PGPro - Folders - Categories

[pety]

Dmitry

I was thinking about Categories for PGPro. We need it... yesterday.
I have a suggestion. Can you make possible to have Folders in PGPro - Pressets (or anywhere...)?
If that will be possible, then the Folder itself can be a Cathegory.
And in PGPro to have another panel for content:

• one -> selection for Category
• another -> selection for the content of that category

Hope images explain better.

 

[pety]

Any improvement about this topic?

 

[djsoft]

The idea with folders-categories is excellent, will be implemented in RB 5.1.

For the content - can you please explain it a bit further, I'm afraid I didn't understand completely what it should do (some sort of pre-defined categories?)

 

[pety]

The idea with folders-categories is excellent, will be implemented in RB 5.1.

For the content - can you please explain it a bit further, I'm afraid I didn't understand completely what it should do (some sort of pre-defined categories?)

The folders are categories. Every folder has some presets. For example:

In category (folder) Summer I make some PGPro templates (presets):

• RoMusicFast+ID+ForeingnFast+Jingle.genprs;
• RoMusicFast+Sweeper+RoMusicMedium+Jingle.genprs;
• RoMusicMedium+ID+EnMusicMedium+VoiceTrack.genprs;

The Presets from the folders are the CONTENT of that folder.
So, if I select the Summer Cotegory in first panel, in the second panel will be shown all that three presets as content.

 

[pety]

Something like in Image.
I think that will be a better solution.

 

[pety]

Better Image

 

[pety]

Need more explanations to clarify this request?

 

[djsoft]

Need more explanations to clarify this request?

I think, yes. I also don't think category/folder management should be in the main window - a separate window for selecting presets/categories will be created.

 

[pety]

I also don't think category/folder management should be in the main window - a separate window for selecting presets/categories will be created.

That's OK for me. Can you draw it? 

 

[pety]

The ideea is to see ONLY those presets from selected Category.

If we have Folders as Categories BUT if I see all presets from all categories in the same panel, then Categories are useless.

 

[djsoft]

The categories will look like Groups in the Scheduler.

 

[pety]

The categories will look like Groups in the Scheduler.

I cannot imagine how it will look but if it will function as I wish will be fine.

 

[djsoft]

Something like this:

Template Category 1
Template 1
Template 2
Template Category 2
Template 1
Template 2
Template 3

 

[pety]

Something like this:

Template Category 1
Template 1
Template 2
Template Category 2
Template 1
Template 2
Template 3

I am not convinced. Personally I do not like this way. I want to make 24 presets in AllDay Category. Can you imagine how difficult is to navigate in all? My solution looks better.

 

[djsoft]

We'll continue this discussion after RB 5.1 beta version is published. What you offer requires redesigning of the PlGenPro main window - this is not good as it will make upgrading more difficult.

 

[pety]

We'll continue this discussion after RB 5.1 beta version is published. What you offer requires redesigning of the PlGenPro main window - this is not good as it will make upgrading more difficult.

That's ok. If you will decide to make folders as categories then it should be in a good design. I usually re-design a module if the result is better. That's my principle.

 

[djsoft]

We'll continue this discussion after RB 5.1 beta version is published. What you offer requires redesigning of the PlGenPro main window - this is not good as it will make upgrading more difficult.

That's ok. If you will decide to make folders as categories then it should be in a good design. I usually re-design a module if the result is better. That's my principle.

Further thinking of it - we won't make folders in the Presets category as this will lead to a lot of complications in various areas, e.g. when you use generate command (or command line interface) you'll need to specify a folder. We'll do preset categories in another way...

 

[pety]

We'll continue this discussion after RB 5.1 beta version is published. What you offer requires redesigning of the PlGenPro main window - this is not good as it will make upgrading more difficult.

That's ok. If you will decide to make folders as categories then it should be in a good design. I usually re-design a module if the result is better. That's my principle.

Further thinking of it - we won't make folders in the Presets category as this will lead to a lot of complications in various areas, e.g. when you use generate command (or command line interface) you'll need to specify a folder. We'll do preset categories in another way...

It is ok. I was thinking myself too, and the result was this: I will install another two or three RB and I will make different PGPro presets. With Groups Categories as in Scheduler will be wrong and useless for us.

 

[djsoft]

It is ok. I was thinking myself too, and the result was this: I will install another two or three RB and I will make different PGPro presets. With Groups Categories as in Scheduler will be wrong and useless for us.

I think you should wait for the 5.1 release and see how categories work there

 

[pety]

It is ok. I was thinking myself too, and the result was this: I will install another two or three RB and I will make different PGPro presets. With Groups Categories as in Scheduler will be wrong and useless for us.

I think you should wait for the 5.1 release and see how categories work there

OK!