Pierre, What if something happens to you :-)?

Submitted by David_H on 2009/06/08 12:35
Hello Pierre,
 
Just today my beta expired and I have to download the newest version.  This brings to mind a very important issue.  I have no problems committing to a product that is essentially the work of a single developer company because the product is fantastic and it's for myself at this point rather than my company.  But I would like to know that if something happened to you I would not be up the creek.  Specifically, I'd like to know that if something happened to you that my software would not expire.
 
Have you put legal protections in place to make sure this won't happen?  If not, would you consider doing so?  My suggestion is that if something happens to you there should be instructions in place with an attorney to release a non-expiring version.
 
Thank You,
 
David

IQ calendar & google calendar

Submitted by jan_rifkinson on 2009/06/07 01:18
Pierre, will it be possible or could it be made to be possible to export to google calendar eventually. It would be a good alternate way to sync w various applications / phones etc w/o having the burden of owning Outlook.  It's the same kind of facility as being able to use FF & TB AFAIC.
 
Thanks,
 
--
Jan Rifkinson
Ridgefield CT USA

Importing date and time separately

Submitted by Jon on 2009/06/05 09:12
Hi:
 
Most programs maintain separate time and date fields. Let me use UR as an example. I can export the data in csv format and import into separate time and date fields within IQ. The problem arises when I want to display my appointments using a gantt chart (so I can see the flow of thhe day and conflicts at a glance) or the calendar. How can I accompliish what I want?
 
(I know that Pierre is developing import capabilities from UR, but how will these separate fields be intelligently managed? There are times when keeping them distinct is required.) 
 
Jon

One more filter question

Submitted by markfoley on 2009/06/04 05:13
Hi guys, I got a bit lost near the end of our chat about alphabetic filters, but am slowly 'getting it'!
 
One question though: what does "Grid -> Filter criteria applies to sub items" do?
 
If you have items like so in a grid:
 
one
|__two (a subitem)
 
- If you use a column filter button to filter for "two" it shows the 'two' record
- if you use the filter bar next to the source box - (ie like "two") or similar it does not show the 'two' record
 
This holds true regardless of whether  "Filter criteria applies to sub items" is on or off.  Where does it have an effect?
 
 

Need some opinions on the manual cross-references

Submitted by KeithB on 2009/06/03 22:32
I need some help/opinions on the manual, reference 2. Edit Menu.
 
1) What is auto-edit?  I didn't find any direct definitions in any of the old documentation, and I couldn't find it in the ecco manual.
 
2) I started throwing in stuff in 2. Edit Menu.  Now I'm thinking ahead, how to integrate all this stuff (or whether to worry about it at this time). 
For the comment field, do I copy the explanatory text over from the keyboard shortcut sections, do I hyperlink to that section, do I write a synopsis with a link, or do I paraphrase?  (Or all the above?). The same question as to the toolbars pages, and the community glossary pages! 
 
3) I added the reference field, which IMHO should help keep track of things.

Delete with shift causes confusion

Submitted by Tom on 2009/06/03 18:09
Yes,
I know it's not an official shortcut - but being used to it from file managers I pressed Shift+Control [Delete] to delete an item *
I got the Copy dialog box (Tab-delimited etc.)
I press escape and the dialogue box AND the item disappear 
 
Not much to complain about seeing as I wanted to delete anyways but thought I'd report while I was in the neighbourhood  ;-)
 
 

* in file manager it deletes completely - i.e. not to recycle bin - I guess the equivalent here would be that "Erase Item entirely from file (all grids)" would be selected when the confirmation dialog comes up
 

Field hierarchies

Submitted by gregory on 2009/06/03 10:35
The Word attachment (sorry!) describes a suggested enhancement to field hierarchies.
 
I apologise in advance if the current product or items on the roadmap cover this topic already; I haven't found them - but maybe I didn't look hard enough.

Menus-all commands

Submitted by KeithB on 2009/06/02 21:50
I threw together the Customize>Commands>All Commands together (Snagit'd) and marked them up as shown, and highlighted each command (in yellow) if it existed in any of the default menus.
It appears the
Window,
Page setup,
Reset pivot,
Comment Block,
Uncomment Block,
Refresh,
Set Tree Column,
Filter Column...,
Hide Column,
Royale,      (apparently this is a Theme that hasn't been enabled)
Windows Vista,  (apparently this is a Theme that hasn't been enabled)
Remove Parent Link,
Info,
Color List,   (what is this?)
Item Locked,
Text fore Color,
Re-Calculate,
Cascade,
Tile horizontal,
Tile vertical,
Arrange Icons, and
Window List,

Great potential feature! Lists of equivalent terms

Submitted by markfoley on 2009/06/02 19:05
I believe a 'list of equivalents' or synonym list would be a great thing to consider for InfoQube.
 
Reason for suggestion
When I am in meetings etc I take many notes (as most people will).  I use varying terms to refer to certain things- for example I'm running a "Transactional Banking" project which is referred to in my notes as "Transactional Banking", "Trans Banking", "TB" or "Banking Transition". 
 
Same goes for references to people.  References to Shane North in quick notes could be: SN, Shane N, S North, Shane North, Shane or even 'Credit Manager'.
 
Implementation
Pretty simple I'd hope for the benefits it would add.
 
Basically a listbox, each line containing the 'main title' and a list of the equivalent terms, so one line would look like: