> One of the worst setbacks I've found is the fact > that dependencies cannot be exported in MLO or set up to be relative > to a task.
I do this differently with partially better results. I create a top level directory called "templates" in my existing outline that I have marked "hide branch in the TODO list." Now when I copy a project from the templates hidden tree to an active tree the dependencies are all there. They just point to the task in the templates project not the active projects. This means you still have to go into the newly created project and "fix" the dependencies. However, this is much easier then creating them from scratch. MLO has an icon on the right side of the icons column that show dependencies. You just need to go to those tasks that have that icon and point the dependency to the newly created task. The name you need to use is there already so it is simply adding the new dependency with the same task name in the active project branch and then deleting the old dependency of the same name. >For example, a task that can be answered Yes or No and that would >trigger a different set of tasks to be activated or deactivated. As for the conditional tasks, I don't see why you can't manually do that. If you create a "conditional task" you can have two trees under that branch. If you are using a copy of the original project then you can just delete the branch "this time" that you don't want to use. If you are using a recurrent project then you can simply mark the other branch using "complete task and all subtasks". That ability is located by right clicking on the task and going into the advanced feature. There really aren't any repercussions that I can think of to mark a subtree of a project completed since MLO only logs the project being completed. Also you can highlight your "conditional" tasks with an automatically created icon. In the automatic formatting rules add a rule that displays a question mark based on something in the caption such as the word "condition". Then you will get a question mark in the icons column for any task with the word condition in it. Now it is pretty easy to see which tasks are your "conditional tasks" and you can then manually "trim out" the subtrees that you don't want to use. So basically one pass of your newly "recreated" project to fix the dependencies and another pass to fix your conditional "choices" and you are good to go. On Nov 24, 3:05 pm, Gaston <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Lisa, > > I actually thought of that. but it's just too much trouble. I've > noticed that there are a chunk of processes that stick together and > need to be done in succession. The ability to branch would be really > useful. > > Also, because of the nature of the projects, dependencies are > extremely important. One of the worst setbacks I've found is the fact > that dependencies cannot be exported in MLO or set up to be relative > to a task. Which means that I cannot create a "master task list" full > of dependencies and re-use it without having to set up the > dependencies all over again. > > I absolutely love the way MLO handles the tasks in the To Do list. I > would love to have that tool to guide me through my daily tasks at > work, but I sincerely don't have the time to plan projects from the > ground up every time around. > > Rgds, > > Gaston > > On Nov 23, 5:12 pm, Lisa Stroyan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >For example, a task that can be answered Yes or No and that would > > >trigger a different set of tasks to be activated or deactivated. > > > It would be a bit kludgy but you could have two tasks, the "Yes" task > > and the "No" task (which I believe could be hidden from the Todo > > view), and then a different set of children tasks that are dependent > > on each of those, so they only show up if Yes or No is completed (checked). > > > Of course later you would want to delete all of the other branch, > > which would be a pain. > > > Lisa > > > ---------- > > Lisa Stroyan, 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.
