question about portability

123 · Post by **123** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 9:35 am

you install atlantis on your computer, and now, you want to use atlantis on your portable drive as well, so you go to "tools - options - save to file", you do this because you want to transfer settings to the atlantis folder. this means that the settings are not stored in the atlantis folder by default.
now, the instruction for installing atlantis on a portable drive is, to download the setup file and run it and choose the portable drive as the destination. thats all.
how come, in this case, the settings are not stored in the computer by default?

Post by **admin** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 11:44 am

When you install Atlantis Word Processor on a non-removable drive (I mean install on a hard disk), Atlantis by default stores its settings in the Windows Registry (somewhere on your hard disk). When you have Atlantis on a removable drive (normally a USB memory flash drive), Atlantis stores its settings in an INI file under the home folder of Atlantis on this removable drive.

If you use the standard setup of Atlantis to install it directly to a removable drive by specifying this removable drive as the target, Atlantis automatically creates the INI file with the default settings under its home folder on this removable drive. But the Atlantis on a Memory Flash Drive topic of the Atlantis Help explains how to transfer your Atlantis settings from the Registry and from your hard disk to a memory flash drive when you already have a standard copy of Atlantis on your hard disk. The "Tools | Options... > Save to File..." button of Atlantis saves its current settings to an INI file. Your copy of Atlantis on a hard disk would not automatically load settings from this INI file. This file is needed by Atlantis on a memory flash drive.

123 · Post by **123** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:10 pm

but how does atlantis recognise what is a removable drive and what is not (because at the time of installation, the removal drive is connected to the computer)
does it have this capability? of distinguishing between a permanent drive and a removable drive?

Post by **admin** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:23 pm

There are ways to find out (programmatically) if a drive is removable.

123 · Post by **123** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:25 pm

ok, thanks

123 · Post by **123** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 9:42 pm

even if atlantis is installed on a computer, is it possible that the settings are not stored in the registry, but in the atlantis folder?
you can go to 'tools - options 'save to file' and save the settings to the "ini" file, but any further changes in the settings would be made in the registry or in the ini ?
can atlantis just skip the registry and save settings in the ini to begin with?

Post by **Robert** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 2:16 am

Hi,
Here is how to achieve this:

1. Save your settings to “Atlantis.ini” in the Atlantis home folder (installation folder): Tools | Options… > Save to File…
2. Close Atlantis.
3. Create a shortcut to the Atlantis executable on your Windows Desktop or anywhere suitable (e.g. application launcher, etc). Add the "lsi" and "ssi" parameters to the Atlantis command-line. Let’s suppose that Atlantis is installed in “C:\Program Files\Atlantis”. The command-line of the shortcut to launch Atlantis on your system would be:

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"C&#58;\Program Files\Atlantis\Atlantis.exe" -lsi -ssi

In this way, Atlantis will skip any registry entry; it will only use the settings saved to “Atlantis.ini” in its home folder.

Cheers,
Robert

Post by **admin** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 6:00 am

For more information on the command-line parameters of Atlantis Word Processor, please click here.

123 · Post by **123** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 7:58 am

thanks robert & admin

123 · Post by **123** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 10:35 pm

if i install atlantis on a portable drive, but later on, transfer the atlantis folder from the portable drive to a computer,
does the shortcut which i create to atlantis.exe , still have to include -lsi and -ssi ?
or will it automatically load and save settings to the 'ini'?

Post by **Robert** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 1:36 am

Hi,
As Admin explained, “when you install Atlantis Word Processor on a non-removable drive (I mean install on a hard disk), Atlantis by default stores its settings in the Windows Registry”. In other words, the shortcut that launches Atlantis on a hard drive has to include the “-lsi” and “-ssi” parameters if you want it to bypass the Windows Registry.
Cheers,
Robert