Migration from ADDRFILE
The previous major version of NOTEFILE was called ADDRFILE. NOTEFILE is the successor to ADDRFILE (effectively version 2.x), rewritten under a new name. ADDRFILE’s native data file format was CSV. NOTEFILE no longer uses this format and it has introduced a new file format (NTF).
Users who previously used ADDRFILE must convert their .csv data files to NTF format before using their old files under NOTEFILE. The common format supported by ADDRFILE and NOTEFILE is the simple TXT format. There is one important difference: while ADDRFILE’s .txt (and .csv) files stored text data in the default Windows ISO (ANSI) code page encoding, NOTEFILE uses the more flexible and widely used UTF-8 encoding for .txt (and .ntf) files. A final version (1.24) of ADDRFILE was prepared specifically to assist with this migration. Please follow the steps below carefully when performing the conversion.
To convert an ADDRFILE data file (CSV format) to a NOTEFILE file (NTF format)
Important: If your .csv file is encrypted and contains sensitive data, please do all the operations described below within a secure, encrypted directory on a secure computer and do not forget to securely delete the unencrypted .txt file created in step 4!
- Download and run the final (1.24) version of ADDRFILE.
- Open your .csv file in ADDRFILE.
- Go to File | Setup... in ADDRFILE and Clear
the
Alt. save file name
if present, to prevent ADDRFILE from saving an extra copy of your file during the export. - Using File | Save As... save your file as TXT type,
but change the file name so that it ends with
utf8
(like myfileutf8.txt). Your file will be saved unencrypted! ADDRFILE will automatically save the file in UTF-8 encoding when the file name ends withutf8
. - Switch to NOTEFILE. You can run both programs simultaneously on the same machine.
- Using File | Open... open the new .txt file in NOTEFILE.
- Go to File | Setup... and give a Password to your file. (Giving a password to your NOTEFILE file is optional, if your ADDRFILE file was not previously password-protected.) Choose an appropriate Translit. language and copy any other configuration information from ADDRFILE to NOTEFILE.
- If you had used Quick Search Items..., press F6 both in ADDRFILE and NOTEFILE and copy the relevant items to NOTEFILE.
- If you had used Autodial..., press F8 both in ADDRFILE and NOTEFILE and copy the configuration data to NOTEFILE.
- Using File | Save As... in NOTEFILE save your file in NTF format.
- If your data is sensitive, securely delete the .txt file created in step 4, but keep the original .csv file in case unexpected things happen.
- Verify the contents of the newly created .ntf file in NOTEFILE. Only continue using it if your data appears correct.
- You can delete ADDRFILE and your old .csv file only after you are fully confident that NOTEFILE is functioning as you would expect.
To migrate your ADDRFILE permanent license to NOTEFILE
If you previously obtained a permanent license for ADDRFILE, you can use it in NOTEFILE too. Please open Help | Registration in ADDRFILE and Help | Registration in NOTEFILE side by side and copy Your name and Your registration user key from ADDRFILE to NOTEFILE.
Note: If Your name contains non-ASCII characters (like éöçφЖ etc.), you have to contact the author for a new user key.