Gantt charts

Submitted by david1904 on 2009/08/06 22:26
When working with projects and gantt charts - Is it possible to assign resources to task within a project so as to be able to see (eg colour change) when resources are inadequate for planned activities.
I'm thinking particularly of the situation when an individual may have several long and medium term projects on the go simultaneously, along with regular daily or weekly tasks - and only so many hours in a day/week/month.
It would be nice to visualise time crunches or potential bottlenecks when planning and monitoring progress.
 
I think what I want to do is have a way of:
Allocating a resource of x hours week over 6 days Eg up to 12 hours in any 1 day, but not more than 50 hours in any 1 week
Subtracting known commitments eg 4 hours every Wed, 3 hours every 2nd Thurs and 5 hours on any 5th Monday of the month.
Then subtracting known weekly commitments that have to be done, but not on any particular day eg 1

Actual Rich Text Editing (apart from html)

Submitted by Anonymous on 2009/08/06 21:24
I would like to suggest that perhaps actually using rich text instead of html for note bodies could be advantageous. Perhaps you could make this an optional setting.

I sometimes insert Excel tables, or Visio or AutoCAD drawings into rich text documents. Using the native format makes it easy to edit the table / diagram and gives me full access to the program used to create the graphical / numerical parts of the document when I need to edit these.

It is easy to do the above in ancient programs such as Ecco and Keynote which allow me to do this. But to get the equivalent in InfoQube, I have to open the document in MS Word (and every time answer that annoying dialog about mht conversion), and then open the object in the program I used to create it. 

linking / registering folder files

Submitted by jan_rifkinson on 2009/08/06 09:25
Pierre,
 
In at least three data programs I've used in the past (Zoot, Ariadne & ADM) there was a way to use the outline as a modified file explorer, i.e. the user could selected a folder in the program & ask the program to "register" (create a link) to all files in that folder. The process was generally very fast.
 
From then on, the user could find that folder in the outline w all files listed as sub-items. Clicking on the sub-item would open that file appropriately, i.e. within the program's browser or otherwise.
 
How can I do something similar in IQ.
 
For starters I'm thinking about this in conjunction with Scrapbook & writing files.
 
Thanks.
 
--
Jan Rifkinson
Ridgefield CT USA

Large text in grid

Submitted by jsolka on 2009/08/06 06:45
How do I set up IQ so that whe I use it for writing, the text in the cell is fully displayed, so I can scroll it. Now the text is hidden, and I need to hover the mose over it to see it. Again, I would like this to be gully displayed, and if it's too long, to be able to see it the rest of it by scrolling.
Thanks.
Jay

link to an item -- again

Submitted by jsolka on 2009/08/06 06:42
When I insert a link to an item into HTML pane (choose other in the upper box and enter item # in the lower box in hyperlink dialogue box):
1. When the item is in a different grid it doesn't work -- worked only once, taking me to the scratch grid. In order to work it again I need to refresh. Is it by design or is it a bug or I do the hyperlink incorrectly?

Explaining a Project in IQ

Submitted by jan_rifkinson on 2009/08/05 20:06
let's say you have a task item like: "Finish the basement"
 
"Finish the basement" can be assigned (therefore appear) in various grids.
 
Again, for example, let's say
the task is scheduled for Tuesday
the task is assigned to Jim's Contracting Co,
the task is assigned to Tom who works for Jim's Contracting Co.
so
 
Grid 1 could be your weekly schedule & "Finish the basement" would appear under Tuesday in the following way
Tuesday
  "Finish the basement"
 
Grid 2 might be a list of all your task items in the re-modeling of your house & "Finish the basement" would appear in the following way:
"Finish the basement" and in a cell next to it "Jim's Contracting Co."
 
Grid 3 might be a contact list of a

Using IQ for writing & tasking

Submitted by jan_rifkinson on 2009/08/05 19:57
Writing:
- I create a project folder name & a boolean (y/N) field w the same name
- I create a grid with the project name as it's source of all data (this automatically collects all the data that is identified with the boolean y/n field of the same name)
- I use IQ's excellent clipper to import research as I find it. IQ faithfully reproduce web data including graphics very easily in MHT or HTML formats except when the data is hidden behind passwords as in HTTPS sites. Then a different procedure can be used.) I tend to favor MHT because it keeps all the data in one place -- yes, within IQ
- If I get a random idea, I can quickly jump to my journal, make a note & tag it with the project name field
- I re-arrange (drag/drop) research items & notes into some kind of pre-lim order. From there I can either print outline to html (children are collapsable) or join items in the outline, etc.

How to send email directly from IQ

Submitted by jan_rifkinson on 2009/08/05 13:23
I've asked this question a number of times & have yet to get a workable ressponse.
 
After I write an article  I want to send it directly out of IQ to the editor. How do I do this?
 
Both Gmail & Yahoo use secure SSL connections. I don't know how to set up for that.
I would prefer to use Gmail
 
Could someone please finally help me with this issue?
 
Slightly frustrated in Ridgefield, CT
Jan Rifkinson

Utilizing Scrabook w IQ

Submitted by jan_rifkinson on 2009/08/05 12:40
I forund the following in the blogs:
[quote]
You can use the FireFox extension Scrapbook with IQ. This is really convenient to grab pages behind logins (such as GMail). To do so:
 
Initial Setup:
  1. Scrapbook > Tools > Options > Organize > Enable multi-scrapbook: checked
  2. Scrapbook > Multi-Scrapbook > Manage > Add: Add your IQBase .SNDB..files folder.[/quote]
However, I think these directions need to be updated as they no longer seem to apply.
I'd like to use this ability so if someone could help me out w good steps I'd appreciate it
 
thanks.
--
Jan Rifkinson
Ridgefield CT USA
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