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Working with Design Elements

Unhide/Hide a database design

Setup of this feature:
  1. Click the Preferences action button in the NoteMan.Design tool .
  2. Specify the path to the Design Unhide executable.


To hide or unhide any local database:
  1. Launch NoteMan.Design while the target database is open.
  2. Click the "Hide/Unhide Design" tab.
  3. Click the "Hide Database Design" or "Unhide Database Design" button.
  4. You may have to re-add the icon to your Notes workspace/bookmarks in order for the change to appear.
  5. Code is not unencrypted, but design elements are exposed.


To make an unhidden design copy (no documents) of any local or server database:
  1. Launch NoteMan.Design while the target database is open.
  2. Click the "Open Design View" button.
  3. Choose Edit->Select All (or Ctrl-A) to select all documents in this design view.
  4. Edit -> Copy (or Ctrl-C) to copy all design documents in this view.
  5. Create a new blank database via File->Database->New...
  6. While in this new blank database, launch the NoteMan.Design icon again.
  7. Click the "Open Design View" button.
  8. Edit -> Paste (or Ctrl-P) to paste the design documents from step 4.
  9. Code is not unencrypted if it had been hidden, but design elements are exposed.

Similar functionality can be achieved with the Database Archive feature, as archives of design hidden databases are unhidden.


Note: There is no way to unencrypt hidden formulas and scripts if they are hidden in addition to the design of the general database being hidden.