Auto Refresh Screen for ItemCreated Sorts?

Submitted by WayneK on 2021/02/18 14:12
I sort a lot using ItemCreated date.  But for this to work correctly, you have to first refresh the grid (values are not displayed when item is created).
 
I forget to do this repeatedly, so that what I expect to be a one-step operation becomes three: 1) Sort; 2) Refresh grid after realizing some items don't have created dates; 3) Sort again.
 
Is there any way to get around this and avoid the extra steps?
 
Maybe it wouldn't be desirable to refresh the grid every time you create a new item, but maybe include a grid refresh any time a sort is initiated on a column that has automatic values?
 
Wayne

more experiments with linked files

Submitted by jimspoon on 2021/02/17 17:53
ItemHTMLFile contains only a file name, not a pathname - IQ looks for the file in the .Files folder.  .Files folder is set in Option 2.4.10, and is stored in <database name>.ini in the same folder as the corresponding .sndb database file. 
 
ItemHTMLFile contains both a pathname and filename - IQ finds the file at the designated path and filename.
 
FileName has only a filename, no pathname, and FilePath is empty - IQ finds the file if it is located in the .Files folder.  Image Viewer displayed an image file I put into the .Files folder and referenced this way.
 
FilePath or ItemHTMLFile contains network pathnames in form \\computername\sharename\pathname\filename -  IQ can find the linked file from different computers on the network.  Handy when using synced database is loaded into IQ on different network computers, and the database contains links to files residing on compute

Wildcards in Omnibox

Submitted by Armando on 2021/02/17 17:40

Hi Pierre,

Wildcards in Omnibox in version 117pre4 don't work when placed at the end of a string

Ex.: *proj*

There are no results.

In previous versions (at least in 116f) the same query would allow to filter grids names -- ex. see all grids containing the string "proj".

Tell me if you can't reproduce it.

Thanks!

Navigating from Search Grid via Tags

Submitted by assari on 2021/02/15 16:53
 Hi Pierre,

Embracing the concept of items being independent of grids, I tend to "group" my items using tags by tagging all my top line items.

I would like to suggest that in the "Search Grid" you allow for navigation to an item by clicking on the Tags just as we currently can by clicking on the "Shown In"  column.

Thank you for your kind consideration.

-assari-

a Files form you can add to your IQ database

Submitted by jimspoon on 2021/02/12 23:18
I just added a "Files" form to my database and I thought I'd pass it along in case anyone else might find it useful.
 
As you know IQ uses several different fields to hold references to files in the file system.  Three of these (are there any more?) are FileName, FilePath, and ItemHTMLFile.  ItemHTMLFile holds the path of the file that is displayed in the document pane.  FilePath and FileName hold the path and name of a file that can be loaded by double-clcking on the item, or viewed by opening an Image Viewer.
 
If you put these fields in a Form, a down arrow appears next to the field name in the form.  You can click on this down arrow to bring up a "Select a File" dialog (FilePath, ItemHTMLFile) or a "Browse for Folder" dialog (FilePath), to fill in these fields.
 
I added the URL field too and here's how my Form looks:
 

Request: Consistent shortcut for confirming [edit] dialogues

Submitted by Tom on 2021/02/12 15:57
Requesting a consistent shortcut for confirming a dialogue -- I'm thinking about dialogues where Items are written and or edited
 
Alt+A  [Add Item]    in the New Item dialogue to confirm the item
Alt+O  [OK]             in the Item Editor to close dialogue / confirm edits
( -- are there others?)
 
Personally I find both unintuitive, and the fact they're different complicates things...
Wondering could Ctrl+Enter be used to confirm in both cases?
Maybe in addition to an Alt shortcut (they could even be left the same then).
 
Thanks for considering

Image Edit Freeze

Submitted by WayneK on 2021/02/09 19:42
To edit image in
 
You can edit an image by double right-clicking on it in the edit window.  The dialogue lets you change the image size (width).
 
When I try to do that now, the dialogue window comes up frozen in place and flashing.  You cannot access any of the settings.
 
I recently updated from 116m to 117pre3.  Pretty sure the problem appeared after the update.
 

Auto Popup/Popout Panes

Submitted by jimspoon on 2021/02/09 16:37
Most of my items don't have document pane content or linked images - so when I am browsing through items it would be easy to miss this additional content.  It might be helpful if I had an option to have the Document Pane automatically appear when I browse to an item with Document Pane content.  Also an option to have an Image Viewer pane pop up when I browsed to an item with a linked image.  These panes could be hidden when I browse to an item without document pane content or a linked image.

Grid with many items, how to open the most recent items instead of the oldest?

Submitted by d bartlett on 2021/02/06 14:44
 Hi Pierre,
 
When opening a grid containing literally thousands of items, and the dialog box (if so enabled) pops up first asking if you want to open the first 1000 items (or whatever the # count setting is) or all items (which will take longer) where or how do I change a setting so the most recent items (say 1000, for instance) open instead of the oldest items?
 
I understand in Options/Grids where and how to change the number of items that open, but it's always the oldest items that open.   I want to change that to the most recent items.
 
thanks
Dour Bartlett

Please help - Lost Settings

Submitted by WayneK on 2021/02/05 09:36
I've lost all my settings (tabs, toolbars, colors, options settings etc).  Is there any way to recover these and what can I do to prevent this in the future?
 
I have 116m installed version.
 
Last night my computer became unstable in a way I've never seen before.  Screen was blacking out and coming back on and no programs would respond.  Eventually had to just turn it off.
 
When I re-started again this morning, all my old settings were replaced with generic default ones.
 
I think what might have happened is that the welcome file got launched somehow (I see it in the list of recent files).  When the computer finally locked up, it got tagged as the "last closed", which I think makes its settings apply to all future file openings.
 
Really hope this is recoverable.
 
Wayne