Having more than one file open simultaneously
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 From:  DannyT (DANTAS)
5342.8 In reply to 5342.6 
Hi Bill,

Under Windows 7 if the icon is on the desktop double clicking it again should launch another session of MoI, if the icon is pinned in the task bar you have to RIGHT click it and select MoI in the pop up window to launch another session of MoI.

Cheers
~Danny~
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 From:  Wm
5342.9 In reply to 5342.8 
Thanks. That is what I've been doing. I just thought there might be a way to work on two drawings simultaneously and have the ability to save each when finished and then finally closing MoI.

Perhaps this is something that will become part of an update down the road.

Regards,
Wm C
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 From:  Michael Gibson
5342.10 In reply to 5342.9 
Hi Bill,

> I just thought there might be a way to work on two drawings simultaneously and
> have the ability to save each when finished and then finally closing MoI.

Yes, that's exactly what will happen if you open up 2 instances of MoI - you can open up 2 different drawings simultaneously in 2 different instances of MoI, and edit them each separately, and each instance will ask you if you want to save it when you close it down.



> Perhaps this is something that will become part of an update down the road.

I'm sorry but I don't quite understand what you are requesting here, can you please describe how opening up 2 instances currently is not letting you edit 2 different documents right now?

- Michael
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 From:  Michael Gibson
5342.11 In reply to 5342.9 
Hi Bill, are you maybe requesting that MoI should become a "multiple document interface" application where multiple documents are opened inside of a single parent frame window?

That's a kind of older application model that is not really all that common in newer programs. MoI is built around the "Single document interface" where you open up multiple instances of the program to edit multiple files. This tends to streamline the UI since you use the operating system's built in mechanisms for managing the windows rather than trying to replicate a mini version of window management into the application itself.

See here for more information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_document_interface
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_document_interface

Also MoI already manages another type of sub-windows for the viewports, and has a view tab to control which view is active (Split/3D/Top/Front/Right). It would be kind of awkward to try and also embed an "active document" control into the same parent frame window at the same time. So because of that and since Multiple Document Interface is generally considered to be an outmoded interface style I do not plan on switching MoI to a Multiple Document Interface in the future.

This does not mean that MoI cannot edit multiple documents simultaneously - you just do it by opening up multiple instances of MoI. That provides full ability to edit 2 different files simultaneously already.

- Michael
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 From:  Wm
5342.12 In reply to 5342.11 
Michael,

Yes, I think that is correct. I understand what you are saying and I will do it that way.

Thanks,
Wm

p.s. You're software is great.
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