Hustle - A simple task manager

[Hansvb]

Hi
I downloaded it and tested it. Now it works well. I had to delete the old ini file in the roaming folder first otherwise I got an error message.

What I would do differently myself is make the automatic opening of the database optional (and catch the error better). Because the program wants to open a database automatically and if there is none, you get an error message that probably doesn't mean anything to an regular user. (just my 2 cents).

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I tested on Win 11 and the sqlite3.dll version is 3.31.1.0 (27-1-2020). I guess a fairly old sqlite3.dll. Maybe that's why I got stuck on the unixepoch. (Not looked at it any further).

[Wesbat]

Thanks for confirming the change works Hansvb and jcmontherock, and additionally the issue was due to using an older version of the SQLite DLL. Using the backwards-compatible method is much better.

What I would do differently myself is make the automatic opening of the database optional (and catch the error better). Because the program wants to open a database automatically and if there is none, you get an error message that probably doesn't mean anything to an regular user. (just my 2 cents).

Yes that sounds sensible, I will create a task to handle this in a better way, thanks for the good feedback.

[Hansvb]

I will create a task to handle this

  nice one 

[cris75]

I will create a task to handle this

  nice one 

yes, very "on topic", funny   

[cris75]

I tried it too, nice work 
just my 2 cents, I think it makes sense to clear htmlNotes after a new database is created, it's just my idea

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1. procedure TMainForm.actNewDatabaseExecute(Sender: TObject);
2. begin
3.   if SaveDialog1.Execute then
4.   begin
5.     if OpenDatabase(SaveDialog1.FileName) then
6.     begin
7.       Appcfg.AddFileToHistory(SaveDialog1.FileName);
8.       PopulateRecentFileHistory;
9.       htmlNotes.Clear; //<-- Clear htmlNotes
10.     end;
11.   end;
12. end;
13.  

p.s.
in "New Task" form, if i try to insert a new task and then just close the form via top-right close button, I'm asked if i want to save changes, but if I select yes it raises an exception, in the source editor I'm pointed to winapi.inc, function TextOut line 1049.
Instead by clicking "Save" via menu it works correctly

[Wesbat]

Thank you CRIS75, I added the Clear command as you suggested.

Thanks you Hansvb, I added a new option (settings/other) to "Open most recent database on application start" so the user can choose the behaviour they prefer.

These changes are in the repo's main branch.

[cris75]

Hi Wesley,
thank you, I appreciate your work
I'am on Debian (KDE Plasma) and my current LCL widget set for Hustle is qt5.
Just a "cosmetic" suggestion useful (i hope) when a user is in task insert mode, maybe I would remove the captions for pnlTaskNotes and pnlNoteEditorAndPreview, shouldn't hurt anything else, see attachment, have a nice weekend

[Wesbat]

Just a "cosmetic" suggestion useful (i hope) when a user is in task insert mode, maybe I would remove the captions for pnlTaskNotes and pnlNoteEditorAndPreview, shouldn't hurt anything else, see attachment, have a nice weekend

Ah well spotted! Done, and thanks Cris