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Posted by Franz Grieser
Feb 8, 2007 at 05:16 PM
Daly.
In the ADM thread, you mentioned the sorting bin in Infoselect.
>>I cannot believe I am saying this, but if InfoSelect had a reliable set of metadata columns,
>>hoisting, and cloning, I would probably use it. The hot spots, sorting bin (undocumented
>>but a very neat feature), and ability to make forms, make IS attractive.
What’s the sorting bin? The help file says it was replaced by the Hotspots feature in the latest release of IS. As you mention “hot spots” AND “sorting bin” - is there something I missed?
Greetings, Franz
Posted by Daly de Gagne
Feb 13, 2007 at 04:42 PM
Franz, please forgive my delay in responding—an oversight on my part.
You get the sorting bin by using Control F6.
Once you have the sorting bin you can drag topics from any level of the selector outline.
Where hot spots work only for the level immediately below where they appear, the sorting bin allows you to have immediate access to a topic from any level, no matter how deep.
It is a neat feature, and I do not know why it is not documented.
Hope that helps.
Best wishes,
Daly
Franz Grieser wrote:
>Daly.
>
>In the ADM thread, you mentioned the sorting bin in Infoselect.
>
>>>I cannot
>believe I am saying this, but if InfoSelect had a reliable set of metadata columns,
>
>>>hoisting, and cloning, I would probably use it. The hot spots, sorting bin
>(undocumented
>>>but a very neat feature), and ability to make forms, make IS
>attractive.
>
>What’s the sorting bin? The help file says it was replaced by the
>Hotspots feature in the latest release of IS. As you mention “hot spots” AND “sorting
>bin” - is there something I missed?
>
>Greetings, Franz
Posted by Franz Grieser
Feb 13, 2007 at 06:06 PM
Daly
>Franz, please forgive my delay in responding—an oversight on my part.
No problem :-)
>You get the
>sorting bin by using Control F6.
>
>Once you have the sorting bin you can drag topics
>from any level of the selector outline.
>
>Where hot spots work only for the level
>immediately below where they appear, the sorting bin allows you to have immediate
>access to a topic from any level, no matter how deep.
>
>It is a neat feature, and I do not
>know why it is not documented.
You’re right: Really useful.
I do not understand either why they say that the hot spots feature replaces the sorting bin.
Thanks for the pointer,
Franz
Posted by Daly de Gagne
Feb 13, 2007 at 07:00 PM
Franz,
The hot spots and sorting bin have a similar function—but not exactly the same. I think using both to advantage makes good sense.
I have a glimmer of a hope that Micro Logic may be doing more than they have in past to get IS into shape. The rumour had been that the current version would see many significant changes, in essence being in many ways quite different than it is now.
We have seen some significant changes, but not all that was rumoured. I am hoping that the next version….but I haven’t heard any rumours about it, yet.
The recent move to trail versions of IS is positive, perhaps a sign that Micro Logic will see its customer base as more than a cash cow —which is udderly ridiculous for a software company in today’s market, especially with the current competitive wave of innovations in information management.
Daly
>I do not understand either why they say that the hot spots
>feature replaces the sorting bin.
>
>Thanks for the pointer,
>Franz
>
Posted by Jan Rifkinson
Feb 14, 2007 at 12:40 AM
Daly de Gagne wrote:
>
>Franz,
>
>The hot spots and sorting bin have a similar function—but not exactly the
>same. I think using both to advantage makes good sense.
Daly, just to remind you & to inform Franz that Ariadne has many of these same functions at a fraction of the price.
—
Jan Rifkinson
Ridgefield, CT USA