pilot-db-list

Re: [pilot-db-list] some ideas

[<har...@ih...>]

Like Fabrice Noilhan and others, I am very pleased with pilotdb, and I'm grateful for this great program.

I have been using scripts quite a bit, and from my point of view, the suggestion which is the top of my wish list would 
be a set of say 10 constants stored with each database which could be entered via a dialogue invoked from the menu, 
and then used within a script as e.g %k3 or whatever. That alone would increase the versatility enormously.

If a script could also write to these constants, so much the better. 


Barry Harridge

RE: [pilot-db-list] some ideas

[KANE P. (CA) <Pet...@er...>]

re" 2. copy-paste in note fields" - I had this problem once, but was unable=
 to repeat it.

-----Original Message-----
From: pil...@li...
[mailto:pil...@li...]On Behalf Of Fabrice
Noilhan
Sent: Saturday, 12 April 2003 2:57
To: pil...@li...
Subject: [pilot-db-list] some ideas


Hi,

Thanks for this great app!
using pilotdb (1.1b2) for a couple a months, I have some suggestions, yet=
 not
the time to start to implement them. I may have missed some obvious tricks,
so feel free to comment these ideas!

1. "set" instruction
It would be nice if one could use scripts to set fields. For instance,
I have a todo-list database. I would like to ease my work using views:
a normal view and a special "to be done today" view. With a script, I
would like to be able to set the deadline to today when I create a new
record using the "to be done today" view.

2. copy-paste in note fields
I am not able to use copy-paste in note fields. Doing this would be
quite convenient.=20

3. Title and note fields
I do not fully understand the "make first line title" checkbox. When
I check this while writing a note, it works. But the status of this
checkbox does not seem to be stored anywhere thus creating some=20
synchronisation issues.=20
So I would rather prefer to have in the note field a  first line
labelled "title" which I could fill or not.

Moreover it is difficult to know whether a note is empty or not. Wouldn't
it be possible to have something to show that?

4. link with Datebook and Todolist
I enjoy the addressbook plugin and would appreciate the above-mentioned
plugins as well!

5. Bug-report?
Using a list component, with defaults value A, B and C, I can create
numerous records and run a "report" on this field. Say 8 A, 4 B, 3 C, 0=
 Other.
I add then another possible value "D" to the list field, rebuild the=20
database. Then adding 1 "D" record and running report again.
It reports 8 A, 4 B, 3 C and 1 Other.=20
Rescanning the base does not help.

  Fabrice




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