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I'm sure it is availble, but I didn't see how to take a task and duplicate it.
If this doesn't exist, please include the (optional) ability to duplicate any files attached to the task as well, or the (optional) ability to maintain a link to the existing attached files. Ideally, the interface would allow you to duplicate all but certain fields, which would be added based on a query to the user, or calculated according to some user-defined formula. The (optional) ability to clone subtasks would also be useful. Thanks, Dave |
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Posted Aug 13, 2008 in: Need way to attach files when creating a new task
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I found to my dismay that I can't attach a file when I am first creating a task. I must wait until the task is created.
While not an onerous task, it did seem inconsistent with the usual ability to do something on Toodledo when you need to something rather than having to (gasp!) plan out multiple steps to get it done. Dave |
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I like the way that tags can be created on the fly to be whatever I want them to be. They are like dynamically created folders for me.
Has the character limit for tags been a hindrance to anyone else? I add several tags, some of which can be long. |
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Ed,
how do you currently collaborate on shared documents? I think of toodledo's method as a collaboration in the sense of two people eating at the same table in a restaurant, not two people eating off the same plate. The people can give tasks to each other, but can't be working on the same task at the same time. (as well as using the attatchment feature to share non-task documents) What do you do? |
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Posted Jul 22, 2008 in: API can now reschedule repeating tasks
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Thank you.
This will simplify things. If we wanted to find the task that was created, how would you suggest we do so? I found a note in the API: Each time you attempt a synchronization, your application should use the "getAccountInfo" API call. This will return two timestamps which you can use to determine if any further action is needed. The "lastaddedit" timestamp will indicate if any task has been added or edited. If this value has changed since the last time you checked, you can call "getTasks" and set the "modafter" parameter to fetch the tasks that have changed. does including ...&reschedule=1 count as a synchronization? Dave |
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It's a nice idea (using a complex saved search).
I'll play around with it. I thought the scheduler did more than just list tasks that were available for action. Is that all it does? Dave |
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I have tracked completion by using percentage completion in the TAG : 0%, 22%, 75% etc.
This also conveniently puts a tab for that percentage of completion in the "View by TAG" section of Toodledo |
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I asked previously:
Is there a Non-API way to find out the task id for each of your tasks? so I can try my different ideas about dependencies manually? I found that the http://www.toodledo.com/html/ interface gives you task ids as part of the URL when you use it. I hope this helps someone else. Dave |
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Many times, I am using the Scheduler, I find that I want to use the same context and the same folder. I don't know how to set the defaults so I don't have to choose those every time I use the Scheduler. Is there some way to do this?
Dave PS: I just realized I made a typo in the subject line of this topic, how do I edit that ? This message was edited Jul 02, 2008. |
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The classic view is very useful for doing something like this to a group of tasks. Basically you can go and change it quickly for each of them and then push a mass "change"/"update" button.
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I tried the "hover" trick and tried the right-click, neither of which worked for me (Firefox 1.5.0.12) I don't know if this is browser specific or not.
As an alternate issue: is this information available through the API ? |
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For anyone tracking the progress I am making on this task, I'm able to make queries from Javascript now, but found something out which probably most Javascript people know, which is that you can't use XMLHttpRequest in Javascript (on a client side browser) to attach to an API unless the Javascript refers to the same site that the Javascript was loaded from. This means you have to run a proxy program on your server (that has the Javascript) that then forwards the API request off the server and forwards it on to the Toodledo site. I've found a work-around for right now, but my dreams of making my code available to everyone else on this site have run into the stumbling block of not really being able to run an open proxy (even if it only hits Toodledo) for the general public.
I can test out my ideas right now on my stop-gap server, but it won't be workable once I get out of the development phase and into the active using phase for anyone else but me. Would the developers consider allowing people to share Javascript code that can be downloaded from the Toodledo.com site (suitably vetted and checked out for suitability) so the proxy issue can be resolved by not having to have a proxy? Also could someone answer my simple question of: Is there a Non-API way to find out the task id for each of your tasks? so I can try my different ideas about dependencies manually? Dave 713-870-3834 |
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I have been thinking about creating todo items that have dependencies and want to share my notes in case someone else has some ideas about it.
First of all, let me define what I am talking about. One kind of dependency is that you can't do something until a particular time or day comes. The Toodledoo developers have handled this case because they have a "Start Date" implemented now. (Yay!) Another kind of dependency is when some tasks require other tasks to be done first. For example, if you have a task to wash the car, and you have a task to buy the car, you don't want to have both tasks on your to-do list at the same time. You first must buy the car before you even want to think about washing the car. An alternate example of this idea, is that you must schedule a meeting and coordinate the attendance of all the attendees before you have a meeting. You must buy the food to cook before you can bake it, etc. There are a lot of ways that this issue comes into play. In the simplest case, you have a task that depends on one other task to get done first. This is a simple linear dependency which basically can be thought of as a chain. Each link in the chain depends upon the previous link of the chain to be done first. A bit unusual simple case is when a task needs to be done if some other task is NOT done. This case usually involves a contingency In a more complex case, you have bottlenecks. A bottleneck is a single task that must occur before any of the later tasks can be done. The later tasks are all independent of each other, but all of them require the bottleneck to be done. An example of this might be that you must buy a car first before you put gas in it, before you get a registration sticker for it, and before you take Aunt Matilda on a Sunday Drive. Bottleneck tasks can be seen a prerequisite for all dependent tasks. A more general form of this is where you have list of tasks, all of which must be done to remove the bottleneck, but which don't have any particular order of accomplishment between themselves. I call this an all-list of tasks for a task. A different complex case is one where you have a bottleneck-choice. In a simple bottleneck, only one task must be done before a group of tasks can be done. With a bottleneck-choice, you have a bottleneck, but it can stop blocking a group of tasks by a choice between several equally possible alternatives. The task "give a cold drink to Dad" might depend on a bottleneck-choice if Dad doesn't really care what kind of cold drink you give him. You go to the vending machine and pick any drink that is available and the bottleneck-choice is removed. I call this general case of a task dependent upon a group the any-list of tasks for a task. The final way and most general way of describing a dependency is to have a boolean expression of tasks that this task is dependent upon. This basically allows you to have combination of tasks combined with AND, OR, and NOT. This may seem a bit more elaborate than the designers were considering, however, I think the plan is one that will provide a very useful system. I'm trying to learn enough about the API and Javascript to do this client-side, but I'm still not experienced enough with REST interfaces, so I'm practicing. The next part of my plan is to try to figure out how to accomplish all of this. I'm thinking of something involving tasks and proxy tasks and using the tags. The 64 byte limit on tags might trip me up. Also, is there a Non-API way to find out the task id for each of your tasks? (so I can try my plan out manually?) Dave 713-870-3834 |
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Posted Jun 16, 2008 in: Outlook Client 9.7.5 is Available
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Could you clarify how to do step #1: backup your Toodledo tasks ?
Is there a way to download the entire group and then later reload them ? Dave |
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This doesn't really apply to mass deletion, but I have found that if I want to do something like change the priority of a whole list of tasks, that the classic interface is actually easier, because it lets you do stuff to all the tasks at a time.
Toodledo developers, please do NOT get rid of the classic interface, as it really does make doing some things easier. I guess this capability is called "batch processing" ? |
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Posted May 07, 2008 in: Multiply User defined Modifier by Priority?
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I was wondering if there is a way to have a numeric modifier that gets multiplied by the Priority and overdue dates and whatever you already do, to get the Importance?
If so, I can use that numeric modifier to roughly group things so of all the HIGH importance ones, this one is more important than these other ones. It also would be a fast work-around for the problem of task-dependency not being able to be defined. I just use a smaller value for the modifier to move the dependent tasks later in the "importance" list. Thanks for Toodledo, I just found it today, and it is already helping me. Dave |
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