|
|
Comments and Discussions
|
|
 |
|
Hi:
I am trying to filter "Start_Set AND Priority > 5 OR Completion_Set AND Priority > 5".
However, when I come to enter the last "Priority", I don't get the "Greater than" on the value filter drop-down, just "set / not set, equals / not equal, includes / not includes". In other words, all the >, >=, < etc. comparisons are not available.
Running 6.6 Dev R4.
=John
Of course, brackets would help: "Priority > 5 AND (Start_Set OR Completion_Set)", but that's another wish!
|
|
|
|
|
Thx John.
Someone else has reported a similar problem so it sounds like a bug.
|
|
|
|
|
If you change the Category of an task via the edit field it takes about 10 seconds till the hour glass cursor disappears and TDL is responsive again! TDL never showed this behaviour in former versions.
Thank You
Alexandra
|
|
|
|
|
How are you changing the category?
1. Typing something and hitting 'return'?
2. Selecting via the checkboxes?
|
|
|
|
|
ps. I can't reproduce this.
If you can send me your tasklist and preferences file I might be able to figure it out.
|
|
|
|
|
I click in the edit field "Category" which is at the bottom of my tasklist. Then i type in the category of the task and press Return.
Alexandra
|
|
|
|
|
And it happens repeatedly, every time you edit a category?
|
|
|
|
|
ps. What happens if you rename your prefs file and restart TDL?
|
|
|
|
|
Yes it happens every time you type a new category in. In the window title "Keine Rückmeldung" (No response or similar) appears!
What prefs file?
Thank You
Alexandra
|
|
|
|
|
Alexxcode wrote: What prefs file?
ToDoList.ini, unless you use the registry for your settings.
|
|
|
|
|
|
I discovered the problem: A previous 6.6 fix of a display bug under Vista+ caused the slowdown, so I'll be able to release a fix this evening.
Thx for your patience.
|
|
|
|
|
Get it Here.
I know I said that DR3 was the last, but I had to do some major refactoring to ensure that 'Find Task' filters using custom attributes was as robust as possible.
I've also updated some of the translation files.
|
|
|
|
|
Hi Dan,
Some issues with the find tasks filter.
When I went to create a new filter, I changed the type to 'Due Date', but the dropdown next to it remained as for a text field (i.e. no less than, less than or equals etc...). I set it to 'equals' and saved the filter. It didn't filter as expected.
I went out of TDL, then back in, and it seemed to have the correct dropdown now. However, changing it to a text field, didn't change the dropdown back.
When I had created the date filter, it didn't seem to work either. In my case, due date is >= to 26/11 brought up tasks with due dates of 25/11 and 27/11.
Let me know if this is unclear, or need more specific details.
zajchapp
|
|
|
|
|
Hi Dan,
Nice to see that TDL evolve pretty fast, thanks again.
.dan.g. wrote: I've also updated some of the translation files.
I am happy to see some corrections reaching surface. 
But I am surprised there so few corrections  , I thought I sent you much more corrections
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
|
|
|
|
|
|
I checked, it don't.
I did some corrections on wrong translations and they are not corrected.
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
|
|
|
|
|
In that case, can you re-send me the updated dictionary pls?
|
|
|
|
|
In Version 6.6.Dev 3 the renaming of icons does not work properly. The Assignment between names and icons gets lost. Sooner or later other icons than the renamed icons gets the names you typed in. BTW, where do the names of the icons get stored? In the "ToDoList.ini"?
Dan, in the feature list of 6.6 many features are crossed out. What´s with this features? They are defered or implemented already?
I would like to mention some features i still would love to be realized someday. I don´t know if those will make it in 6.x.
- Editable Hyperlinks
- Defer Options
- Tasks which appear when startdate ist reached (at 0:00 o´clock!)
- TDL remembers the last cursorposition in the comments of each task
Thank You
Alexandra
|
|
|
|
|
Alexxcode wrote: Sooner or later other icons than the renamed icons gets the names you typed in.
Unfortunately that doesn't give me much to go on. Are you using your own icons?
Alexxcode wrote: In Version 6.6.Dev 3 the renaming of icons does not work properly
Are you saying that the problem has only just appeared?
Alexxcode wrote: BTW, where do the names of the icons get stored? In the "ToDoList.ini"?
Yes.
Alexxcode wrote: They are defered or implemented already?
Already implemented.
Alexxcode wrote: Tasks which appear when startdate ist reached (at 0:00 o´clock!)
This should already be in 6.6.
|
|
|
|
|
.dan.g. wrote: Are you saying that the problem has only just appeared?
I don´t know. I did not try renaming icons for a long time. And yes i´m using own icons as well.
Icons are now sorted alphabetically which is great. But the first 2 icons icon0 and icon1 are not mentioned in the ToDoList.ini. The sort algorythm you use does not consider numbers which leads to the order 0, 1, 10, 100, 11, 29, 3, 30. See below.
I will try to change the names directly in the ToDoList.ini and tell you what happens.
DONE! Everytime you close TDL the ToDoList.ini ist saved and the assigment gets destroyed. There is a pattern. Every new name you typed in is listed alphabetically at the end of the icon list while the order of the icons are not affected. If you rename an icon with a number it seems to work. (Assignment stays) I hope this helps!
Thank You
Alexandra
Excerpt of ToDoList.ini:
ListAscending=-1
ListAscending2=1
ListAscending3=1
ListColumn=163
ListColumn2=163
ListColumn3=163
ListMulti=0
Multi=0
[TaskIcons]
Height=866
Icon3=10
Icon4=100
Icon5=11
Icon6=12
Icon7=13
Icon8=14
Icon9=15
Icon10=16
Icon11=17
Icon12=18
Icon13=19
Icon14=2
Icon15=20
Icon16=22
Icon17=23
Icon18=24
Icon19=25
Icon20=26
Icon21=27
Icon22=28
Icon23=29
Icon24=3
Icon25=30
modified 24-Nov-12 5:30am.
|
|
|
|
|
Thx for the extra information, Alex. I'll look into it.
|
|
|
|
|
Alexxcode wrote: n Version 6.6.Dev 3 the renaming of icons does not work properly.
How did it work or how should it work? I never understood the hint in the dialogue about editing the names ...
Pierre
|
|
|
|
|
Well i think you should be able to rename the icons in the dialog like it is already. After closing the dialog or TDL those names and the link to the icon should be remembered and the list should be sorted alphabetically by iconnames.
Thank You
Alexandra
|
|
|
|
|
Alexxcode wrote: ...like it is already.
Sorry - my fault. Until now I could not rename it, because I tried with F2 / right mouse / slow double-click.
But now I got it: I have to use sloooow double click 
Pierre
|
|
|
|
|
|
Alexxcode wrote: Pierre, would you mind verifying the icon-naming problem by renaming some icons in Dev 3 and tell us what happens?
I will see, but at the moment I
- have Dev 4
- don't use icons often
- crash my INI totally ..
Pierre
|
|
|
|
|
Pierre de la Verre wrote: crash my INI totally ..
Can you be a bit more specific?
|
|
|
|
|
.dan.g. wrote: Can you be a bit more specific?
I reported it some times ago, but can not find the posting any more Pierre
|
|
|
|
|
Pierre de la Verre wrote: I will see,
6.6. dev 4.1 
a) It seem to have problem with the additional icons stored in folder "Icons". In an existing TDL it displays all ".ico", but some of them with wrong picture. In a new created TDL it shows only one .ico
b) The sorting of the integrated icons is: 1, 10, 100, 11, 12, ..19, 2, 20
Pierre
|
|
|
|
|
Hello and Thanks, Dan.
When I add a Start Date to my Daily todolist, I have to have both the date and time fields in the form below the task list. It also displays the full date/time beside the task, too. I would like to be able to only see the start and due times, but not the full calendar dates. In my project/monthly task lists, having the dates only is already possible since the time field is not required.
|
|
|
|
|
Hi,
One of my preferences when working is to have a very visual indication of what I'm doing. I like sticky notes (which I can vary in colour, size etc., and move around the screen as I wish) for this. But I also like to have a system for properly managing everything I have to do - and use TDL for this on the desktop.
So what I would really like would be for the TDL reminders to have the option of coming up like sticky notes (preferably with comments attached) that can be resized, coloured, moved, kept on top (or not) etc.
I don't know if this can be easily done at the moment (I've not seen a way to do it), or whether anyone else would find it helpful.
Dm
|
|
|
|
|
This sounds like a huge piece of work if I were to write something from scratch, but there's always a possibility of finding an existing component to work with.
|
|
|
|
|
it might be possible to just export certain notes to a format that is recognizable by some third party post it note program.
This approach might need automatic 2 way synchronization though (more complexity).
However it might be cleaner in the sense that a todolist program is a todolist program, while a postit note program does it as a post it note program.
CY
|
|
|
|
|
Cayce.Pek wrote: it might be possible to just export certain notes to a format that is recognizable by some third party post it note program.
This approach might need automatic 2 way synchronization though (more complexity).
However it might be cleaner in the sense that a todolist program is a todolist program, while a postit note program does it as a post it note program.
CY
Thanks. I have thought about exporting (and even tried it once), but it is just too long-winded; not a great deal better than just using two progs; 2 way syncing would solve the problem but I'd think it would require a lot of work and would need confidence that the other program would always work in the same way.
|
|
|
|
|
I've discovered (thx to zajchapp) a freeware Stickies app[^] that looks very promising.
Therefore, in as much detail as possible, can you specify how you would want the integration to work?
To stimulate discussion, might I suggest the following as a starting point:
1. A preference (or an option on the reminder dialog) to show reminders as stickies.
2. An option to allow edits in the stickies to modify the related task.
3. Closing a sticky dismisses the reminder.
|
|
|
|
|
For what it is worth, I am not so interested in reminders. As indicated in another thread, I would be interested in having a small resizable window either on the desktop or (preferably) always on top. In this window would be the ability to add notes or tasks (e.g. for today). A sticky is a convenient way of doing this.
What is key is the ability to easily export one or more task titles to a sticky. All in one go or several individual actions. Or ideally be able to drag tasks onto it. It is a way to easily identify tasks to do today, separate them out from the other noise, and keep this short list visible 'in your face'.
I would not be too fussed about 2 way communication in this application. Although you seem to suggest some 2 way interaction may be possible.
PS: This could take the place of my diary, in which I currently put the things to do today - based on my bigger, planned tasks in TDL, and smaller tasks from email and daily events and interactions.
zajchapp
|
|
|
|
|
<blockquote class="FQ"><div class="FQA">.dan.g. wrote:</div>This sounds like a huge piece of work if I were to write something from scratch, but there's always a possibility of finding an existing component to work with.<br>
<div class="signature">.dan.g.</div></blockquote>
Thanks for thinking about it.
In practice, I don't really need all the features of a post-it program. I use Actual Window Manager, so I have the option of making the reminder stay on top or not anyway. I can move the window around the screen. But keeping it visible means that the rest of the TDL can't be used, until I dismiss/snooze it. The other bits I can't do are resizing and colouring the windows (I'd be happy if the reminder simply took on the task colour); and I'd like the task title showing larger than the text in the boxes, so it is very easy to see what I need to keep in mind. The reminders are a major feature, especially for managing things within a day.
But if it isn't something that would be used by other people, then I don't think it is worth even a little work.
|
|
|
|
|
|
There are more than 3k errors when I compile the codes with VS2008 on WIN7.
Is there anybody help me to fix it? 
|
|
|
|
|
I will be releasing some code fixes for VS2008 when I release 6.6.
|
|
|
|
|
Dan,
following a recent post, I create a new specific post about the following reflexion :
the filter list " Show" contains a lot of filters, especially for date filtering, and custom find tasks filters.
But why put in this list, the filters 'Selected tasks' and 'flagged tasks'? It is restrictive. Indeed :
* I can filter on category (for example) then use the filter selected tasks
* But I cannot filter on "task due by today" then use the filter selected tasks, because they are in the same list...
According to me, these 2 filters "selected tasks" and "flagged tasks" should be put in a new single filter combobox, in order to also be used in combination with the 'Show' filter.
And if this new filter combobox could remains enable even in case of custom find task filter, this would be great and useful.
I hope this feature can be feasible...
Thank you Dan.
|
|
|
|
|
laurentbosc wrote: I hope this feature can be feasible...
Give me some time to figure out how to do this, because I'm not sure that another combo is the best solution.
|
|
|
|
|
ok, no problem  !
|
|
|
|
|
For what it is worth, I have always found it a little logically strained to combine the date range filters with other attributes or statuses, such as all, complete, incomplete, selected, flagged.
It has never really caused me any issues though in the way I use TDL.
zajchapp
|
|
|
|
|
zajchapp wrote: a little logically strained to combine the date range filters with other attributes or statuses
Can you articulate that in more detail pls?
|
|
|
|
|
Sure.
What I mean is that the date range filters are useful for finding tasks within a date range. Attribute filters are useful for finding tasks with a particular attribute (e.g. flagged or completed status). By combining these in the one filter, means flexibility is lost. I understand the 'Show' filter is a useful compromise, as it is a useful way of bringing up common views. IMHO it isn't logically 'pure' though, and means certain views aren't possible.
For example:
I want all flagged tasks due by the end of the month. By using the existing show filters I can only get all tasks due by the end of the month. I can't specify to see only the flagged ones in that date range. Similarly if you wanted to see all completed tasks in the date range (for reporting purposed for instance). You can use sorting to help though.
I am not sure this needs 'fixing' though, as we have the 'Find Tasks' functionality. This not only allows for more control over date ranges, but a wide variety of additional attributes can be included in the query you build. And when we can save a set of custom views/queries, all will be well. At that point, I will probably mainly use self created filters. And that is also why I would be keen to be able to remove the current built in ones.
PS: The functionality that the filter bar remains active when a custom filter is applied would be great. It could mean that you don't need to create a unique filter for, say, every member in the team...
zajchap
|
|
|
|
|
I fully agree with this detailed explanation! It is exactly what i think. But your english is better than mine
However, I don't agree with the conclusion when you say That find task filter is the solution. Find task filter allows more control, Yes, but the 'selected tasks' filter is not possible via the find task functionality... And sometimes uses the find task filters is not so user friendly than the standard filters ( i need to modify my search Filter in ordre to have exactly what i want)
So IMHO, a little Fix / improvement in order to separate date filters from the others (uncompleted, selected, flagged, etc...), would be à good thing. And this "new" filter should remain enabled even in case of custom find task filter.
|
|
|
|
|
I also agree that the 'Find Tasks' is not necessarily the right solution, so I will give it some thought.
|
|
|
|
|
laurentbosc wrote: However, I don't agree with the conclusion when you say That find task filter is the solution.
You are correct of course. It is sufficient for me however, as I never use the 'selected' filter (and can't see myself ever doing so).
zajchapp
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 General  News  Suggestion  Question  Bug  Answer  Joke  Rant  Admin
Use Ctrl+Left/Right to switch messages, Ctrl+Up/Down to switch threads, Ctrl+Shift+Left/Right to switch pages.
|
A hierarchical task manager with native XML support for custom reporting.
| Type | Article |
| Licence | Eclipse |
| First Posted | 3 Nov 2003 |
| Views | 15,179,762 |
| Downloads | 228,218 |
| Bookmarked | 2,936 times |
|
|
Submit an article or tip
Post your Blog
![Rose | [Rose]](/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
