Thanks. But, as can be see from the description of my case, this is no solution for me :(
On Mar 3, 9:26 pm, Alinda Helleman <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Dmitry_N, > > Friday, February 27, 2009, 3:16:37 PM, you wrote: > > > I don't know... maybe it's just me, but I very often need to set a due > > date for a task based upon the date of completion of another task + XX > > days. > > Example: > > Task1: Goods need to be shipped on 27 February. > > Task2: Payment needs to be done within 90 days after goods have been > > shipped. > > Now I have to set the date for Task 2 manually. It would be a dream > > cometrue if this could be done automatically! > > Anyone? > > I have mentioned this feature in the past (in my 5 good points of MLO > + 5 wishes for MLO). > > Then about 3 months ago I discovered a work around that works most of > the time for me. Granted it is a limited solution. It only works if > the spacing between the tasks and the leadtime is approximately the > same (actually completely the same), and if the task sequence is > recurring or has lots of subtasks. > > The way I do it: > 1. You make a head task, with a recurrence pattern and leadtime that > matches the spacing between each of the subtasks. > 2. Go into the advanced option of the recurrence and select: "Reset > all subtasks to uncompleted, if all subtasks are completed" and > "Automatically recur when _any_ subtask is completed". > 3. Check the "Complete subtasks in order". > 4. Then enter your tasks as subtasks in the right order. > Now when you mark of the first subtask, the due date gets reset, and > the second task will be X days/weeks/etc due after the first task and > the third task will be X days/weeks/etc due after the second task. And > The first task will be due again X days/weeks/etc due after the last > task. > > Okay this is no solution if the first task needs 1 week the next 2 > etc.. Or if you only have 2 tasks. But as I said before at the moment > this works for me. I hope it will help somebody else as well. > > -- > Best regards, > Alinda mailto:[email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/myLifeOrganized?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
