location

[vulnz]

Hello guys, where can i find a location of projects i created. also extention type will be very helpful. thank you.

[mhoeher]

Thanks for raising this issue. However, I am afraid I don't quite get what you need/want to know. Sorry for that. Could you please detail a bit what you want/need?

• What do you mean by "location of projects"? The location of libraries in the file system?
• And what do you mean by extension type?

Thanks!

[vulnz]

How can I make backup for usb, thanks.

[mhoeher]

Ah, okay, that makes sense.

The answer is: It depends on your system. The app is written using the Qt framework. The location for storing libraries on disk is retrieved using the QStandardPaths API. More specifically, the app uses the QStandardPaths::AppLocalDataLocation set of paths for storing libraries. These paths are specific for the particular operating system in question. For details, check out the Qt documentation on the topic. Likely paths are:

• "~/Library/Application Support/OpenTodoList", "/Library/Application Support/OpenTodoList". "/../Resources" on macOS.
• "C:/Users//AppData/Local/OpenTodoList", "C:/ProgramData/OpenTodoList", "", "/data", "/data/OpenTodoList" on Windows.
• "~/.local/share/OpenTodoList", "/usr/local/share/OpenTodoList", "/usr/share/OpenTodoList" on Linux.

[vulnz]

thank you my friend, if possible please make this function ,it is super useful

[mhoeher]

Once again sorry, but: I don't get your request. Which function?

What I described above is implemented, i.e. if you check one of the locations (depending on your operating system), you should find some sub-folders holding the items of the libraries you created. Just include this folder in your backup and you should be covered.

[vulnz]

I mean backup the data to folder to make it portable ( imprt/export) for example mate

[mhoeher]

I don't think having a backup functionality in the app makes sense:

• You can create a synchronized library. Currently, synchronization is possible via WebDAV (e.g. you can use NextCloud, ownCloud or whatever other WebDAV server you have available to store arbitrary files on). In this case, the data is implicitly "backed up" (as you have a version of it on the WebDAV server). Additionally, support for at least DropBox will be available soon, so if you don't have a WebDAV server available, you can use that instead.
• If you don't want to synchronize your data or you don't have a suitable WebDAV server available, you can create a library in any folder you want. For this, use the "New Library" function from the side bar and use the "Use Folder as Library" option. This allows you to select the folder the library will be stored in. If you later on need to add this library back, just use the same procedure and select the very same folder again.

[Bill5203]

Have a problem with opening library from NAS. OS: Mint 21. The library was created on a NAS on 'computer-1'. Trying to open it from 'computer-2' doesn't work. Steps on C-2:

• Run OpenTodoList
• Click NewLibrary
• Select Open Folder as a Lib
• Click Select and browse to the NAS/folder
• Type the Name say "MyTodo" which is the same as the lib was created.
• Click OK Result: A library is created with the 'MyTodo' name but it's empty. There is the "Nothing here yet! ..." message in the window. The NAS is working, no problem.

Looking at the folder on the NAS, a new lib is created.

So, I don't see how can I open a lib from a NAS.

How do i go about this? Thnx.

[mhoeher]

Hi @Bill5203,

make sure you select the folder which contains the file library.json. Usually, when creating a new library in a local folder, the app creates a new sub-folder in it (which has a "cryptic" name - this is a generated, universally unique ID - should look somehow like {7c16ddc9-3e3d-4c4b-b0ef-7f45c550eb5b}).

You'll notice you picked the right folder if in the library name edit you see the name you used for the library 😉