Question regarding briefcase

when brief case is installed and set up where is the executable program? I
have installed and set up briefcase and pulled submissions from the
aggregate server, all works fine, but once briefcase is closed down I can't
find it. the only way of running briefcase again is to run the jar file and
go through the set up all over again. Have I missed something?

The ODK Briefcase jar file is the executable.

It should remember the location you last used for the ODK Briefcase Storage
Location, so you shouldn't be re-prompted to specify that, it should just
use the last location it knew about. The only files that ODK Briefcase
modifies are those in the storage location or those in the export directory
when performing CSV exports.

Mitch

··· On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 4:29 AM, Graham wrote:

when brief case is installed and set up where is the executable program? I
have installed and set up briefcase and pulled submissions from the
aggregate server, all works fine, but once briefcase is closed down I can't
find it. the only way of running briefcase again is to run the jar file and
go through the set up all over again. Have I missed something?

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Thanks for the reply Mitch, is there any reason why it does not remember
the URL, account name and password? and can you, if you have mutiple
aggregates have multiple instances of briefcase running with each one
pointing at a different aggregate?

··· On Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:05:50 UTC, Mitch wrote: > > The ODK Briefcase jar file is the executable. > > It should remember the location you last used for the ODK Briefcase > Storage Location, so you shouldn't be re-prompted to specify that, it > should just use the last location it knew about. The only files that ODK > Briefcase modifies are those in the storage location or those in the export > directory when performing CSV exports. > > Mitch > > On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 4:29 AM, Graham <jetw...@gmail.com >wrote: > >> when brief case is installed and set up where is the executable program? >> I have installed and set up briefcase and pulled submissions from the >> aggregate server, all works fine, but once briefcase is closed down I can't >> find it. the only way of running briefcase again is to run the jar file and >> go through the set up all over again. Have I missed something? >> >> -- >> -- >> Post: opend...@googlegroups.com >> Unsubscribe: opendatakit...@googlegroups.com >> Options: http://groups.google.com/group/opendatakit?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "ODK Community" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to opendatakit...@googlegroups.com . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > > > -- > Mitch Sundt > Software Engineer > University of Washington > mitche...@gmail.com

ODK Briefcase has only one saved configuration parameter -- the ODK
Briefcase Storage Location. I didn't put logic into the code to remember
the URL, username and password, which is why you have to keep re-entering
those. If code were added to remember these, I would be against storing the
password anywhere, as it cannot be securely stored.

Since there is one saved configuration parameter for the storage location,
if you ran multiple ODK Briefcase apps, they would be sharing that one
common location. That would likely end up being a problem.

You'd have to edit the code to have it behave differently, and then I don't
know quite how you would determine which storage location to use (perhaps
as a start-up parameter?). That would be a significant change to the flow
of the app.

Mitch

··· On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 10:53 PM, Graham wrote:

Thanks for the reply Mitch, is there any reason why it does not remember
the URL, account name and password? and can you, if you have mutiple
aggregates have multiple instances of briefcase running with each one
pointing at a different aggregate?

On Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:05:50 UTC, Mitch wrote:

The ODK Briefcase jar file is the executable.

It should remember the location you last used for the ODK Briefcase
Storage Location, so you shouldn't be re-prompted to specify that, it
should just use the last location it knew about. The only files that ODK
Briefcase modifies are those in the storage location or those in the export
directory when performing CSV exports.

Mitch

On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 4:29 AM, Graham jetw...@gmail.com wrote:

when brief case is installed and set up where is the executable program?
I have installed and set up briefcase and pulled submissions from the
aggregate server, all works fine, but once briefcase is closed down I can't
find it. the only way of running briefcase again is to run the jar file and
go through the set up all over again. Have I missed something?

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Thanks very much for the reply Mitch

··· On Thursday, 21 February 2013 18:37:48 UTC, Mitch wrote: > > ODK Briefcase has only one saved configuration parameter -- the ODK > Briefcase Storage Location. I didn't put logic into the code to remember > the URL, username and password, which is why you have to keep re-entering > those. If code were added to remember these, I would be against storing the > password anywhere, as it cannot be securely stored. > > Since there is one saved configuration parameter for the storage location, > if you ran multiple ODK Briefcase apps, they would be sharing that one > common location. That would likely end up being a problem. > > You'd have to edit the code to have it behave differently, and then I > don't know quite how you would determine which storage location to use > (perhaps as a start-up parameter?). That would be a significant change to > the flow of the app. > > Mitch > > On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 10:53 PM, Graham <jetw...@gmail.com >wrote: > >> Thanks for the reply Mitch, is there any reason why it does not remember >> the URL, account name and password? and can you, if you have mutiple >> aggregates have multiple instances of briefcase running with each one >> pointing at a different aggregate? >> >> >> On Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:05:50 UTC, Mitch wrote: >> >>> The ODK Briefcase jar file is the executable. >>> >>> It should remember the location you last used for the ODK Briefcase >>> Storage Location, so you shouldn't be re-prompted to specify that, it >>> should just use the last location it knew about. The only files that ODK >>> Briefcase modifies are those in the storage location or those in the export >>> directory when performing CSV exports. >>> >>> Mitch >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 4:29 AM, Graham wrote: >>> >>>> when brief case is installed and set up where is the executable >>>> program? I have installed and set up briefcase and pulled submissions from >>>> the aggregate server, all works fine, but once briefcase is closed down I >>>> can't find it. the only way of running briefcase again is to run the jar >>>> file and go through the set up all over again. Have I missed something? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> -- >>>> Post: opend...@googlegroups.com >>>> Unsubscribe: opendatakit...@**googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> Options: http://groups.google.com/**group/opendatakit?hl=en >>>> >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "ODK Community" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to opendatakit...@**googlegroups.com. >>>> >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out >>>> . >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Mitch Sundt >>> Software Engineer >>> University of Washington >>> mitche...@gmail.com >> >> -- >> -- >> Post: opend...@googlegroups.com >> Unsubscribe: opendatakit...@googlegroups.com >> Options: http://groups.google.com/group/opendatakit?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "ODK Community" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to opendatakit...@googlegroups.com . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > > > -- > Mitch Sundt > Software Engineer > University of Washington > mitche...@gmail.com