Looking for a shortcut

Submitted by DavidF on 2016/05/21 06:12
hi,
 
Doing some customising of keyboard shortcuts at the moment and I thought a shortcut for "Context Parents" would be really useful - something you could flick on and off. But I can't see it in the Customise > Keyboard lists. I've looked under "Grid" and under "View".  Are my eyes just skidding over it or is it really not there?
 
-- David F.

sync with external databases - basic question

Submitted by jimspoon on 2016/05/20 01:40
I've realized that I don't really understand what it means when we say that Infoqube can sync with external databases.  From what I have read it seems that Infoqube will retrieve data from an external database via an SQL command (SELECT statement?).  I'm guessing that IQ puts each retrieved row into a separate IQ item, and each retrieved column into a an IQ field according to a specified mapping.  So, if you do the same sync later, if the query issued to the external database returns more rows, additional IQ items will be created accordingly.  And previously created IQ items will remain the same except for changed data in fields?  Of course this would assume some method of correlating the rows returned from the external database to the items already synced into IQ.
 
From what I read it seems that the sync is one-way - changes to the data in the external database are synced into IQ, but changes to the data in IQ are not synced back

Version 0.9.77 is now available !

Submitted by Pierre_Admin on 2016/05/20 00:26
Hi IQ Users,
 
In this release (v0.9.77):
  • New: Grid: Print-to-Fit and Print Scaling
  • New: Grid > Save: If a column set is currently loaded, a dialog is shown offering to save the grid with this set of columns
  • New: Grid: Conditional formatting now supports Font setting
  • New: HTML Pane: SVG Documents. To do move serious drawings than Ink documents. Install Inkscape (or another SVG editor.

Remove from search list

Submitted by WayneK on 2016/05/19 20:32
When I do a file search with the program "Locate", I can manually select files in the hit list and remove them.  The removal stays in force until I perform a new search.
 
I use this command all the time.  It's especially useful when the search generates a large number of spurious hits.  In that case, I quickly select large blocks of irrelevant files and remove them from the view to clear the clutter and make it easier to home in on better candidates.
 
I think this might be a useful tool to add to InfoQube searches.  Of course, let me know if there's already a way to do this that I don't know about.
 
Wayne

Column selection problem

Submitted by Jon on 2016/05/16 13:32
I have a grid with seven columns. Selecting blocks of items and contiguous columns does not work as it does in Excel. The middle columns are not selected. This happens if I use Shift + Click to select a block of CTRL + Click to individually select. I think this worked before. I am trying to copy / paste selected columns into a text document.
 
Jon