Hi, John. I would like to see User Defined Fields (UDF) in MLO. In fact, I would like it so much (if it were done correctly<see footnote 1>) that it would probably rise to about number seven on my wishlist. -Dwight
*Footnote 1: doing it correctly.* I would not use what you described, as it's within the range of what I can do with workarounds. <see foornote 2>. In order to be worthwhile to me four more things would be needed: (a) in addition to plain text and select from user-defined list, I would want numeric value, and date/time as available data types. (b) I would want to know that creation an a new UDF, changes to the content of a UDF, and changes to the definition/validation of a UDF would be propagated to all platforms via sync (c) I would want to be able to test any UDF in an advanced filtter, with the available tests appropriate to the declared datatype of the UDF (d) I would want to be able to use any UDF as a paraneter for sorting and grouping. *Footnote 2: workaround. *John, with the large number of workarounds you have tested, it's probable that you have already tested the one I would use. I wonder, could you point me to a thread where you have described "horrible" consequences? It would be to code a statement in the Notes fire, for example AreaOfLife=Personal (or to reduce typing, AL=P). You could then build custom views showing active personal tasks "((Notes contains AL=P) and (AS=A))" and you could easily activate someday tasks by overtypoing AS=S with AS=T. There are multiple drawbacks of this approach versus a UDF feature, including (a) Have to remember the coding (b) Responsible to catch and correct own typos (c) A dedicated field would be a little easier/faster to edit (d) these fields unavailable for sorting/grouping (e) numeric (greater than, less than) and date (two weeks before now) filters wont work In my view none of these drawbacks deserves the term "horrible". -Dwight -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/aad7be15-690f-4607-abd2-91584018ae8c%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
