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Submitted by jan_rifkinson on 2009/01/20 08:19

I want my done items to disappear.

When I looked at the field properties for done it already had an equation which I didn't want to mess with.

So then I focues on item field thinking that

if an item was marked done I could have something like AM: done=null

but this didn't work.

I know I can do it by un-checking one box & checcking another such as:

uncheck "Inbox"

check "done"

but I want to automate the function so when I hit <CTRL>M, the item is struck through disappearss from whatever view I'm in.

All donations of help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Confused in Ridgefield.

Jan Rifkinson

Ridgefield CT USA

Comments

The auto-assign rules for the Done field are to manage a GTD-style inbox. If you don't use it, you can safely remove them.

If I read you correctly, you want that when you mark an item done:

The item text becomes strikethru
The item disappears from the current grid

To do this:

Add to the auto-assign of the Done field: |A:ItemFont=SetFontAttrib(ItemFont,"S",-1)
This cannot be done per se. IQ separates data from presentation, so you can only work on fields. Currently, marking an item as done removes it from the Inbox

Since I don't want to cahange the formula in the done date file, I'm thinking I could filter out the done items in any view. Would this be something like

item does not = done (how is that translated?)

Jan Rifkinson

Ridgefield CT USA

HP Blackbird Vista Ultimate SP-1

Jan,

to remove items that are done

paste this in the filter box

done is null

or,

~~to show items that are not done~~

to show items that are done:

done is not null

There may be otherways but this one works anyway !

Thanks Tom. In filter I currently have the following

GTD or Pending or Task

to which I want to add done is null

so I made the filter GTD or Pending or Task and done is null

but when I try this, it doesn't seem to dump the done items

What am I doing wrong?

Edited 01/20/09 01:00 pm I need to modify the result

The filter does dump done items but only those items that did not have any sub-items and

it did not dump any done sub-items

Jan Rifkinson

Ridgefield CT USA

HP Blackbird Vista Ultimate SP-1

try selecting

menu > Grid > Filter applies to sub-items

and refresh,

should do the job

I wish but it's not so. The Grid > Filter > sub-items function is selected but the sub-items w done dates are still present.

Filter = GTD or Pending or Task and done is null

Steps:

I selected tab for specific view

chkd to make sure filter applied to sub-items

hit refresh <F5>

but there was no changes in the grid, i.e. done items were still visible.

Jan Rifkinson

Ridgefield CT USA

HP Blackbird Vista Ultimate SP-1

You need to group your criteria:

Instead of : Filter = GTD or Pending or Task and done is null

Use : Filter = (GTD or Pending or Task) and done is null

Thanks Pierre, That did it. I'm embarrassed I didn't think of that.

Jan Rifkinson

Ridgefield CT USA

HP Blackbird Vista Ultimate SP-1

[quote=Tom]

to show items that are not done

done is not null

[/quote]

This should read:

To show items that are done

done is not null

Tom: could you correct your post as some users could get mislead

[quote=Pierre_Admin]

Tom: could you correct your post as some users could get mislead

[/quote]

apologies Pierre, Jan for getting things upsidedown

Unfortunately Pierre, I cannot edit that particular post - even though I can edit the one I made since (I've reported that before - I'm not sure but it looks like I can only edit the last post I've made in any particular thread) - Can you edit it?

Done