[proFit-list] feature request

[pro Fit Support]

Dear Michael

This is a very valid proposal. For the moment, there are two things  
you can do:

a) The obvious: Place your files in a single directory and use a  
Finder's window of that directory as a "project" window.

b) The not so obvious: Use keywords. Choose File -> Window Properties,  
and go to the "Metadata" tab. There you can enter one or more keywords  
for a file. Then, in the Finder, choose File -> Find, and search for  
all files that contain the keyword you are interested in (to search  
for keywords in the Finder, operate the left popup towards the top of  
the Finder's Find-window, choose "Others", and navigate to "Keywords".  
This should bring up all files associated with a given keyword. You  
can now save this search in the Finder, and whenever you recall the  
search, it will contain all the files associated with the keyword.  
Thus, you can use keywords to associate a file to a given project.

As to b), note that pro Fit does some semi-smart keyword maintenance.  
If,  for example, you have a keyword associated with a data window,  
and plot data from that data window into a drawing window, the  
keywords of the data window can be automatically copied to the drawing  
window. (See pro Fit's Preferences, under the tab "Meta", for more  
information.)

We are aware that the above solutions are not fulfilling everyone's  
desires. In fact, we have internally been discussing the possibility  
to add a"project" windows to pro Fit. However, we are not sure if it  
would be sufficient if such project windows are merely "boxes  
containing drawings, data and functions", or if such a project window  
should provide more functionality, such as e.g. storing the  
description of which data should be fitted to what function, etc. We  
are presently undecided, so if anyone here has some thoughts about  
this, please share. Don't forget, however: The more complicated and  
powerful such a project window has to be, the less likely will it be  
implemented ;-). So it would be useful if you told us what the  
"minimum" requirements of such a project window would be to make it  
useful for you, and what "optional" goodies you would appreciate it to  
provide.

Best regards

Kurt Sutter
QuantumSoft

On 12.01.2009, at 21:39, Michael Engel wrote:

> Hello,
>
> wouldn't it be great to save a number of data sheets, plots,  
> results, etc. into a single project file. So, when I want to go back  
> to a certain project all included data would load at once.
>
> Keep up the good work.
>
> Regards,
> Michael
>
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