Sticky post explaining how the bug forum section should be used in conjunction with mantis ?

Submitted by Armando on 2010/01/30 16:01
Something like :
 
- discuss bugs, suggestions here
 
- if a bug/suggestion/crash report is either verified or serious enough one should enter it in Mantis IF it hasn't been reported yet (a search of some key terms, and using the advanced filter should allow the reporter to have a clear idea of the portrait)
 
I know there are some directions on the main forum age about that. But a sticky post with some more specific guidelines should be at the top of this forum.

Questions on functions for auto assign rules

Submitted by ajr on 2010/01/29 23:27
 I have a number field (TradeLongCount) that is either a 1 or a zero.  It takes a Boolean field's value and multiplies it by -1.  The goal is that as I click the yes/no box, an icon will be added and then removed from the item field.  Here's what I've tried in the Auto Assign Rules of the TradeLongCount field:
 
A:Item=AddKeyword(Item,"<img>arrow_up</img>")|E:Item=RemoveKeyword(Item,"<img>arrow_up</img>")
 
This has no effect on the item field.
 
Then I tried:
 
M:Item=if TradeLongCount=1 then AddKeyword(Item,"<img>arrow_up</img>") elseif TradeLongCount=0 then RemoveKeyword(Item,"<img>arrow_up</img>")
 
This will completely empty the existing text in the Item field at the first click, not adding the icon.

IQBase crashes when opened. Options?

Submitted by ajr on 2010/01/29 20:07
 I've got an IQBase that crashes immediately upon opening.  The last work done on it was to use the AddKeyword and RemoveKeyword functions to push some icon images.  If I remember right, I was trying to create a rule that would check the value of a second field when it crashed.
 
I've downloaded PreRel 16 and it works fine with a different IQBase.  What can I do with the one that keeps crashing?

Problem with "saving" in the HTML pane when : MHT content + itemHTMLtext is null

Submitted by Armando on 2010/01/29 14:12
I need to do that ("save" in the HTML pane) with many of my items because in the past many items were saved in the DB with their link to their respective MHT files, but without any content in the itemHTMLtext field... Which makes it impossible to search for certain items content.
 
This wasn't a problem until the latest release.
 
1- focus on an item linked to an MHT file
2-  press "save" to fill the itemHTMLtext field with some data
 
You should get a message asking if you want to replace the current content with the content of the previously focussed item.
Which isn't right, of  course.
 
I can attach a screencast if the explanation isn't clear.

Copying from word to grid

Submitted by jsolka on 2010/01/29 10:23
I don't know what I've done, but now when I copy text from word to grid I got:
 
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:
EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA'>WALNUT &amp; GLASS PARTITIONS INCLUDING (21)
SINGLE WALNUT VENEER S.C. DOORS TYPE A IN WALNUT FRAMES &amp; (2) WALNUT</span>
 
instead of:
GLASS PARTITIONS INCLUDING (21)
SINGLE WALNUT VENEER S.C. DOORS TYPE A IN WALNUT FRAMES &amp; (2) WALNUT
 
 
Thanks,
Jay

Annoying bug returns : when changes are applied to several items at once : dialog to apply change loops - IQ eventually crashes

Submitted by Armando on 2010/01/29 02:19
That one was long gone... Unfortunately I saw its ugly face tonight. And unfortunately it seems to happen randomly. These are the worst.
So if someone figures out some pattern, please post it here.