sum in info

Submitted by jsolka on 2010/07/09 13:25
 
I use info to quickly see the sum of highlighted cells, but I'd like some of the cells (which are actually have a different font color) to be excluded (not counted). Would it be possible? (and feasible)
Thanks

[Crash - major] Gantt chart crashes IQ

Submitted by Armando on 2010/07/08 23:58
It probably has to do with the gantt modification you introduced recently (or something else very recent as I used the gantt chart last week and didn't have any problem).
 
1- Open a sample DB
2- In the welcome grid, Open the gantt chart with default config.
4- Click in the grid.
3- After a short while --> crash (seems like you can accelerate the crash by creating a task duration in the gantt chart)
 
Anybody can reproduce this ?

refresh all grids

Submitted by reesd on 2010/07/08 19:38
I hope I am missing something, but I can't find a way to refresh all the visible grids. Basically an F5 for everything that is open. I tried Shift-F5 just in case (and its not in the shortcuts), but it obviously didn't work.
 
Having multiple views on the same data is a real strength of IQ that Ecco had as well, but I need to be able to edit the data without clicking several refresh buttons.
 
Thanks,
d

"downwards" column equations

Submitted by Armando on 2010/07/08 16:10
More or less Copied from one of my own post there :  upward inheritance
 
Suggestion : Implement downwards column equations.
 
When I last tried (in the field equation section : sum(parents) ) IQ said something like "Not implemented yet"...

Downward column equation -- if implemented like upward column equations --  would allow something like conditional inheritance, etc.
So instead of having stuff propagating everywhere, I could decide when something is inherited or not.
 

Inheritance behaviour : some reminders + suggestions

Submitted by Armando on 2010/07/08 15:49
Hi Pierre,
 
you probably noted that somewhere, but that's what I remember from out discussion a while ago :
 
  •     When field content is changed by user, content won't change when moved. (won't inherit another value automatically)
  •     Pop-up to warn user when Item is moved and data will be changed, so that user can chose what will happen. (Usefull for project, etc. where one can chose what project should a task inherit the characteristics, when it has multiple project parents)

Other possibility, but problematic IMO  (too many situations where this would be annoying):
 
  • main parent data wins (when multiple parents)
 

Display issues of the notifications pane itself (pane on/off)

Submitted by Armando on 2010/07/08 14:03
Please post your notifications  pane problem here -- not so much what it displays but the pane itself showing up or not.
 
I haven't delved into the details, but here's a start :
 
1- Sometimes the pane is checked in the view menu, but invisible in the UI. This usually happens after an IQ restart.
 
2- The zoom function F11 does some weird things with it.

Notifications pane doesn't show info consistantly.

Submitted by Armando on 2010/07/08 12:58
 

the Notifications pane only shows info for
1- Columns (fields) headers
2- fields names in the properties pane
3- incompletely displayed cells content in the grids (if the cell shows all info, notification shows nothing -- at least, that's what I'm observing here).
4- text cells with carriage returns inside (shift-enter, actually)
 
2 possible enhancements :
 
1- IMO the notifications pane  should show cell details and field details all the time on "mouse over", whether the field content is displayed completely or not, or has carriage returns or not.

2- the grid info tooltips should also appear in the notification pane area  (and , why not, any other tooltip?)
 
 
[EDITED FOR BETTER CLARITY + added a few details.]

Notifications Pane: Fields with different grid caption not being read from Forms >Current Grid [& other problems]

Submitted by Tom on 2010/07/08 06:12
 
this appears to be a (minor) bug with the Notifications pane
 
I have a field displaying in the grid - the caption in the grid is different from the actual field name. I have no entry in Manage Fields under Caption (Properties pane)
In the properties pane it shows under it's actual name - but in the forms under Current Grid, it shows using the grid caption name -
the notification pane is unable to read it from this location (Current Grid)
 
(hope that's clear enough)
 
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