gives an error message "could not execute: \\Drive\FolderX\My Documents\MyLifeOrganized\mj-map:///Drive:\Users\Folder1\Folder2\Mapname.mmap#oid={0F3B31B4-689C-4F5B-889D-7D3C4B709DEE}"

 

No matter if I put the whole string in brackets or not. Interestingly enough the MLO-path is added! All files are on a network drive.

Any idea what could be wrong?

 

Many thanks and best regards

 

Steve

[robisme (Olivier R)]

Did you really ad the second   }   after the link ? (   sorry if I insist, as you said "brackets". and with "bracket" I understand ], not }      )


Le mardi 2 avril 2013 20:46:56 UTC+2, Steve04 a écrit :

Hi Dwight,

 

thanks for the tip. But unfortunately that doesn't change anything. It's still the same behaviour.

 

Best regards

 

Steve

[m...@grantsmiths.org]

It was a bad guess. Slashes are not needed. I checked.

 

I don’t know mindjet or its relatives but I use something similar with Skype. To make a button on a web page that will call US phone number (212) 692-4636 you code the link as “skype:+12126924636” (without the quote marks). In a MLO/Windows notes field you can code “file:skype:+12129624643” (without the quote marks) to get a clickable link that will activate skype and call the same number. No slashes. Works like a dream. My only concern is that MLO/Android running with Skype installed has no idea what this sequence means but if I enter the text “(212)692-4643” it’s displayed as a clickable link. If I click it, Android asks if I want to use dialer or skype. If I choose skype the call goes through very nicely, via skype. This all works fine but my preference would be to have a single sequence that I could enter in a task note that would make a call whether clicked on Windows or Android.

-Dwight

 

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Hi Dwight,

 

thanks for the tip. But unfortunately that doesn't change anything. It's still the same behaviour.

 

Best regards

 

Steve

 

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[robisme (Olivier R)]

Well, I'm sorry to hear that, I can't help your more. It works well for me.

I totally support your request about a full sync between MLO and an Mindjet. This would be great.

Often, I consider to use Mindjet for tasks, because of its versatility, but I give up, because MLO is THE place where I want to have all my tasks.

A sync to partially work on Mindjet, while keeping everything in MLO would be a huge enhancement.

Le jeudi 4 avril 2013 21:00:43 UTC+2, Steve04 a écrit :

On Wednesday, April 3, 2013 2:44:00 PM UTC+2, Steve04 wrote:

Yes

 

Regards

 

Stefan

[Jonathan Davis]

On 5 Apr 2013, at 10:33, robisme (Olivier R) <robillar...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, I'm sorry to hear that, I can't help your more. It works well for me.

You problem may be related to the network drive.

My MLO file is on a network drive (Y:).

When I try and link to any file on another network drive or even locally (C:), link in the note shows correctly, but it puts Y: in the url it actually tries to fetch.

I know this from the error message that pops up when I click the link.

For example, in the note is says:

file:Z:\example-file.txt

When I click it, it tries to fetch this url:

file:Y:\Z:\example-file.txt

Which of course does not exist, so I get an error.

It inserts the network drive letter every time. If I link to a file in my Y: drive, it works fine.

If my MLO file is hosted locally (on C:), this problem is not present.

I am using MLO 4.0.1.2105-Beta 3

Kind regards,

JD

[Dwight]

In the MLO menu item for adding a link to a file into a task note, there's an option about leaving the link absolute versus making the link relative to where the MLO database is stored. It sounds as though you have an absolute link but MLO is using it as though it was relative.

[Jonathan Davis]

On 5 Apr 2013, at 15:46, Dwight <m...@grantsmiths.org> wrote:

> In the MLO menu item for adding a link to a file into a task note, there's an option about leaving the link absolute versus making the link relative to where the MLO database is stored. It sounds as though you have an absolute link but MLO is using it as though it was relative.
>

Hi Dwight,

You are right.

If I link to a file in the local folder (Y:) I am offered a pop up option to convert the path to relative. If I try and open a file on any other drive, it does not offer to do so and we see the behaviour described previously.

Kind regards,

Jonathan

[Steve04]

Dear all,

 

thanks for all your feedback.

Relative or absolute path doesn't help here because it is not about a link to a MindManager file but about a link to a topic/task in MindManager (that's why the path is a little bit cryptic).

Everything works fine as long as MLO is on a local drive. As soon as MLO is on a network drive the problem described in the beginning appears.

No matter if the MindManager files are local or on a network drive.

 

But "working fine" includes the step described by Olivier - you have to add the brackets, just file doesn't work. Thanks Olivier.

 

Since this is a little bit cumbersome I would prefer to have a simple copy/paste to Mindjet topics or, even better, have synchronisation to Mindjet tasks that could be collected from several maps in MLO.

This is one of the great weaknesses of MindManager/Mindjet that you can't collect tasks from various maps in one place. Earlier add-ins disappeared/stopped development and Mindjet's own new solution goes only via cloud.

For my case that would be a great feature for MLO - what is the official process to suggest this?

 

Many thanks to all and best regards

 

Stefan

[robisme (Olivier R)]

Mindmanager comes with an interesting sync feature with Outlook. (you can sync task, contacts, etc).

Perhaps could you consider sync MM tasks wih Outlook, then sync Outlook with MLO.

I regret, like you, the new cloud-only policy of Mindjet.

I'd like MLO to sync with Outlook tasks including "follow up" tasks for mails, contacts, appointments, with an ability to filter only MLO branch/Outlook folder (customizable).

Then a sync with mindmanager would work, but there is no way, presently, to use the old addin (don't remember the name, I thought it was "the realizer", but no) that used to link together all the tasks of all the maps.

If competitive products had "Power Markers" (that I love in Minjet), I would probably change for it, because I don't like the way Mindjet evolves.

[Steve04]

 Hi Olivier,

 

Outlook would be possible. But a) this unfortunately will disappear in my environment (company decision) and b) that would be too much of synchronizing :-)

 

The add-in for MindManager was Results Manager by Gyronix. They developed a lot of useful stuff, including Power Markers. I was using this for quite a while but for newer MindManager versions they got problems and Mindjet never really cared about a resolution (my impression). So these developers gave up on MindManager.

What I would like to do as well - a first step is using MLO (which I like a lot!).

But I did not find other comparable alternatives for replacement of MindManager so far.... The time will come :-)

 

Best regards

 

Stefan

[Gogol Module]

MLO/Mindjet integration wouid be very interesting!

2013/3/25 Steve04 <stefans...@gmail.com>

Dear all,

I am using MLO since about 4 months and I am quite happy with. 

For several actions I use OneNote and it is quite good that I can copy the hyperlink of a paragraph directly into a MLO task.

The same does NOT work with my Mindjet 11 version.

When copying from OneNote into MLO I need to add "file:" and then the link works perfectly into OneNote.

When doing the same thing with I link copied from Mindjet 11 I get an error message "Could not execute file:.....".

Interestingly enough the error message shows a path that is longer as the original hyperlink and the path to MLO is added.

Any idea how get a working hyperlink to a Mindjet topic into MLO?

What I would like a lot as a future functionality in MLO/Mindjet is the possibility to send tasks from a MindMap to MLO (and ideally keep them synchronized; but sending alone would be cool).

Thanks for your help

Steve

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[agrzes]

Hi,

I wrote this short macro to make a minimal integration between MLO and MM11 for tasks.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/v6dvzjyy1nh2k14/SendToMlo.mmbas

It uses the command line interface to add a task in MLO.The task is added as a subtask to the task referenced by -task={58CFD1BC-927D-F9C2-8FA4-F4B81F0CAB1C}. In my case, it's the URL of the <inbox> folder.

I assigned the macro to the sub menu "send to". When I right clic on a topic, I can select <send to> <MLO tasks>.

The task is created as a subtask in the <Inbox> folder.The title of the task is the text of the topic.

When  I'm brainstorming a project in MM11 and I need to create a task, I use this macro. Then I can process my Inbox with the tasks created.

I tried to insert in the note section of the task a backlink to the MM Map but, for the moment, I didn't find how to do that with the command line interface. May be it could be possible with the parse functionnalities of the CLI.

Regards,

Alex

Le lundi 25 mars 2013 22:16:43 UTC+1, Steve04 a écrit :

[Steve04]

Hi Alex,

 

this is cool, thanks a lot. I needed to adapt some file paths and the task ID for my environment and then it worked fine.

A link back to the map would be excellent indeed.

 

Best regards

 

Stefan

[yang hongbo]

Hi Alex,

Is this possible for me to get your macro. I am using mindmanager and MLO too and have the same issue of transfering tasks between them. The dropbox link is not working anymore. You can send me a email:yhb...@gmail.com or fix the link.

Thank you very much

Nickool