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AbstractSpoon Software

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Everything on this site is free, the only proviso being that if you use bits of the code, you may not say that you wrote them yourself
(note: this is not the same as me insisting on you inserting copyright info in your code which is a pointless exercise).

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Latest News - 29 Nov 2011

ToDoList 6.4 has been Released

  • Added support for 'natural' sorting (a la Explorer-sorting)
  • Added support for 'new' style file-open dialog under Vista/Windows 7
  • Added file version to backups, so that no new version will overwrite the backups of a previous version
  • Added preference to Calendar plugin to specify font size
  • Added 'task path' column to list
  • Added option to display entire sub tree of filtered task
  • Added options to expand due/started tasks only
  • Added 'selected tasks' filter
  • Added 'and parent task' to selection dialog
  • Added 'Tags' task attribute
  • Added preferences to better manage backup paths
  • Added commandline switches for the remaining task attributes, and to control how new tasks are created
  • Added much-improved Outlook drag'n'drop support
  • Added support for unc paths in comments field
  • Added 'selected tasks' filter
  • Added options for specifying backup paths
  • Added 'include parent task' to selection dialog (Export, Print, Transform)
  • Added 'Save Tasklist As' to tasklist tabbar context menu
  • Added 'Recalc from start date' to recurrence dialog
  • Added popup dialog for choosing how to link to files in richtext comments
  • Added support for military time to start/due/completed time droplists (eg. 0530, 1705)
  • Added support for edit fields to be positioned to the right of the task view. Useful for wide, shallow displays.

ToDoList now has its own resources page.


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