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From: Walt <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Wishlist for TMG5
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 10:12:45 -0500
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At 01:39 AM 1/12/2003, Robin Lamacraft wrote:
>Geoff rang me and I now remember that we have met before. As part of that
>call we discussed his wishlist and he asked me to expand on the comments
>that he originally made.
>
>At 11:55 1/12/2003 +1030, Geoff wrote:
<snip>
>>2/ Research Log / Focus / All Tasks / (Highlight Task Name)
>> Button to take you directly to the person it concerns
>
>It was only after talking to Geoff that I understood his request. So here
>it is in my own words. If you open the Research Log (All Tasks) and select
>a task name, the details of that task are presented on that window as the
>Subject:
>
>Now what Geoff wanted to do was to have an easy way to go to the
>Person/Event/Source that was the subject of that selected task. At the
>moment you have to write down the ID number (sometimes find an Event #
>from somewhere), close the Research Log and hopefully Open the Details
>window and Tag at the right place. His suggestion would be to add a [Go to
>Subject] button somewhere on this screen. Clicking it could close the
>Research Log and open the appropriate screen, i.e. for a Person task focus
>the Details window on that person; for an Event task focus the Details
>window on the first Principal and open the Event Tag entry screen of that
>event; for a Source task, open the Master Source List and then the Source
>Entry screen focused on that source.
<snip>

>Robin Lamacraft (Adelaide, Australia)


Robin

This sounds quite useful, but I think that if I were doing this I would
want to leave the Research Log open. Probably the optimal solution would be
to have an option under preferences similar to the one we have for opening
a new Project; in this case it would be:

When going to the Details Window from the Research Log:

o Never close the Research Log
o Always close the Research Log
o Always ask

Walt

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