Strange, but I'm very happy now!

Thanks!!

If you have mark task complete assign to ao\mark_task_complete.mmbas it should be fine to leave it there as the macro has not moved or been renamed. The mindreaderNLP.mmbas macro has moved so that should be reassigned if you had set that up (equivalent of using c tag).

I've installed the new version. I still am not getting updated due dates, even with the option setduetoday set to '1'. It does calculate startdates on repeating items fine. The q command parses duedates as well. I don't get why it doesn't work on the mark it complete tag hmm.

ps.
if you have the mark it complete command in the context menu from a previous installation, does one have to update that too? (I don't think its related to my problem because I've been using the d tag straight inside gyroq)

Peter

After you run the program once, it should create a "setduetoday" option in the configuration map that you can set to 1 to have it set due dates.

Let me know how it goes.

The name of this program has been hard to pin down given the evolving functionality over time with regard to logging and advancing tasks. I finally settled on "Mark Task Complete".

Thank you for your response again – I had tried setting the setduedate option to 1 and 0, but it doesn't seem to have an effect. I looked at the code, is it calling the value from the configdoc? I don't see it calling 'getoption', while it does call all the other options.

I tried adding it in there myself by adding the code:
setduetoday =getoption("setduetoday",configdoc)="1"

..but I'm still getting no duedate inserted. Strange! I've disabled the outlook syncing addins, puzzled. Is this still working for others?

First — ResultsManager isn't really designed for reporting on task completions. You need to set the option to pass through completed tasks and also need to tweak how it handles "overdue" dates and things like that. I think you are better off using "Mark Task Complete" for this type of stuff.

Yes — you should turn off Outlook syncronization for reasons mentioned. This still holds true.

"Mark Task Complete" (the "d" tag) has several options that have evolved over time.

See the brand new wiki section on the the options in the new configuraiton map:
http://wiki.activityowner.com/index.php?title=Mark_Task_Complete#Configuration_Options

A user recently convinced me that the program shouldn't change the due-date of the completed task and this really isn't necessary now that the program has both the option of saving completed tasks to a calendar branch in the map as well as to monthly completion logs that have the date information in the tree. Nevertheless, the latest version adds an option to the configuration you can set =1 if you want due date set to today.

"Mark Task Complete" has two main modes of operation. For one-time tasks, it marks them complete and then optionally moves or copies them to other branches/maps. For repeating tasks (specified by use of category keywords specifying repeat rules), it copies the task to the other branches/maps, but leaves in place a copy with a new start and/or due date.

Hopefully this will meet your needs. Let me know if you have questions.

I want to have a dashboard that rounds up all completed tasks from all my maps, so I can get a daily, weekly and monthly overview of what I've done.

I looked at the Mark it Done tag, because this logs the task and creates a copy. Exactly what I want. It also forwards the startdate. Thing is, I'll log a task complete, it will show up in the correct branch with the right date under completed/reference, but the task information will show me no changes in the start and duedate information.

I've been staring at the Mark it done code for awhile trying to figure out. It looks like it should be updating the dates and it seems to because it puts the task in the right branch, but the taskinformation doesn't reflect any changes. Then I read this on your blog:

"Disable Outlook Synchronization Support (unless you need it)
If you disable Outlook linking, you gain the ability to set a start date without a due date and vice versa. Outlook linking requires either neither or both to be set (Tools, ResultsManager Options, Support MM/Outlook synchronization)."

(does this still hold true?)

I turned this off, but this hasn't made a difference. How come the taskinformation doesn't update the start/due dates when a log is made?

What I ultimately want to do, is to be able to work on a task, mark it done, log it with duedate set to 'today', and create a copy of the task with the startdate set to 'blank' (as if it were a neverending task). That way when I run a dashboard to look up all completed tasks (and I can see over how many days I worked on it), I can sort them by the date I finished them (using the duedate as a filter). Does this make sense?

Can you point me in the right direction maybe?

Please continue to report issues and/or check back in a few days once this is shaken down.