Best practices for a user with two computers

[chas]

I'm looking for the best way to work on a FLEx project on my laptop as well as on my desktop.

I'm already collaborating with one other remote user via Language Depot using Send-Receive, which works fine.

Should I create another user on Language Depot for my laptop and use Send-Receive to keep my desktop and laptop in sync?

Twice now I've made the mistake of making some changes on my laptop and forgetting that I can't just back up the database and restore it on my desktop.

Forgive me if this is explicitly addressed in the docs or on this group. If so, I missed it.

Thanks!

-C. Law

[Randy Regnier]

On 10/18/2016 7:23 AM, chas wrote:

> I'm looking for the best way to work on a FLEx project on my laptop as
> well as on my desktop.

You can use S/R via Language Depot, but you can also use a USB drive for
S/R, which you use to share changes between your own two computers. That
is, you can 'mix and match' S/R using any combination of: 1) Language
Depot, 2) a USB drive, and 3) a local network using Chorus Hub.

Randy Regnier

[chas]

Duh. Thank you, Randy. I now see "USB Flash Drive" staring me in the face when I click on S/R.

I'm  glad I asked, and I'm equally glad you answered.

-Charlie

[Jonathan Dailey]

You can also use the same LD signon on multiple machines.  LD is smart and knows the difference.

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[Randy Regnier]

You need to delete the project from the non S/R machine and then do the "Get Project" menu option to get it from the source (Language Depot, USB, or ChorusHub). It won't work, as you might think if it s still present, since that second machine will want to create a new S/R project, and even though you know them to be the same, S/R won't know it.

Randy Regnier

[Bruce Beatham]

I have found it helpful to change the value in the field "Name to show in change history" at the top of the S/R settings box to something unique to each machine (eg. something like "Bruce-Desktop" and "Bruce-Laptop"). That way if I see a conflict between something that I changed working by myself at the desktop vs. in the field with my laptop I have a better idea of which one to keep.

-Bruce

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[chas]

Thanks, Randy, Bruce and Jonathan. I see that it works as advertised.

I'll follow all your suggestions so that I don't wind up with one foot on the dock and another in the canoe.

-Charlie L.

On Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at 3:45:46 PM UTC+1, BruceB wrote:

I have found it helpful to change the value in the field "Name to show in change history" at the top of the S/R settings box to something unique to each machine (eg. something like "Bruce-Desktop" and "Bruce-Laptop"). That way if I see a conflict between something that I changed working by myself at the desktop vs. in the field with my laptop I have a better idea of which one to keep.

-Bruce

On 10/18/2016 9:40 AM, Jonathan Dailey wrote:

You can also use the same LD signon on multiple machines.  LD is smart and knows the difference.

On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 9:33 PM, chas <cha...@gmail.com> wrote:

Duh. Thank you, Randy. I now see "USB Flash Drive" staring me in the face when I click on S/R.

I'm  glad I asked, and I'm equally glad you answered.

-Charlie

On Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at 3:29:47 PM UTC+1, Randy Regnier wrote:

On 10/18/2016 7:23 AM, chas wrote:

> I'm looking for the best way to work on a FLEx project on my laptop as
> well as on my desktop.

You can use S/R via Language Depot, but you can also use a USB drive for
S/R, which you use to share changes between your own two computers. That
is, you can 'mix and match' S/R using any combination of: 1) Language
Depot, 2) a USB drive, and 3) a local network using Chorus Hub.

Randy Regnier

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