Yes you can search by 1) Field Id, 2) Field Label (even if they are
duplicate labels or blank although that means you would need to rely on what
shows in the field ID and field name column that’s besides it) & 3) Field
Name..
This is found on the tab near properties .. If you have difficulties finding
it, email me offline and I will send you a screen shot..
"Choosing fields for stuff in active links "... Why do you want to choose
when you can type the first few characters of the field and then you get a
short list of all the fields that match that? you can even use the * wild
card if you know just the middle part of the field name.. Another alternate
method is typing the field name in the placeholder where the field ought to
be and leveraging the auto complete feature.. Again I'll be happy to send
you screen shots of this if you need.. By the way this is another feature
that I really adore - how easy it actually is to find your fields while
creating workflow as opposed to the traditional huge menus that filled an
entire screen or even if you used the scroll menu.. The new feature in the
Dev Studio is so useful in a form that has like a 1000 fields..
To use a good part of the 12 Gig memory that you have for the dev studio,
modify the ini file. The defaults in the ini file are 64 and 512 for startup
and max heaps which is barely anything..
The idea of a 'classic view' seems to be a good one.. its always nice to
keep old horses like us happy right from the word go... Maybe its something
we can suggest to the big boys at BMC? I might like to switch back and forth
for a few things.. For the most part I do like the new studio (for
developing Active Links, Filters, Escalations, Menus etc.. The only place I
might have needed to switch if that was possible was for certain things on
form development when you are at a point you just want the whole real estate
to see the form only and nothing else.. Other than that I do like what you
can do on the forms from the new cluttered appearances.. There seems to be
method in the madness.. once you indulge in a little bit of that madness :-)
Joe
-----Original Message-----
From: arslist
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 8:31 PM Newsgroups:
public.remedy.arsystem.general
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: DevStudio Tool
Probably because it leads us to Margaritaville. I will ignore that when I
spoke to the original developers of the Developer Studio After their
presentation at the 2007 RUG in Vancouver, was that we would never be able
to use it on a laptop, need more real estate.
Apparently they took notes and didn't listen.
I use a 27" screen at 1920X1080. I noticed 30 years ago that UNIX
programmers were always in the highest resolution, meaning micro dots that
normal humans couldn't distinguish from morse code. When my new HDMI KVMS
arrives I will try At a higher resolution and see if my eyes can still read
it.
That being said, I can almost use the Developer Studio at that resolution
now that I am used to it.
So, yes, more features in it than the admin tool but, it is still much
slower to use to develop, and my 2 wishes( I could really use at least 5):
1) I can reduce the screen by a lot just by having the old tabbed area with
field properties
2) I would love to have an easy search by field id again. I am sure it is
buried somewhere, I think I found it for a while, but I'm not sure
I don't understand why there isn't a "classic view" that reduces the real
estate needed like the old admin tool, that is what these fancy New tools
were supposed to provide, a customizable Admin Tool, or at least I thought
that is what they advertised?
Choosing fields for stuff in active links takes 10 times longer, much I used
to do in seconds takes 10s of minutes.
OF course the plan was we wouldn't be modifying the system like we used to,
but the power of the ARSystem has always been rapid development.
Dan
p.s. generally I use my Dell Studio XPS9100 with 12 gig memory, an ATI
Radeon HD5670 display adapter, and a Dell 2709W monitor all of which should
be handle any single application GUI
-----Original Message-----
From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joe Martin D'Souza
Sent: March 28, 2012 6:22 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: DevStudio Tool
I totally just made up that word 'Pixelville' without even realizing it.. It
sounds kind of cool though :-)
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Martin D'Souza
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 6:19 PM
To: ARS List
Subject: Re: DevStudio Tool
Yup that s what I learnt too a little hard way around.. Get as much 'real
estate' in 'Pixelville' as you can afford..
And Susan, 2 GB would not quite be enough if you attempt some expensive
operations.. There are certain operations that could be a resource hog.. for
e.g. The Expand All Panels.. you could potentially have your client freeze
on you for a brief time if you tried that with 2 GB and had something like
10 set field actions in your If and Else....
Joe
-----Original Message-----
From: strauss
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 6:12 PM Newsgroups:
public.remedy.arsystem.general
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: DevStudio Tool
IMHO, it wasn't worth the enormous interface change/learning curve/pure
aggravation - UNTIL - the implementation of overlays. Only when you reach
the point where you are converting your customizations to overlays does the
new tool start to make sense, as does the updated Migrator which also takes
some getting used to. So going from the 7.1.00.02 Admin Tool to the
7.6.04.01 DevStudio was worth the effort because of the corresponding sea
change in object management requirements. Overlay implementation was the
logical point to change the tool set. Note that you had to have the Admin
Tool available to perform tasks on base forms that DevStudio would not do,
while converting.
As to screen size, I got a 27" iMac specifically to run this thing, on
Windows 7 x64 under Parallels (2498 x 1367), but not until after I had
already slogged through most of the customizations on XP x86 with a 24"
screen (1920 x 1200). Screen size/resolution is absolutely a big factor
with this real estate hog.
Christopher Strauss, Ph.D.
Call Tracking Administration Manager
University of North Texas Computing & IT Center
http://itsm.unt.edu/
-----Original Message-----
From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Carin Sinclair
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 3:24 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: DevStudio Tool
Hello there all,
We would like to have your input on a Question.
How happy are you with DevStudio 7.5-7.6 to do customizations?
Do you miss the Admintool?
Are you satisfied with the DevStudio functionality, usability and
reliability.
If there was one thing you would change about DevStudio, what would it be?
Thank you
Carin
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