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Conference terri::tdl

Title:	TDL - To Do List handler

Moderator:	PLAYER::BROWNL

Created:	Thu Sep 30 1993
Last Modified:	Tue Dec 12 1995
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	102
Total number of notes:	424

90.0. "X.122: read notes first!" by SAC::EDMUNDS (Use the subjunctive!) Mon Apr 05 1993 12:46

    Nuvver new version. List below of new and fixed features. However,
    please NOTE THE FOLLOWING:
    
    With this version you can, via the preferences screen, tell TDL of all
    your TDL databases, and select which ones should be opened
    automatically whe you start TDL. You can also give them free-form
    names - "Housework" is more meaningful than "c:\tdl\hswrktdl.dat". You
    can also specify which of the loaded databases should be displayed by
    default at startup. All good stuff. IF, however, you invoke TDL with a
    filename on the command line, NO databases other than the one on the
    command line will be loaded. So, if you had been invoking TDL with the
    command "tdl c:\tdl\mydata.dat" you should do the following with the
    new version:
    
    	1. Invoke TDL with no command line arguments
    	2. Open c:\tdl\mydata.dat from the File|Open menu
    	3. Click on the Snoopy button to set preferences
    	4. At the bottom right of the window click on "Load on startup"
    	5. Optionally click on "Display on startup" and optionally give the
    	   database a name.
    	6. Click on OK
    	7. Repeat 2-5 for all databases you want loaded on startup.
    
    Comments, as always, welcome.
    
    File is in sac::disk$user22:[edmunds]tdl.exe. You will also need
    CMDIALOG.VBX from the same location; this should be copied into your
    Windows\System directory. The installation procedure has NOT yet been
    updated.
    
    Fixes/additions:
    
To Do List X.122                                   Monday, 5 April 1993 Page  1
To Do List X.122                                   Monday, 5 April 1993 Page  1
To Do List X.122                                   Monday, 5 April 1993 Page  1
 
 
 
30/03/93 Ability to set "due this week" as default
30/03/93 Adding an alarm to Edit Item causes "cannot display non-modal form when m
30/03/93 Colour customisation improvements
30/03/93 Fix title to "To Do List" when iconized.
30/03/93 How well does print work? Seem to be problems printing to FILE.
30/03/93 Item menu retains "Unclose" when switching back to "to do items"
    30/03/93 Multiple databases on command line [NOTE: done differently -
    see above]
30/03/93 Print setup
30/03/93 Use standard message box for close item confirmation.
31/03/93 Add "auto open" and "default display" databases to Preferences menu
31/03/93 Also allow names for databases
31/03/93 Postponing multiple items crashes TDL

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
90.1		SAC::EDMUNDS	Use the subjunctive!	`Mon Apr 05 1993 13:31`	4
	OK, the TODOLIST.ZIP file in the same directory is updated too now, together with the SETUP.EXE installation proggy-woggy. Have at it...
90.2		LARVAE::THAYER_S	Thomas is an international megastar	`Thu Apr 08 1993 13:37`	6
	My PKUNZIP warns me that it doesn't know how to handle any of the files in TODOLIST.ZIP. Do I need a newer version of PKUNZIP (it's never caused me problems in the past) or has Keithey done something odd?? S
90.3		SAC::EDMUNDS	Use the subjunctive!	`Thu Apr 08 1993 13:57`	2
	You need a new version of PKUNZIP. Come round and I'll, um, give you one.
90.4		LARVAE::THAYER::Susi	I smell a rat	`Thu Apr 08 1993 14:10`	4
	Can't you, um, put it on the network? Susi (trying frantically to tie herself to her desk at the moment).
90.5		SAC::EDMUNDS	Use the subjunctive!	`Thu Apr 08 1993 14:20`	6
	Mais oui. Ils sont tout dans mon top-level directory. Un "dir sac::disk$user22:[edmunds]pk*" est un bon idee. Par la rue, je ne suis pas Francais. ("Road" and "way" are almost synonyms in English, so it's a safe bet that they are en Francais as well).
90.6		LARVAE::THAYER::Susi	I smell a rat	`Thu Apr 08 1993 14:37`	5
	>> Par la rue, je ne suis pas Francais. Brunnen, das ist ficken klar und deutlich... Thanks, S
90.7		LARVAE::THAYER::Susi	I smell a rat	`Thu Apr 08 1993 14:42`	4
	Problem: setup.exe prompts me to insert disk1 and bombs out because the files are in c:\tmp, not on a floppy...!
90.8		SAC::EDMUNDS	Use the subjunctive!	`Thu Apr 08 1993 15:07`	2
	Thanks S, I'll look into that (glad someone is testing the installation procedure).
90.9		LARVAE::THAYER::Susi	I smell a rat	`Thu Apr 08 1993 15:21`	16
	More problems. The todolist.zip doesn't contain a tdl.exe. Is this normal? So I ignored it and copied the tdl.exe from your directory to replace my old one. Now virtually nothing works. When I finally got my old tdldata.dat opened (tdl.exe expects it to be in the same directory as the exe which is not how I work. I have a d:\susiprog and a c:\susidata) the line items were still there, but selecting existing notes and phone numbers caused internal errors. Sad, depressed, in posession of a screwed up database, Susi
90.10		SAC::EDMUNDS	Use the subjunctive!	`Thu Apr 08 1993 16:19`	9
	Susi, Sorry...I'll fix the installation procedure to ask a) where to put the datafiles and b) where to put the .EXE Edit your \windows\tdl.ini so that Fileloc in [Setup] points to where your data files are. Should fix it; if not, call me. K.
90.11	meow hiss spit	LARVAE::THAYER::Susi	I smell a rat	`Wed Apr 14 1993 17:07`	32
	(Alarmed, you will be...!) Wish item: ---------- I set an alarm on an item which I had postponed for tomorrow. The date defaults to today's date, rather than the date on which the item has to be done. This is silly (I think), since I don't want alarms to remind me to do something today when I don't have to do it until tomorrow. Any chance of picking up the scheduled date by default instead of today's date? Horrid bug: ----------- Having finally set my three alarms to go off tomorrow when my to do list item is scheduled, I decided to do a multiple postpone of some other items. Multiple postpone is OK now, except that in postponing my 4 items it nastily added the aforementioned alarm to all of them! Another wish item: ------------------ Having spent rather a long time undoing the 12 unwanted alarms on the 4 items postponed until next week, a quick 'unalarm' option would have been nice! Anyway, despite all that, TDL is still a cute little furry proglet. Susi
90.12		SAC::EDMUNDS	Use the subjunctive!	`Wed Apr 14 1993 18:12`	13
	.11� Any chance of picking up the scheduled date by .11�default instead of today's date? Yes, I've noticed that too: will do. .11�Multiple postpone is OK now, except that in postponing my 4 items .11�it nastily added the aforementioned alarm to all of them! Yes...have you also noticed how postponing items sometimes automagically moved them to a different database too? Nice feature Keith. Both problems caused by similar things: will fix.