DriveWorks Pro 22

Task List

What's New - Task List SHow/Hide

The task list is displayed at the bottom of each user form during specification. It is used to display any form messages that have been triggered by the error result property on any controls applied to the current user form.

DriveWorks 8 now gives you the ability to show or hide the task list on each user form.

Show Task List

Show Task List is a Behavior property of the form. To display and set this property:

1. Select Form Design from the task explorer
2. Select the user form to set the Show Task List property for
3. Click in any empty area of the form in the form designer
   To select the form click outside the boundary of any form control on the user form.
4. The Show Task List property will be displayed in the Properties window
5. Set the property to
   • False - to hide the task list
   • True to show the task list

Dialog Forms

Dialog forms also allow the task list to be hidden or shown by setting the Show Task List property as above. However the dialog button, used to launch the dialog form, can also set this property.

To display and set this property:

1. Select Form Design from the task explorer
2. Select the user form that has the dialog button applied.
3. Select the dialog button that launches the dialog form from the user form.
4. Select the Task List Enabled property from the properties list
5. Set the property to
   • False - to hide the task list
   • True to show the task list