http://forums.thebrain.com TheBrain Technologies Message Board - PersonalBrain Issues 60 Thur, 09 Sep 2010 07:47:42 GMT http://forums.thebrain.com/post?id=4875826 I have the pro edition. &nbsp;I'm running on OS X 10.6.4. &nbsp;Activity monitor shows PersonalBrain consuming ~4.5% CPU constantly when in the background. &nbsp;I've disabled what I can think of or heard about - should folder as thoughts, active thought indicator, monitor clipboard. &nbsp;These options are all unchecked. &nbsp;Turning any of these back on seems to make no difference.<div><br></div><div>I run a number of other Java programs; Eclipse, Tomcat, SQuirrelSQL. &nbsp;None consume CPU when idle.</div><div><br></div><div>What task is PB performing and can I shut it off? &nbsp;</div><div><br></div> <p>Forum: <a href="http://forums.thebrain.com/?forum=92203">PersonalBrain Issues</a> http://forums.thebrain.com/post?id=4875826 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:37:37 GMT Sven http://forums.thebrain.com/post?id=4875501 <P>Hi all</P><P>I have just recevied a new PC on which I reinstalled PB (Win XP SP2, PB 5.5.2.4, J-1.6.0_12).<BR>As the new regional options are now French-Belgium (used to be English-UK), PB now displays everything in FR.</P><P>I could switch back to EN by renaming pblang.properties to blang_fr.properties, but I would prefer a more "official" way to choose the language, provided there is one.</P><P>Any clue on how to do this ?</P><P>Cheers<BR></P><P></P> <p>Forum: <a href="http://forums.thebrain.com/?forum=92203">PersonalBrain Issues</a> http://forums.thebrain.com/post?id=4875501 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:42:11 GMT pderwael http://forums.thebrain.com/post?id=4870563 I am using PB 6.0.3.8<div><br></div><div>How to reproduce:</div><div>If you have an internal attachment, right click the attachment in the information area down below. Click Move File Out of Brain. Select the save directory. Forget the thought and no matter what thought you click after that, the information will be stuck in the thought attachments section.</div><div><br></div><div>I have to close PB and re-open to get it working again.</div> <p>Forum: <a href="http://forums.thebrain.com/?forum=92203">PersonalBrain Issues</a> http://forums.thebrain.com/post?id=4870563 Thur, 02 Sep 2010 04:00:34 GMT rickyp123 http://forums.thebrain.com/post?id=4870289 It's been non-functional for a long time, and probably results in many duplicate posts. I really like to know if others are already discussing an issue before I raise it; I'm sure many PB users feel the same. So although it is not a PB bug, I thought I'd mention it here.<div><br></div><div>Warmly,</div><div>Joel</div><div>joeltrainsauthors.com</div> <p>Forum: <a href="http://forums.thebrain.com/?forum=92203">PersonalBrain Issues</a> http://forums.thebrain.com/post?id=4870289 Thur, 02 Sep 2010 00:08:57 GMT joelorr http://forums.thebrain.com/post?id=4867322 Hi,<br><br>I'm using Windows 7 32bit<br>PB Beta 6 latest build as of today.<br><br>As I've stated before I have bad eyes and require a dark bg and light text.&nbsp; I was hoping that in a future build that the calender, search window could possibly inherit the scheme defined.&nbsp; In my case black background and light text...or at least be configurable.&nbsp; Also there does not appear to be a way to change the hyperlink color to something lighter.&nbsp; Maybe I'm missing something, but I have updated to the beta 6 in hopes that some of these things would be fixed/addressed, but not yet.&nbsp; PB is such a great product, I would love it that much more if it could be more user friendly to those of us with visual disabilities.<br><br>Scott<br><br> <p>Forum: <a href="http://forums.thebrain.com/?forum=92203">PersonalBrain Issues</a> http://forums.thebrain.com/post?id=4867322 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 01:42:19 GMT sbunnell http://forums.thebrain.com/post?id=4863881 <p>I was hoping that replacing an ordinary space between words in a Note table cell with a non-breaking space would prevent the phrase from being word-wrapped as the table column is compressed sideways (by narrowing the Note pane), but this does not seem to work. In the end I had to make the column a fixed width to prevent this from happening.</p><p>Is there any other solution to this?</p><p>PB 5.5.2.4 on Windows XP</p> <p>Forum: <a href="http://forums.thebrain.com/?forum=92203">PersonalBrain Issues</a> http://forums.thebrain.com/post?id=4863881 Sat, 28 Aug 2010 07:45:26 GMT rhodes http://forums.thebrain.com/post?id=4862410 <div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(32, 20, 20); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helv; font-size: 11px; ">I tried different icons but &nbsp;personal brain was not listed under "send-to". I tried copying the exe to "c:\windows\send-to" but that didnt work. Any ideas? thanks</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#201414" face="Verdana, Arial, Helv" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#201414" face="Verdana, Arial, Helv" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">I am using windows vista with J-1.6.0_20 and PB6 beta 6.0.3.8-b. Upgraded from 5.5 to 6</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#201414" face="Verdana, Arial, Helv" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br></span></font></div> <p>Forum: <a href="http://forums.thebrain.com/?forum=92203">PersonalBrain Issues</a> http://forums.thebrain.com/post?id=4862410 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:10:14 GMT Gideon http://forums.thebrain.com/post?id=4862017 <ul style="color: rgb(32, 20, 20); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helv; font-size: 11px; "><li>When I converted my personal brain to PB 6 Beta I lost all tags in my brain, my tags tab has no tags whatsoever (luckily i backed up my brain, unluckily I added some more things since then <img src="/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle"> )</li><li>One other note, since I don't have the full Pro PB 5, it says it can't use the pro edition on my brain... not sure if this might impact the bug</li><li>Version 6.0.3.7-b&nbsp;</li><li>Windows 7 Enterprise</li><li>Java version J-1.6.0_20</li></ul><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#201414" face="Verdana, Arial, Helv" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Let me know if more info is needed.</span></font></div> <p>Forum: <a href="http://forums.thebrain.com/?forum=92203">PersonalBrain Issues</a> http://forums.thebrain.com/post?id=4862017 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:31:32 GMT neepster http://forums.thebrain.com/post?id=4859383 Hi there,<br>there seems to be a problem with the notes. I discovered, that text in notes in new links is vanished. I experienced this several times now.<br>Best wishes<br>TR<br><br>PB 6.0.3-7-b<br>J-1.6.0_21<br>Windows 7<br><br> <p>Forum: <a href="http://forums.thebrain.com/?forum=92203">PersonalBrain Issues</a> http://forums.thebrain.com/post?id=4859383 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:39:41 GMT tr1972 http://forums.thebrain.com/post?id=4858850 I installed PB in a PC where I don't run with admin privileges.&nbsp; Amazingly it installed.&nbsp; However, when I click a link, the page is not opened in the browser on Window XP Professional OS.<br><br>So, the simple question is:&nbsp; does PB run with user not having admin level?<br><br><br><br> <p>Forum: <a href="http://forums.thebrain.com/?forum=92203">PersonalBrain Issues</a> http://forums.thebrain.com/post?id=4858850 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:11:35 GMT JosefBetancourt http://forums.thebrain.com/post?id=4857207 @Support:<br>I have problems with Index/Search function. It seems to me as if files in internal folders are not indexed. How to reproduce:<br>1. create a new brain<br>2. create a thought and place a text file in an internal (sub) folder<br>3. run indexing<br>4. search for any string within the text file<br>When the file is placed not in an internal subfolder of the thougth, then everything is working fine.<br>... Perhaps this is not a bug - nevertheless: so far I found no information in regard to this problem.<br>Any ideas ???<br><br>Rainer<br><br>PB 5.5<br>Windows XP<br>Java 1.6.0_17<br><br> <p>Forum: <a href="http://forums.thebrain.com/?forum=92203">PersonalBrain Issues</a> http://forums.thebrain.com/post?id=4857207 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:05:31 GMT RainerRoos http://forums.thebrain.com/post?id=4851314 Hello.<br><br>Seems the PersonalBrain does not like source files for Java and C/C++ <img src="/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle"><br><br>When I try to attach a file with .c or .C or .cpp or .h extension the PersonalBrain works improperly - such files are not displayed in the Properties &amp; Attachments tab and made PersonalBrain worked slowly. <br><br>See attached Details.doc and output.log. Last attachment contains a log beginning with first start the PersonalBrain.<br><br>Free Edition. PersonalBrain Pro Edition trial 5.5.2.4. Apr. 20, 2010 J-1.6.0_20<br><br>Ubuntu 10.04, Linux main 2.6.32-24-generic #39-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jul 28 05:14:15 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux<br><br>java version "1.6.0_20"<br>Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_20-b02)<br>Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 16.3-b01, mixed mode)<br><br>Hope it will help you.<br><br>More thanks,<br>Igor<br><br> <p>Forum: <a href="http://forums.thebrain.com/?forum=92203">PersonalBrain Issues</a> http://forums.thebrain.com/post?id=4851314 Thur, 19 Aug 2010 11:16:25 GMT iklingen http://forums.thebrain.com/post?id=4850174 Hi!<br><br>Recently switched computers from XP to Win7 and have noticed that PB hesitates for about 5 seconds when I switch to it from another window (another program) after not being used for a while (time length?).&nbsp;&nbsp; I know that this is kind of vague but was wondering if anyone has had a similar experience. <br><br>Thinkpad<br>Win7 <br>2GB ram<br>PB 5.5.2.4<br>J-1.6.0_21<br>8,277 thoughts<br><br><br><br> <p>Forum: <a href="http://forums.thebrain.com/?forum=92203">PersonalBrain Issues</a> http://forums.thebrain.com/post?id=4850174 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:20:08 GMT Shiiko http://forums.thebrain.com/post?id=4848498 <p>When I do a search of this forum, the only sort order it lets me do is "Sort results by: Relevancy". This makes it impossible for me to sort results chronologically. All the other sort options return no results found. I particularly wanted to sort by "Thread start date" and "Last posting date". My other Search settings are "Find threads with at least 0 replies"and "Finds posts from Any date and newer", though I would like to limit results to past 2 weeks. Ascending or descending sort order doesn't seem to matter.<br></p><p>Can anyone else confirm this or suggest a fix? Thanks.<br>s</p> <p>Forum: <a href="http://forums.thebrain.com/?forum=92203">PersonalBrain Issues</a> http://forums.thebrain.com/post?id=4848498 Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:21:11 GMT rhodes http://forums.thebrain.com/post?id=4841112 Since the XML file I created in 5.5 gets stuck importing into PB6, I thought it best to rebuild the database,&nbsp; but that process also gets stuck (on "getting entry 2914 of 9597")<br><br>Is there any chance of getting some support on this?&nbsp; I've been using PB for years, and bought several copies, but so far every time I've been invited to send my brain for trouble-shooting, there has been no further response at all. If there is a support dept, it seems to have a black hole in it somewhere<br><br> <p>Forum: <a href="http://forums.thebrain.com/?forum=92203">PersonalBrain Issues</a> http://forums.thebrain.com/post?id=4841112 Thur, 12 Aug 2010 03:01:47 GMT ChrisCase