Saturday, January 29, 2005

needed features

Pioneer Report MDI is in need of either filtering or find options. When working with results, it is useful to have a way to find a specific item, by value. Currently, to find a specific item value, all the results are scanned. This requires either using the arrows keys and PgUP and PgDN, or scrolling with the mouse.

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To implement filtering and finds, the question becomes, "Is it necessary to create another tag or add it as a software feature?" Ideally, the Notepad find feature is the goal. It has search and replace. It highlights the found item and scrolls to exactly where it is found. It has a Find Next capability. This allows a search to find all items matching the target value.

This much is clear, saving with filtering is not going to be straightforward. How do you save a filtering or find function started by the user, in a file format? What if the user does multiple find or filter operations? Do you save the last or the first?

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It is not entirely impractical to use Pioneer Report MDI to find specific items. Its sort feature allows data to be organized in predictable ways. The problem with finds becomes acute when doing data-entry, and you do not wish to lose your place by performing a sort function on all the data.

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