Thanks for the info and I apologize for not realizing that I wasn't talking with the vendor (so many tend to use these forums as such it sometimes gets confusing).
I'll absorb what you have said and get my head around it. Thanks again. Gary On Thursday, 27 July 2017 11:59:52 UTC-4, Dwight wrote: > > Hi, Gary. First, I want to be clear that on this forum you are talking > with the user community. We dont design MLO, we don't create the > website. Many of us are very good at understanding how to use it and > enjoy people who need help. > > If you think that the website contains erroneous information you should > tell the developer/vendor, at [email protected] <javascript:> > > If you think that the functionality needs to be enhanced, you will find > on this forum a community of people who will review your suggestion, > tell you if you have missed or misunderstood something that addresses > your issue, and tell you if they support or would use your suggested > enhancement. They will help you revise your suggestion to make it more > compelling. But when the idea is matured it will have to go to the > developer as the users cannot change the code. > > For your issue, Mok is correct. To discuss the implications I need to > start by drawing a clear distinction between the content of a view and > the definition of a view. Suppose you create, for example, a view > showing active tasks that are starred and have the context @work. > Suppose you create it on Windows and then copy it to your Android phone, > and that you are running cloud synch (of your tasks) between the two > platforms. Cloud synch will ensure that you have the same set of tasks > on both platforms, so the list of starred @work tasks will be the same. > > Suppose you add a new starred @work task on Windows. The next synch > (which should be in a very short time) will add the same task to your > phone. The view definition has not changed on either platform, so when > you next look at this custom view on your phone it will have the same > content as you have on Windows, including the new task. > > Now, let's suppose that you decide you want to see starred @work tasks > even if they are not active (eg completed, or future start date.) You go > on Windows and change the view definition so it draws from ALL tasks > rather than ACTIVE tasks. Now when you look on Windows you see the > completed and future tasks and not just the active ones. When you next > go back to your phone, you do not see the completed and future tasks > because you are still working with the old view definition, the new one > is only on Windows. > > There are two things you could do next: You could go into your Windows > MLO, right-click on the view name, select "export views" and save it to > a *.mfv file, move the file to your phone (see below), then go into MLO > on your phone, click the hamburger icon at the top left to bring up the > view list, click the Edit link at the bottom left, click the three-dot > icon at the top right and select "import views" then point it to the > *.mfv file on your phone. It will import the revised view definition. > Now when you look at your custom view on the phone it will show you the > completed and future tasks. changes to the tasks made on either platform > will be synched to both and your custom view will not need any attention > until/unless you decide to chang it again. > > I said that there were two solutions. Here is the other one: just go > into the view list on the phone, go to the edit list, select the view in > question and change the action filter from Active to All, then save it. > Again, phone and windows will show the same content, changes to the > tasks on either will be synched to both, and the view definitions will > not need any more attention unless you decide to make another change. > > I like the second options for simple changes (like this one) and the > export/move/import for complex, difficult views. I said I would help a > little with the part about moving the file. The simplest way, > recommended by the developer, is to attach the file to an email and mail > it to an email address that you can read from your phone, then go to the > phone, open the mail, and save the file. Another way is to use a file > manager (I use X-Plore.) From the phone, scan for servers on your lan. > Find your Windows machine, open it, find the file, and copy it to your > phone. Third option is to use cloud storage (like dropbox of google > drive) thats accessible from both platforms. > > This approach is definitely more complex than what would happen if view > definitions were synched along with the task changes. Some of us have > suggested that as an enhancement in the past but so far, it has not > happened. Frankly, it does not seem as important after you have used MLO > for a while because after a while, you work out a set of views that > exactly matches how you work, and after that you are not really changing > the view definitions all that often. > -Dwight > > ps sorry for the very long mail but I wanted to be sure that I did not > oversimplify anything, this can get complex. > > -Dwight > > On 7/27/2017 10:59 AM, Gary Petro wrote: > > So you are saying that the Android version supports custom views but > > they are not synchronized? > > I would then say that the information on the website is misleading. > > My expectation would be that if it supports custom views they they > > should be able to sync up. > > > > I don't understand what you mean by: "To transfer your custom view from > > PC to Android, you need to export your view on the PC, then transfer the > > exported file to Android Device and import into MLO app from there." > > Once I transfer it, will it stay there and get updated when the sync > > happens or do I need to transfer it each time? > > > > Thanks. > > Gary > > > > > > On Wednesday, 26 July 2017 14:00:45 UTC-4, Gary Petro wrote: > > > > I just purchased the Cloud Sync service so I can more easily sync up > > my devices. > > > > I have MLO 2.10 installed on my tablet and 4.4.4 on my desktop. > > > > I have several custom views on my desktop and just did my first sync > > and I cannot see any of those views on my Android device. > > Are they not supposed to Sync over? > > > > Also, I am disappointed that the colors do not transfer over. > > > > Am I missing something in my set-up? > > > > Thanks. > > Gary > > > > -- > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. 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