First: Thank you for this very useful piece of software. I'm running on
a Clie SJ22, color 320x320. I am impressed with the control of the
database structure and editing of the fields. And I really like the
fine text that lets me see 21 lines of my table, plus headers!
Since I see 1.1.3 around the corner, I have a bug, and a request. I
don't see these in the mailing list archives; if I missed them and am
redundant, apologies.
1. Among many other things, I was trying to see if I could use this as
a note taker. I set up a simple database of two-field records, the
first an auto-date-stamp (nice), the second a note. I expected that if
I set the note field's width to 280 pixels, in the list view I would
see as many characters of the note body as fit in 280 pixels with the
smaller font, not just the first line of the note -- in hi-resolution
list view, half my field is empty. Can this be fixed for the next
version?
2. Then I also noticed that I cannot paste multi-line text from the
clipboard ("upstroke-P") into the note field in the record editing
dialog -- I expected the text to be wrapped into the note body as
needed.
3. For editing a "new" record -- in the record edit dialog, can the
cursor be initialized (focused) to the first field without a default or
incremented value, to save a tap?
4. And the full-screen note dialog doesn't support any upstroke
commands (or an Edit menu) at all. No Cut, Copy, Paste. Can this be
fixed for the next version?
5. I liked that I could add a field to records in an existing database.
It would be even more helpful if the default value of the new field
would be copied into all existing records as the database is rebuilt,
not just inserted into subsequent new records.
6. One column I tried to add was to contain only column separation -- I
have an eight column table, and I didn't want to give up all the screen
space required for column separators between all columns, when I
visually needed it only between the 4th and 5th. Why wasn't I permitted
to make the field only 4 or 5 pixels wide (to hold the "|" character?
7. Further, as I played more with the record edit dialog and the note
dialog, I noticed that the field displayed in the record edit dialog
isn't a simple reflection of, or a window onto, the first line of the
note by default. The tool is providing essentially two fields for a
note, a title distinct from the body, and once you edit in the note
dialog you can tap a checkbox to have the note body's first 32
characters copied into the title which is the only thing showing in the
list view. This was counter-intuitive to me.
For example, I expected that if I entered text into the note's field in
the record edit dialog, as I entered the last character that would fit
on the line (or I entered a "Carriage Return"), the note entry dialog
would automatically pop-up, with my already entered text at the top,
word-wrapped as necessary, ready for me to continue entering the rest
of the note. If my note was very short and fit entirely on the line,
the full screen note dialog would not pop up. Later, if I edited the
text of the first line of the note in either dialog, that change would
be reflected in both dialogs. Is it possible to provide a global
preference to select the windowed-style I've just described, instead of
the original two-field style?
8. Finally, I discovered the Delete Records command in list view, which
seemed more convenient than deleting individual records from within the
record edit dialog. Is it possible to provide a mechanism by which a
record or range of records could be "selected" to be deleted (cut X or
in some future: duplicated D, moved M, copied C, or pasted P)? Maybe by
highlighting the first and last column of pixels in the affected rows,
or changing the background coloring of the rows. As you guessed, this
idea occurred to me just after I deleted _all_ records in my database
with this command :-). I recognize that to do this, you might need to
redefine single-tap to mean "select", and move "edit record" to double-
tap.
Anyone agree or disagree with any of the observations above? Anyways,
don't get me wrong -- this is a very handy program to have on my
handheld. Thank you again for all your efforts.
twv@
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Tom Vrankar
Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems Portsmouth
Region N17 (M/S 190, Bldg 1W)
1847 West Main Road
Portsmouth, RI 02871-1087
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