Submitted by KeithB on 2009/12/31 13:16
 
Jan, I experimented with various things you asked for, and this seems to be working pretty well for me. You might want to experiment with the attached file..   I
 
Per the picture, I'd type away in the Journal, (line 1.1), double click the Contact_date to get the current date/time  (and optionally put it in the calendar), then drag and drop to the appropriate place in the Addressbook.
 
In the picture I held down the control key to mainain the stuff in the journal, but if it was "for real" I'd simply drag things out of the journal to move them.
 
I also put in Armando's idea, of the "My_contact" field, which would be handy if there were 30 contacts rather than 3.
 
Once the dragging is complete, the AddressBook is sorted on "Item,Contact_date desc" which means it sorts on the Item (ascending), then the Contact_date descending.
 
 
 

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Keith, thank you ever so much for setting up that example to try to satisfy my question to the forum. It certainly looks like it would work wonderfully for what I want.
However, I have a couple of problems at this end
 
1. my contact names are really items. I use a contact list boolean field to assign them to the appropriate grid. I do this in case I want to add something that isn't quite in the contact list form but  belongs there. An example might be an email I rcv w a license / registration # for a piece of software. In this case it would have an added "ID" boolean field should I ever decide to create an ID grid. I guess I could have done this  with wiki tags or category names. I may change over later when wikitags become a little more developed.
 
2. Instead of date fields which require additional input from me, I use 'created' date field as the last column (out of site) & i sort that field (select item's created column / sort sub-items via context menu) in descending mode. That seems to work.
 
3. I try to work from my contact list when doing something w a contact so, for example, if I were going to send you and email I might jump to my contact List, Sorted for "K" create a subitem under "Keith" w a note like Eml -> Keith re: contact list example on IQ forum. If I knew enough I'd probably create the contents of the email in the HTML pane & send it off to you but that part will have to wait.
 
4. Since I've never been able to master IQ's copy / paste functions of multiple items (assuming they are working right) I do use your recommended <CTRL><D/D> methodology which works perfectly.
 
5. I do have a "Contact Name" field but I use that for the actual contact since my Contact List item might -- in fact -- be a company with multiple contacts, each with their own contact name. Example:
 
Item                                                                                   Contact                                   B_Tel                     C_Tel                   F_Fax                Appt (appears in calendar)           Created                   
Ridgefield                                                                                                        
-- Ridgefield Fire Dept                                                   Hilary                                       203-123-456
---- 12/31/09 04:06 pm conv Hilary: my house is on fire, plse come put it out
-- Ridgefield Selectman                                                Rudy
-- Ridgefield Highway Dept                                          David
----- 12/31/09 04:08 pm Appt David                                                                                                                                                                       02/10/10 10:00am                          12/31/09 04:09 pm
----- Appt David's asst Harriett (a real babe)                                                                                                                                                        02/14/10  06:00pm                         12/31/09 04:19 pm
 
 
I'm sure there are better ways. This is how I'm currently using IQ for my contact list. I will see if I can incorporate some of the good ideas you & Armando have made in this regard.
 
Again. Thanks very much & Happy New Year.
 
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Jan Rifkinson
Ridgefield CT USA
HP Blackbird Vista Ultimate SP-2