Using the To-Do List
Opening the To-Do List
The To-Do List displays
a list of development tasks you need to do for the current application.
To open the To-Do List:
-
Click the To-Do List button in the PowerBar.
or
Select Window>To-Do List from the menu bar.
To-Do List entries
The
entries on the To-Do list are created:
- Automatically by most PowerBuilder wizards
to guide you through the continued development of objects of different
types that you will need to build the application or component specified
by the wizard - Anytime by you when you are working in a painter
and want a link to a task that you want to remember to complete
Some To-Do List entries created by wizards are hot-linked
to quickly get you to the painter (and the specific object you need)
or to a wizard. You can also create an entry yourself that links
to the PowerBuilder painter where you are working so you can return
to the object or script (event/function and line) you were
working on when you made the entry.
When you move the pointer over entries on the To-Do list,
the pointer changes to a hand when it’s over a linked entry.
Here the linked entry will open the Project wizard you need.
Notice the linked
entry on the To-Do List in the screen below. This entry and all
the others were generated by the Template Application wizard. The
entry reminds you to register new sheets with the sheet manager
service, which is a nonvisual user object created by the wizard.
Because the selected entry is linked, double-clicking it has automatically
opened the Window painter and taken you to the place in the Script
view where you will register new sheets.
You can export or import a To-Do List by selecting Export
or Import from the popup menu. Doing this is useful if you want
to move from one computer to another or you need to work with To-Do
Lists as part of some other system such as a project management
system.
Working with entries on the To-Do List
The following table
tells you how to work with entries on the To-Do List:
| To do this | Do this |
|---|---|
| See linked entries | Move the pointer over the entries. A hand displays when the entry you are over is linked |
| Use a linked entry to get to a painter or wizard |
Double-click the linked entry or select it and then select Go To Link from the popup menu |
| Add an entry with no link | Select Add from the popup menu |
| Add a linked entry to a painter that edits objects |
With the painter open, select Add Linked from the popup menu |
| Change an entry’s position on the list |
Drag the entry to the position you want |
| Edit or delete an entry | Select Edit or Delete from the popup menu |
| Delete checked entries or all entries | Select Delete Checked or Delete All from the popup menu |
| Check or uncheck an entry | Click in the margin to the left of the entry or select an entry and then select Check/Uncheck from the popup menu |
| Export a To-Do List | Select Export from the popup menu, name the To-Do List text file, and click Save |
| Import a To-Do List | Select Import from the popup menu, navigate to an exported To-Do List text file, and click Open |