This is great news!!! Thank you Richard for supplying the data and thank you Andrey for finding the problem.
I look forward to the next version when this is fixed and in the meantime remembering to leave MLO on the to-do list when exiting should alleviate the problem, yes? Regards Tony On Feb 22, 3:25 pm, "Andrey Tkachuk (MLO)" <[email protected]> wrote: > Richard, > > I have good news! :) > > Thanks to your data file I have just localized the problem and > reproduced it. Here is how you can reproduce this annoying issue: > 1) Open your data file > 2) Select To-Do > 3) Setup columns for a view on To-Do > 4) Select Outline > 5) Save data file while you in Outline (!) > 6) Close your file > 7) Open your file again > 8) DO NOT select To-Do and just save your data file again. > > Result: when you switch to To-Do your columns will be reset to default > for the current view. > > The reason was that To-Do view columns are not loaded to control until > you switch to To-Do. And if you save in this state the default columns > are saved to the view instead. > > Working on the solution now... > > Richard thank you very much for fighting against this annoying issue > for a long time! And thank you for your data file. I will destroy it > on my computer right now. > > Andrey. > > P.S. Richard you have great file with 4700+ tasks and custom > autoformat rules! You said you had slow machine. After analyzing the > speed of rendering for your datafile I have added some optimizations > to MLO and autoformat rules which will allow to speed up the painting > of the outline. I will post on this separately. > > On Feb 21, 5:51 pm, Richard C <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Apologies for not replying earlier - have been very busy with other. > > > I did emails to supp...@mylife... on 13/2 But forgot subject line. So > > sending again - one with the attachments and one without (in case it > > was the attachments that caused the problems). > > > Re your 6: I have about 15 custom To Do views - some of which have > > custom columns. I have not lost any custom views - they always load > > OK. > > > And when I do lose custom columns, it is just from the ToDo view that > > is active when I close MLO. > > > Here's my theory: when MLO opens, it does two things: a) opens the > > active ToDo view with the default columns and b) at the same time, > > opens the list of custom columns and applies these to the active view. > > > Normally, a) happens before b) - we get to see the custom columns. No > > problem. On a slow running machine, b) happens before a) so the > > default columns overwrite the custom columns > > > On Feb 15, 5:47 pm, "Andrey Tkachuk (MLO)" > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Richard. > > > > Did you send anything on email? I do not see emails from you in my > > > inbox. > > > > I have additional question: > > > 6) Do you have custom To-Do views? If yes then when columns disappear > > > do you still see these views? I am checking if the reason in random > > > error when reading views from file and resetting all views to default > > > in case of possible failure . > > > > A. -- 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.
