How to see which database MM5 is pointing to? .., and a bug

[Barry4679]

It seems that I don't know as much about MM install options than I thought I did.

The MediaMonkey.ini in MediaMonkey5\Portable points to my production MM database

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[System]
DBName=D:\Music Databases\MM.DB

The install of MM5 also created a database in MediaMonkey5\Portable, but I don't see anything pointing to it?

It would be helpful and reassuring if MM displayed the database location in Tools|Options|General. It would be OK if was readonly, and could have a note alongside it saying was configured via ini file.

While testing whether MM5 was pointing to my production database, I noticed what appears to be a bug.

I was in Music|Albums ... selected an album and did shift|Enter to Edit Properties.

I changed album name and pressed OK. ... It returned to the album grid, which wasn't refreshed ... so it appeared as if the changed had not been accepted. I pressed Shift|Enter again and got the following uncaught exception
https://www.dropbox.com/s/t0nsfm0ek08l0 ... 2.png?dl=0

[PetrCBR]

Hi. Alpha version is always portable (it's hardcoded in installer and code) so database in Portable folder is always used.
About refresh issue ... i think it's related to 14446 so it will be fixed in next build.

[Barry4679]

thanks.

I have often thought that It would be good if there was somewhere in the UI that you could see the db location. So that a person easily verify what to backup.

ie a readonly attribute. in Tools|Options|Library or File|MaintainLibrary maybe?

[Ludek]

I have often thought that It would be good if there was somewhere in the UI that you could see the db location. So that a person easily verify what to backup.
ie a readonly attribute. in Tools|Options|Library or File|MaintainLibrary maybe?

Sounds good, probably in the Manage database dialog, or maybe on the confirmation dialog after clicking "Backup database now..." link?
EDIT: Added app.db.getPath() method + added db path to the Backup database confirmation in build 2081

For now the DB location can be seen in the debug log like

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[11008] DB path: C:\projects\HTML5Monkey\bin\Portable\MM.DB , default:  , MyDir: C:\projects\HTML5Monkey\bin\