Thread: DreamJournal 2.6 - free program for recording dreams

Well, the first time I opened my dream journal with this it worked. But the next time, it was totally wiped of all content. Luckily, it makes a backup or I would have lost all my dream entries instead of just four. I'm not sure what caused it to do this.

I even uploaded my profile rank online and it's still there, but that journal is gone. I now am using my backup and want to put it online but I already have one there that is named Drokens and has my stats. What should I do?

I think Snowy has a great idea up there.

Great job updating the tag filtering! Before you'd have to select a tag, then reselect the tag after closing a dream; now it stays! Increases the feature usability tenfold.

New online view looks awesome too.

EDIT: AND you implemented my idea of making the goal sorting by completion permanent (until re-sorted)!! Great success!!

It won't let me open my old DJ. It says the file is corrupted :'(

Sweet to the beat, Banhurt! Thanks!

Originally Posted by Kraftwerk

It won't let me open my old DJ. It says the file is corrupted :'(

New update is AWESOME!

And guess what else I'm happy about now?

Ranked 9th overall. I think I may have on of the top LD vs Dream rates....

Aaaaaaandddd...

Yeah, well, I'm the king of recall. No one else is ranked higher with so few lucids. I'm not sure whether to be proud or humiliated.

Just noticed this Banhurt, but what happened to the option to set the time for your other app "RealityCheck"?

I've been using it a bit and noticed I can't set the time it will popup anymore.

Hello everyone,

I'm pretty happy for everyone but I feel ignored. I was hopping the program DreamDiary for Macintosh users would be posted in the same place as this one. It just seems to be the best thing to do... so I just feel ignored after posting a new Topic about the app, after posting a reply to the previous topic of DreamJournal 2.3 and after sending a pm to Banhurt.

I'm just hopping that I my efforts were not notice before and not ignored.

Anyway, once again, Dream Diary is a freeware app for Mac.

Here you can see the Topic I wrote about it.

Sweet dreams,
Dárop

Hmm, somethings not right, I just updated it through the update notice and I couldn't open it at all, then my AntiVirus detected "dreamjournal.exe" to be high risk and claims to find it behaving suspiciously, so I removed it.

Don't know what that's all about. Not trying to say your program is bad or anything, but is this
something I should be concern about? Is any one else getting similar problems?

Slick,

I updated it then things didn't work right at first... I found this is because my Shortcut still points to the old version... (uses "DreamJournal_2-3.exe" for filename...)

I just decided to RE-DL from banhurts site then rename it to 2-5.exe and update my shortcut and it worked...

Nothing related to your prob... but try to RE-DL it and see if it helps.

Probably flagged for it's "Online" Capability with the single, unreckognized site "www.banhurt.com"

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Banhurt, I've been thinking and I came up with an idea:

A simple "Log In" type method to access multiple DJ's at once. Password protected Archives will simply have a password field on the Log On, otherwise a traditional "click to enter" would be awesome.

An advanced settings would be nice, as well as adding a nice feature implemented in "Eternal Star's" DJ, "Dream | Lucid Dream | Dream Comments | Non-Dream"

Dream comments need to be added manually every single DJ post she makes. I thought this was an AWESOME idea but alas can't add manually. I think a more intricate settings adjuster would be cool.

Thanks Banhurt for another wonderful update. Loving the new "Notes Flag" feature. SnowyEgypt is spot on the money. PLEASE add that dreams counter to the next version. have a list for example of all the dream types, and a little text box next to each. in each box, the user types a number, and all the "Non-dreams" "Notes" and "Lucid Types" are all added to a total. That would be schmick. For those who love the old "drop box" have this only activate with an "Advanced" lucid type in the dream type drop box. That would be perfect and thanks! :3

Sorry for the "Wall"

TL;DR... Unfortunate. good stuff in this post.

Originally Posted by Mario92

Thanks, mate. I think it was a glitch on my end of the line. I opened the new DJ, then the old one, only to find that it was this old shell without any content. I then opened up my new one again, only to find that it had also become a shell. I restored the backup file (great feature, I may add) and it was fixed...sort of. I checked the "online" box the first time I used the new DJ program. I think the issue arose when restoring the backup copy...maybe the program treated it as a separate DJ?

Oh, well. The old copy has since been deleted, and it shouldn't happen again.

THIS! This is what happened to me. A ghost "OfficerFlake" appeared. Think I killed it myself however. DJ 2.5 is working shmick as. Again, had to restore the latest back (No loss apart from the "Work" Dream sign I added. :3)

Could be a backwards compatibility issue.

is available on mac too? cant seem to download it

Originally Posted by goldenpig

is available on mac too? cant seem to download it

Well, I could have solved your problem in the past but I keep being ignored.

This program is for windows only. You can find a mac application for recording you dream here!

Sweet dreams,
Dário

Originally Posted by Slick

Hmm, somethings not right, I just updated it through the update notice and I couldn't open it at all, then my AntiVirus detected "dreamjournal.exe" to be high risk and claims to find it behaving suspiciously, so I removed it.

Don't know what that's all about. Not trying to say your program is bad or anything, but is this
something I should be concern about? Is any one else getting similar problems?

False positive.

Originally Posted by goldenpig

is available on mac too? cant seem to download it

Originally Posted by dariocanata

Well, I could have solved your problem in the past but I keep being ignored.

This program is for windows only. You can find a mac application for recording you dream here!

Sweet dreams,
Dário

Um...I don't know about this one, but there was a way to open the previous DJ program on Mac using Wino or something. It's somewhere in the other thread...set your page limit to 200 posts per page, and it's at the top of the third page.

Originally Posted by Mario92

Um...I don't know about this one, but there was a way to open the previous DJ program on Mac using Wino or something. It's somewhere in the other thread...set your page limit to 200 posts per page, and it's at the top of the third page.

Well my point was that you don't need to because you have an application made specifically for Mac....and even if it isn't good as Dream Journal, which I have no idea, Dream Diary is good enough.

Originally Posted by OfficerFlake

Slick,

I updated it then things didn't work right at first... I found this is because my Shortcut still points to the old version... (uses "DreamJournal_2-3.exe" for filename...)

I just decided to RE-DL from banhurts site then rename it to 2-5.exe and update my shortcut and it worked...

I tried that, and my NIS 2010 SONAR keeps removing it because it's detecting high risk. Maybe
I need to work something out with my Norton community Insight on this, either that or I have
to go back to the previous version of DJ.

Also, what do you mean update your shortcut? Are you suppose
to make a copy of the program?

Originally Posted by dariocanata

Well my point was that you don't need to because you have an application made specifically for Mac....and even if it isn't good as Dream Journal, which I have no idea, Dream Diary is good enough.

Yeah, but I hardly doubt it has received the feedback DJ has gotten...it may be worth it to invest half an hour to make it work.

Originally Posted by Slick

I tried that, and my NIS 2010 SONAR keeps removing it because it's detecting high risk. Maybe
I need to work something out with my Norton community Insight on this, either that or I have
to go back to the previous version of DJ.

Also, what do you mean update your shortcut? Are you suppose
to make a copy of the program?

People still use Norton?

The way I know how to make Dream Journal work on mac is to use Paralles or BootCamp. I do have paralllels. Ill try and install it later.

Thank you for posting this! I was wondering why everyone else's dream journals were so neat... this is a clean and simple piece of software that I can see great use for.

Ok, apparently my Journal file is "corrupted" and it asks me do I want to
recover a backup copy. I click Yes and it just sits there doing nothing.

EDIT- Nevermind, got it working.

This program/software/whatever is great!
Question though; its like a sharing file isn't it (sorry for the inaccuracies there, new to the internet).
If I enter a dream into the dream journal will that mean other people on the internet will be able to see my dream? If so can I change this?

Please reply someone Thanks

Originally Posted by Falsename

This program/software/whatever is great!
Question though; its like a sharing file isn't it (sorry for the inaccuracies there, new to the internet).
If I enter a dream into the dream journal will that mean other people on the internet will be able to see my dream? If so can I change this?

Please reply someone Thanks

People can't see your dreams. If you have an online DJ, the program will offer to publish your dreams, and if you accept, it will log on using your default web browser and take you to the input section of your DJ thread. The entries in the correct format will automatically be placed in your clipboard...just right-click and select "paste."

If you choose not to publish, then your dreams will remain invisible. The online stats page is also completely optional: this is a section showing how many dreams, lucids, TOTM's, and "points" you have. By simply not checking the "online" box, you will remain hidden.

Answer time!

Originally Posted by Mario92

I opened the new DJ, then the old one, only to find that it was this old shell without any content. I then opened up my new one again, only to find that it had also become a shell. I restored the backup file (great feature, I may add) and it was fixed...sort of. I checked the "online" box the first time I used the new DJ program. I think the issue arose when restoring the backup copy...

Ok, now I understand why it happened.

Originally Posted by Snowy Egypt

Would it be possible to add a feature to the Dream Entry page that lets you manually choose how many regular and lucid dreams you have, and what type of LDs each LD was?

It's a good idea, thanks!

Originally Posted by Drokens

Well, the first time I opened my dream journal with this it worked. But the next time, it was totally wiped of all content. Luckily, it makes a backup or I would have lost all my dream entries instead of just four. I'm not sure what caused it to do this.

Originally Posted by Kraftwerk

It won't let me open my old DJ. It says the file is corrupted :'(

You've probably accidentally used the 2.3 version on a 2.5 journal file. Make sure you don't have any shortcuts pointing to DreamJournal 2.3. Create a new journal and restore a backup copy in Settings.

Originally Posted by Drokens

I now am using my backup and want to put it online but I already have one there that is named Drokens and has my stats. What should I do?

Fixed.

Originally Posted by TomSnare

AND you implemented my idea of making the goal sorting by completion permanent (until re-sorted)!! Great success!!

Yes and by the way thanks to everybody who contributed their ideas! Without you, the new version wouldn't be as good as it certainly is.

Originally Posted by Jhony

Just noticed this Banhurt, but what happened to the option to set the time for your other app "RealityCheck"?

There is a new version of RealityCheck. Now you can change settings there.

Originally Posted by dariocanata

It just seems to be the best thing to do... so I just feel ignored after posting a new Topic about the app, after posting a reply to the previous topic of DreamJournal 2.3 and after sending a pm to Banhurt.

I haven't received a message from you.

Originally Posted by Slick

Hmm, somethings not right, I just updated it through the update notice and I couldn't open it at all, then my AntiVirus detected "dreamjournal.exe" to be high risk and claims to find it behaving suspiciously, so I removed it.

Don't know what that's all about. Not trying to say your program is bad or anything, but is this something I should be concern about?

I don't know, this has never happened to anyone. I can only assure you that there's nothing suspicious about the program, but I totally understand if you stick with the old version, I trust my anti-virus, too.

Originally Posted by OfficerFlake

A simple "Log In" type method to access multiple DJ's at once. Password protected Archives will simply have a password field on the Log On, otherwise a traditional "click to enter" would be awesome.

Why use multiple dream journals?

Originally Posted by OfficerFlake

An advanced settings would be nice, as well as adding a nice feature implemented in "Eternal Star's" DJ, "Dream | Lucid Dream | Dream Comments | Non-Dream"

Dream comments = Non-dream

Originally Posted by OfficerFlake

THIS! This is what happened to me. A ghost "OfficerFlake" appeared. Think I killed it myself however.

Actually, I did.