Re:[pilot-db-list] Questions about List type

[Chalain Marc<mar...@vo...>]

Anne Judge wrote:

> My apologies if I've missed the answers to these somewhere . . .
> 
> I just downloaded DB 0.3.3 and now that it has the list type - YAY!!!
> - I'm just about ready to dump JFile demo and be able to use more than
> one database (the limitation of JFile's demo).
> 
> But I've run into some questions about list behavior:
> 
> (And please, let me know if there's some place this has been
> documented that I missed, so I don't have to bother the whole list
> about it!)
> 
> - When I sort on that field, it sorts in the order of the list, rather
> than alphabetically.  Is this planned?  Actually, this would be great,
> except for as indicated by my next question:

No, i can add a choice between alphabetical and others sorts.

> - As far as I can see, there's no way to change the order of a list
> once it's created - I see how to add or delete items, but added items
> go to the end of the list.  So items are in the list in the order
> they're put in, not the order in which I want them.  And I can't see
> how to move existing items around in the list.  Am I missing something?

Yes you missed something. When you are in the database structure on the left of each field there is an arrow. When you hit it a list box appear with the "properties" menu. Select it and you will see the "properties box" with the access of the list items. In the next version when you select an item and hit the new button, the new item will be added just before the current item selected.

> 
> (Thanks to the previous post here on how to add/delete items to an
> existing list - I couldn't figure that out without those instructions.)
> 
> - Similarly, is there a way to change an item in the list (e.g. change
> list item "Ann" to "Anne"), without deleting the old entry and adding
> the new one (in which case, all the records with that item change to
> "N/A" and you have to go modifying each one again).

That will be impossible, you must delete the item and create another

> I realize that List type is in its infancy in DB, and there are bound
> to be things to work out - just want to know if these have already
> been thought of/taken care of, or will/might be in future versions!  

DB is a free software and our intention is to give the more features as it's possible, but it's difficult to answer to every requests.

> And THANKS for adding the list type, which esp. with the limits of
> Graffiti makes this SO MUCH more usable.  
> 
> (And BTW, I'm using a "hand-me-down" Palm Pilot Pro so the Palm OS 2
> compatibility is greatly appreciated.)

Thank, i had a PalmPilot and i understand you.

Salut,
Marc.
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