Hello Anne, Monday, February 23, 2004, 9:41:52 AM, Anne wrote:
A> Can someone please explain how these wretched things are supposed A> to work before I give up and go back to an earlier version in A> despair?! I would search the messages to see if this has been A> covered before... but my Search function _isn't_ working either!!! A> <sigh> ,----- [ Per mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I stated ] | I am no expert on View Modes (VM), but I'll give it a shot. As I | understand it you have 3 places where you can apply VM. | | 1 Main Window | | 2 View Folder FolderName of AcctName | | 3 Browse Ticker Messages | | In the *Main Window* the view mode applied to the selected folder can be | either different (i.e. independent) of other folders or the same (i.e. | dependent). From TB main window when View | Global View Mode | *none* is | selected the the VM for each folder are independent (i.e. different). | From TB main window when View | Global View Mode | one of *View Modes | other than none* is selected the VM for each folder in the main window | is dependent (i.e. same) because it is now global. IOW you have selected | to use a VM globally across all folders. If you applying VMs | independently (i.e. View | Global View Mode | *none* is selected), then | you can change the VM for each window a couple of different ways. They | are as follows: | | 1 in the main window in the message list pane right mouse click one | of the column headers and select choice in 2nd grouping | | 2 in the main window in the folder pane right mouse click the | folder | Folder View Mode | and select choice in 2nd grouping | | 3 in the main window in the folder pane right mouse click the | folder | properties | select "Use view mode VMname" for column | settings | | In the *View Folder FolderName of AcctName* whatever VM was the last VM | selected when you had View Folder of FolderName of AcctName open will be | the next VM used when you open another folder. | | In the *Browse Ticker Messages* the VM is independent of the other 2 | places where you can apply VMs. | | This is how View Modes are working for me now. I'm not sure this is how | they are suppose to work. After experiencing the learning curve here it | does make sense to me now. | | HTH! `----- I actually found out 2 more areas for view modes 4 Message Finder 5 Browse Deleted Messages Once you understand, view modes are actually nice. I thought I'd send to TBUDL, so others do not have the same frustration as I've had figuring view modes out. HTH! -- Best Regards, Greg Strong Using The Bat! v2.04.4 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 ________________________________________________ Current version is 2.04.04 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
