shared notebook

[rseeders]

Is it possible for several people to use a single notebook in a collaborative
effort? Will OneNote allow multiple people to access a .one file at any
given time or will someone be "locked out" while another is using that file?

My office would like to use a single notebook that would reside on a network
drive.

 

[ck]

Search help for 'shared notebook' but the answer is yes. Put it on a shared
folder/etc.

I have not tested but it sounds like One Note handles multiple changes at
once and somehow merges them.

-c

 

[rseeders]

Thank you, That was my understanding but I wanted to have someone else
confirm it.

 

[Patrick Schmid [MVP]]

For OneNote 2003, the answer is no. ON 2003 does not support shared
notebooks.
For OneNote 2007, the answer is yes. It does support shared notebooks.

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[Franz12]

at least in theory, ON2007 does support this. Unfortunately, ON2007 is not
able to handle properly WEBDAV accounts, which we have to use. I filed a bug
at connect and I asked micrsoft several times for defining the settings for
WEBDAV (SSL, no SSL is not acceptable). In the past, they used the excuse
that WEBDAV is not working. However, using word 2007, it works very well with
our WEBDAV account. so again, if somebody from MS is listening: please,
provide more details about the WEBDAV settings and if necessary, I am able to
disclose to you a personal account to our WEBDAV server to test....
But for now: forget ON2007 for shared notebooks with WEBDAV....

For OneNote 2003, the answer is no. ON 2003 does not support shared
notebooks.
For OneNote 2007, the answer is yes. It does support shared notebooks.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
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Is it possible for several people to use a single notebook in a collaborative
effort? Will OneNote allow multiple people to access a .one file at any
given time or will someone be "locked out" while another is using that file?

My office would like to use a single notebook that would reside on a network
drive.

 

[danielkim]

this is my experience. I have Vista & ON2007, and I've recently purchased
some space on godaddy's onlinefilefolder.com - which supports WebDAV. I've
been trying to get OneNote 2007 to open up an empty notebook (which is
basically a directory) in that space, and I just can't get it to do it. It
goes as far as to ask me for a login/password, then it errors out saying that
the file name is valid, etc..

Can someone help me with this, please? ON2007 is a great program, and I am
just trying to get it to share a notebook in a WebDAV folder, which it's
supposed to be able to do. In fact, godaddy supports FTP also, so I've tried
that, but the same result.

Thank you,

at least in theory, ON2007 does support this. Unfortunately, ON2007 is not
able to handle properly WEBDAV accounts, which we have to use. I filed a bug
at connect and I asked micrsoft several times for defining the settings for
WEBDAV (SSL, no SSL is not acceptable). In the past, they used the excuse
that WEBDAV is not working. However, using word 2007, it works very well with
our WEBDAV account. so again, if somebody from MS is listening: please,
provide more details about the WEBDAV settings and if necessary, I am able to
disclose to you a personal account to our WEBDAV server to test....
But for now: forget ON2007 for shared notebooks with WEBDAV....

For OneNote 2003, the answer is no. ON 2003 does not support shared
notebooks.
For OneNote 2007, the answer is yes. It does support shared notebooks.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
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http://pschmid.net
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Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
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Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
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Is it possible for several people to use a single notebook in a collaborative
effort? Will OneNote allow multiple people to access a .one file at any
given time or will someone be "locked out" while another is using that file?

My office would like to use a single notebook that would reside on a network
drive.

 

[danielkim]

One more thing to add...
OneNote 2007 can even "sort of" create a shared notebook in the webDAV
space.. (which I do by Share>Create Shared Notebook...)

But as soon as it creates it, it bombs out saying that it cannot access the
notebook. That's a clear sign that something's not right with OneNote's
interface with webDAV folders, since it creates a shared folder "halfway".

If someone knowledgeable could help me, I would really appreciate that!
It's kind of embarrassing for me, because I just got 10 people in my class to
download a trial version of OneNote 2007 promising them a remote way of
working on our common project together, and they are all waiting on me to see
if I can pull through with my grand promise!

this is my experience. I have Vista & ON2007, and I've recently purchased
some space on godaddy's onlinefilefolder.com - which supports WebDAV. I've
been trying to get OneNote 2007 to open up an empty notebook (which is
basically a directory) in that space, and I just can't get it to do it. It
goes as far as to ask me for a login/password, then it errors out saying that
the file name is valid, etc..

Can someone help me with this, please? ON2007 is a great program, and I am
just trying to get it to share a notebook in a WebDAV folder, which it's
supposed to be able to do. In fact, godaddy supports FTP also, so I've tried
that, but the same result.

Thank you,

at least in theory, ON2007 does support this. Unfortunately, ON2007 is not
able to handle properly WEBDAV accounts, which we have to use. I filed a bug
at connect and I asked micrsoft several times for defining the settings for
WEBDAV (SSL, no SSL is not acceptable). In the past, they used the excuse
that WEBDAV is not working. However, using word 2007, it works very well with
our WEBDAV account. so again, if somebody from MS is listening: please,
provide more details about the WEBDAV settings and if necessary, I am able to
disclose to you a personal account to our WEBDAV server to test....
But for now: forget ON2007 for shared notebooks with WEBDAV....

For OneNote 2003, the answer is no. ON 2003 does not support shared
notebooks.
For OneNote 2007, the answer is yes. It does support shared notebooks.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
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Is it possible for several people to use a single notebook in a collaborative
effort? Will OneNote allow multiple people to access a .one file at any
given time or will someone be "locked out" while another is using that file?

My office would like to use a single notebook that would reside on a network
drive.

 

[Ilya Koulchin]

See
http://blogs.msdn.com/descapa/archive/2007/02/20/follow-up-to-webdav-support-with-onenote-2007.aspx

I'll post something once I have more info.

Ilya

 

[danielkim]

Okay, thank you... So I guess the answer to my question is: NO, it's not
working.??

Is there any way I can share a notebook over the internet, then?? (I don't
have a server with VPN, so that's not an option)

 

[danielkim]

Actually, I DO have a workaround, but it fails in Vista. the workaround is
that I map the WebDAV onto a local drive letter. Then OneNote actually can
write and read to that notebook. However, Vista has this really annoying bug
where it does not reconnect to the webDAV folder after I shut down. As long
as I keep the session alive, it's okay, but the moment I reboot, then I have
to disconnect the drive, then remap it.

I've even gone to trying out third-party software solutions like WebDrive to
map the webDAV / FTP site onto a local drive letter, but when I select the
"reconnect automatically at login", then Vista actually completely hangs upon
startup. Not good.

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP]

In Vista have you tried just reaccessing the drive? That sometimes works to
"reconnect" it. Hit Start, RUN and in the command box type "E:\" (or
whatever letter you used) and see if it opens the folder and lets OneNote
connect.

--

 

[danielkim]

Yes, I tried it. I tried double-clicking, tried right-click>Explore, I tried
commandline "W:" as you suggested (I mapped it to "W" to mean web folder)
Nothing works until I disconnect and remap.

Note that I CAN have the webDAV folder show up as a "web folder" without a
drive letter. That works fine. But for many software (including OneNote),
it cannot access that directory, saying that the folder name is not valid. I
guess that's a known problem, though, as Ilya has noted beforehand.