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Max Widen

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Special icons for elements with linked documents
« on: December 05, 2014, 06:53:31 pm »
This might be a good idea to display slightly modified icons in Project Browser for elements and packages with linked documents.

When on a diagram, such elements are marked with red "A" letter.
The same way to mark elements in Project Browser would be helpful in large projects, especially in multi-user projects projects, when sometimes the most of the notes is placed inside a linked document because of attached tables or pictures.

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Re: Special icons for elements with linked documen
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2014, 08:53:28 am »
It's been requested before.

One reason that it hasn't been done is that it requires an additional call when loading the Project Browser.

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Re: Special icons for elements with linked documen
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2014, 05:29:56 pm »
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It's been requested before.

One reason that it hasn't been done is that it requires an additional call when loading the Project Browser.
It could be accomplished via a redundant flag in t_object(.styleEx) indicating that a linked document exists. The DB structure isn't stringent in any way so that should not be an issue.

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Re: Special icons for elements with linked documen
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2014, 10:09:24 am »
An indicator on my wish list is in the Project Browser and / or in the Package Browser

is if at least one Baseline exists on a Package then show on the Package Icon

Just a thought

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Re: Special icons for elements with linked documen
« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2014, 08:45:52 pm »
IIRC Geert talked about a way to create your own browser. Here one could add that additional info (on the cost of extra queries).

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