Task Tables
This option opens the Task Tables screen, which allows you to
format the appearance of the Task Table - the visible database
information. You can define any number of table layouts by clicking the
button on the toolbar in the screen. The layout that is selected when
clicking the OK button is applied.
The following table describes the fields on this screen shown below:
For each task table layout, specify the columns you want to see in the task table by adding them to the data grid. A row in the data grid is equivalent to a column in the task table.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
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Click to insert a new table layout. By default, new layouts are called New Table #, where # starts as 01 and is incremented by 1. |
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Click to create a copy of the currently selected table layout. |
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Click to delete the currently selected table layout.
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Click to rename the currently selected table layout. |
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Click to open the Default Field Formats screen. |
| <name> | The list of names of the currently defined layouts. By default, you have one layout defined - the Default layout. |
| Lock | Select this option to lock the column in the task table. The
column remains fixed and visible whilst you scroll through the
task display. When you lock a column, all columns to the left of the selected column (or above the selected column in the data grid) will also be locked. If you unlock a column, all columns to the right of the selected column (or below the selected column in the data grid) will also be unlocked. |
| Field | Select the name of the field to be displayed from the
drop-down list.
The supplied drop-down list contains all task-related fields, both system as well as user-defined fields, in alphabetical order.
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| Title | Enter your own title for this column. This value is used for
display purposes only.
If you supply a title, the entered value overrides the default column name. Leave this field blank to display the default column name in the task table. |
| Width | Specify the width of the column in the task table.
The column width can also be changed directly in the task table by dragging the column separator in the header area left or right. |
| Alignment | Specify the alignment of the value in the column.
Select a valid value from the drop-down list. The alignment does not apply to the Name column. |
| Format | See Field Formats for more information. |
| OK | Click to save the changes and close this screen. |
| Cancel | Click to lose all the changes and close this screen. |
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Click to display the help for this screen. |
Layouts
are deleted immediately. You are not
asked to confirm the deletion.
To quickly jump to a field name, start typing the name. The list
is positioned at the field name that contains the value that you
type.
The
and
buttons
allow you to move the selected row in the grid up or down. The column
order in the task table can also be changed by selecting a column
(click on the column header), releasing the mouse, pressing the
left-mouse button and, whilst holding down the left mouse button,
dragging the column left or right.
The
button displays the Select Fields form that allows you
to select and insert multiple fields
into the data grid concurrently.
