Jason, Thanks for passing this on! I've been using Dev Studio for a year now but I'm always grateful for insight from others.
Russ Grant Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 13:59:32 -0800 From: jason.mil...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Big fan of Remedy Developer Studio? To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG ** We went live with ARS 7.5 last April. At that time I figured I might as well get used to this thing called the Dev Studio and force myself to use it unless I absolutely could not (yes there are still a few bugs that require the Admin Tool to make a change). It did take a few weeks to get used to and it did slow my production down a little while I was learning the features. Now that is over I love it!!!! There are a number of things that can be done much faster in the Dev Studio. There are a handful of things that do take a little long or may require a few more clicks but the positives far outweigh the negatives. Hopefully this will help those who are still getting used to the Dev Studio. One of the first things is to Minimize all of the windows that are Restored by default. This is a great help with the workspace size issues. I do a lot of development on my laptop without any problem.I minimize every window (tab). Once minimized an icon is sent to one of margins surrounding the application and grouped by Shortcut Bars. Click on the appropriate icon to show that tab. It will automatically minimize once you move away from it (such as opening a form/AL/Filter/etc).I find that initially opening a tab that lists objects from the icon, that the viewing area is a little small vertically. You can easily drag the bottom down to make it larger. I have not figured out if I can set the default size as a preference.Press the period key to move a fieldThis was a major frustration point at first until I figured out how to move a field with the arrow keys. Selecting a field and pressing an arrow key used to move the field now it just selects the next field making it impossible to nudge fields around.Select a field(s) and then press the period key. Now you can arrow the field(s) around. Be careful not to bump your mouse while you are moving field with the arrow keys, they’ll jump around the form very quickly. Just press Esc to cancel the move.I just found this out 5 minutes ago… Keep pressing the period key and it will change what property you are changing (position, Field Width, Data Length)Moving between fields could be really handy if I could figure out how to open/get to the properties without using my mouse (you can navigate and set properties from the keyboard).Setting the form sizeThis was another pain point until I figured out how to do it.Open a form, click Layout from the menu bar then Show Actual View Size. You will now have some handles to drag the form to the size you want.Once you get used to this it is a nice feature because you have to purposely change the size of your form vs. using the last size it was saved at.One note: Ctrl+Alt+M is supposed to toggle this mode on and off. I find that I have to choose Show Actual View Size from the menu the first time after opening a form and then the key combination will start to work.The Working Lists replaces the View By Form functionalityRight Click on the Working List node and select "New View by Form List. Save it and add the forms you want to see.Then double click the new Working List to open (Right click to edit the forms)Single List, View by Type and View by FormWhen you are working in a Working List or Application there are 3 buttons in the upper right corner. These change how the objects are grouped.Single List: lists all objects together. Very nice to sort by Modified time and you can see all objects (Forms, Filters, ALs, Menus) that were recently changed. By Type: Groups objects by Type. This is what we are used to in the Admin Tool, Forms grouped together, all Active Links grouped together, etc.By Form: Groups objects by their primary form. Combining these with the Filter Options is a very quick way to find objects (copy and paste from a def/log file)OutlineThis will show all fields in the view that is active Clicking a field will automatically jump that the field on the form. From there you can quickly click the Properties button.There are two options for how you view the Outline.Tree Overview: Will show the fields in hierarchical format in relation to their parent container. A page holder (AKA a panel) will have its pages listed below it. Below that Attachment Pools and Table fields will have their attachments or column listed below them.Table Overview: Shows Field ID, Name and Label. You can sort by any of these columns! Tab OrderYou can now set the Tab Order by changing an integer property of fields (Select and Edit) or by clicking on the objects in the same tab order you want (Increment on Click).FindCtrl + F with a form open will bring up the Find Field dialog. Here you can find a field by entering a Label, Name or Field ID.The content assist featureThis is a form auto complete that many IDEs already have.Ctrl+M to maximize an object and hide to other tabs. I find that I do this less since I minimize the tabs first thing and have more working space.Now that I think about it, this is a really quick way to minimize all of the tabs in bullet 1Multiple field propertiesThere is more that can be done to multiple fields at once and a little less cumbersome. You can grab a group of field and drag the handle to increase or decrease their size at once. You can even select multiple fields from the Outline field list and adjust properties.Obviously you can change only shared properties that make sense if you have different field types selected. (Permissions, views, hidden/visible, label location)Much more Copy and Paste capabilities. Most properties and references are text fields where you can copy text.Run Process library You can select a run process from within the Dev Studio. No more looking to the workflow guide to find the exact Run Process syntax.There is even documentation as to what the RP does and some examples HTH, Jason _Platinum Sponsor: rmisoluti...@verizon.net ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor:rmisoluti...@verizon.net ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"