IQ and Evernote's recent changes (and future)...

Submitted by Pierre_Admin on 2016/07/05 06:12
Hey IQ users!
 
Being on holidays doesn't mean being disconnected from information management news...
 
What do IQ users think about recent Evernote announcement regarding free account changes and price hikes to paid accounts ?
 
Are there IQ users still using this service ?
 
If IQ is to sync with such a multi platform tool, which one would be best ? OneNote, Evernote, Google Keep ?
 
Pierre_Admin (in beautiful Croatia)
 

An overview of IQ's main components: Items, Fields, Grids, Forms, Panes

1. Items

In InfoQube, the information is centered on items. The term item is generic and can refer to:
  • a person
  • a thing
  • a task
  • a thought
  • a file
  • notes
  • or just about anything...
This means that InfoQube does not try to decide for you how you enter your information. You are in control.
 
This is not the same behavior as in other applications! For example: if you are in Outlook, you can create a contact using the contact form... a task using the task form, etc.
In Outlook a contact item is different than a task item... but this is not the case in InfoQube .
 
All items are equal - regardless of where created. An item is an item.

Searching

There are many kinds of search / find / filter in IQ. Here are some of the main ways of searching:
  • Live-Search creates a filtered view of the the entire database in a separate grid using free-form text
  • Grid Search searches the current grid, column or column sets
  • Advanced Find creates a filtered view of the the entire database in a separate grid using field values
  • See also 2. Filtering as searching and filtering are closely related ways to find information

Pane manipulation in IQ:

Panes are windows which can be moved around, grouped, float or docked to a side:
  • Resize a docked or floating pane
  • Undock a pane to make it float
  • Dock a pane to the left or right
  • Dock a pane to the top or bottom
  • Dock a pane under or above
  • Group windows under the same pane (as a tab)
  • Auto-hide a docked pane
  • Auto-hide a floating pane
In general, you first select the pane you wish to manipulate, and start a drag operation.
As shown, the HTML pane is being dragged, and a cross-shaped cursor appears, as well as the various docking boxes.
This dragged pane can be dropped to either floating, or to one of the docking boxes. Once dropped, it can be resized.
 
 
 

Can't get Outline Styles to appear [FIXED]

Submitted by DavidF on 2016/06/21 08:40
hi,
 
having problems with Outline Styles and hoping someone can help (but not you Pierre, you're on holiday!)
 
Basically I've followed the instructions in the manual and created some styles, but they don't show up in the Grid > Outline Styles menu.
 
I've made a grid called OutlineStyles and put items in it as follows:
 

Document Pane Menus

The Document (or Doc) pane has a separate (and distinct) menu system, with its own commands, toolbars and keyboard shortcuts. Customization is similar to the main InfoQube's menu. Right-click on a menu and select Customize
 

Importing Emails into InfoQube

1. Importing from Outlook

Use any of the following means to import / link Outlook emails:
  1. Drag the Outlook email item to the YourIQBaseFile.files folder (to create a copy) and drag that copy to an IQ grid (such as the Emails grid). The Add File dialog will show (See Link to Files, Folders and URLs)
    • Select File Saved in HTML pane if you want to be able to view it inside IQ.
    • Select File Saved in File link fields or in URL field to create a link which will open Outlook where you can view the email
       
  2. Open the Hyperlink dialog and drag-drop an Outlook item onto the Outlook drop zone. Clicking the link will open the email in Outlook.
    See 4. Links for details
     
  3. Use EmailToIQ to forward emails to IQ (manual or automatic). See 2. Send To InfoQube using EmailToIQ for details

Missing "Copy Tab"

Submitted by WayneK on 2016/06/17 16:21
In a previous thread I mentioned that my "copy tab" command had disappeared from the grid context menu.  Pierre suggested I upgrade, which solved the problem.  It disappeared again in a later upgrade and is still missing in the latest (9.78b).  This is what I see at the bottom of my context menu:
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