Re: Saved query files (.4df) and changes from v12 to v15 - automated conversion?

2017-03-07 Thread Paul Lovejoy via 4D_Tech
Wow! It’s great having a benevolent resident genius here! Thanks Miyako. Paul > Le 7 mars 2017 à 08:10, Keisuke Miyako via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> a > écrit : > > Thank you Arnaud your code gave me the needed inspiration :) > >

Re: Saved query files (.4df) and changes from v12 to v15 - automated conversion?

2017-03-07 Thread Paul Lovejoy via 4D_Tech
You missed my point on your point ;-) You can offer all of that without giving the user access to that in case you DON’T want them to have it. For example, you could create a set via a query, then give your users access to ONLY query the selection, or whatever. You don’t need that new 4D weird

Re: Saved query files (.4df) and changes from v12 to v15 - automated conversion?

2017-03-07 Thread Charles Miller via 4D_Tech
On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 1:23 AM, Paul Lovejoy via 4D_Tech < 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > Chuck, > > As a developer I’ve already offered the functionality to query in the > selection, join to the existing selection or use a query result to exclude > from the selection. > You missed my point.

Re: Saved query files (.4df) and changes from v12 to v15 - automated conversion?

2017-03-06 Thread Arnaud de Montard via 4D_Tech
> Le 7 mars 2017 à 08:10, Keisuke Miyako via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> a > écrit : > > Thank you Arnaud your code gave me the needed inspiration :) I wonder when the inspiration leaves you some time to rest ;-) Thanks! -- Arnaud de Montard

Re: Saved query files (.4df) and changes from v12 to v15 - automated conversion?

2017-03-06 Thread Keisuke Miyako via 4D_Tech
Thank you Arnaud your code gave me the needed inspiration :) https://github.com/miyako/4d-component-classic-query-editor/ 2017/03/07 5:42、Arnaud de Montard via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> のメール: I just translated some comments, and, again, I never ended the job. HTH…

Re: Saved query files (.4df) and changes from v12 to v15 - automated conversion?

2017-03-06 Thread Paul Lovejoy via 4D_Tech
Chuck, As a developer I’ve already offered the functionality to query in the selection, join to the existing selection or use a query result to exclude from the selection. > Le 6 mars 2017 à 21:29, Charles Miller via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> a > écrit : > > On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 3:25

Re: Saved query files (.4df) and changes from v12 to v15 - automated conversion?

2017-03-06 Thread Charles Miller via 4D_Tech
On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 3:25 PM, truegold via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > Our users have also found the new query dialog less intuitive. They > expressed that having to use popup buttons required extra steps. And > because some checkboxes are now hidden in the popup they forget about

Re: Saved query files (.4df) and changes from v12 to v15 - automated conversion?

2017-03-06 Thread truegold via 4D_Tech
Hey Keith, Our users have also found the new query dialog less intuitive. They expressed that having to use popup buttons required extra steps. And because some checkboxes are now hidden in the popup they forget about it. And other more subtle things. So for them it’s extra work! And, yes, I

Re: Saved query files (.4df) and changes from v12 to v15 - automated conversion?

2017-03-06 Thread truegold via 4D_Tech
Hi Arnaud, Funny, I just got asked about this on Friday. I would also be interested to know the bets way to handle older (I think they’re all from v12) Query files. Appreciate, John... >> Le 6 mars 2017 à 13:45, Paul Lovejoy via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> a >> écrit : >> >> Miyako's

Re: Saved query files (.4df) and changes from v12 to v15 - automated conversion?

2017-03-06 Thread Keith Goebel via 4D_Tech
… > For a number of reasons we decided to shield our users from 4D’s new query > dialog, which we find not intuitive… That surprises me. We found the v15 4D search interface really easy to understand. I guess we must be used to very different interfaces. Cheers, Keith

Re: Saved query files (.4df) and changes from v12 to v15 - automated conversion?

2017-03-06 Thread Arnaud de Montard via 4D_Tech
> Le 6 mars 2017 à 13:45, Paul Lovejoy via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> a > écrit : > > Miyako's dialog works quite well but has just one drawback: it can’t open > .4DF files created with v12. [...] I was hoping to find a way to do this in a > batch process programmatically. Our users have