Rapid PHP 2005 Projects feature not what I hoped for...

[Mike Opacic]

Hi Karlis,

Thanks for the free upgrade to Rapid PHP 2005. I have just installed and configured it having previously used Rapid PHP 2004 for a some time with great pleasure.

Maybe I'm missing something but the Project system does not seem to provide a way to specify a series of files to be loaded at once as I hoped it would. With other systems I've used which provide simple Project capability you can select files on an individual basis (either via the normal file open dialog or by specifying current file or all open files etc) and add them to a project. Then all you need to do is open the editor and select the appropriate project & all the files you need to work on are opened for you. Have I missed something or is this not possible?

On the subject of the Project system, if you select 'Manage Projects' & click on 'Edit' without first highlighting a project name you get an 'Access violation' error...

On another point which I reported in version 2004 many weeks ago the keyboard focus still does not go to the internal preview pane until the mouse is clicked in it - it is still possible to type characters accidentally into your sounce code whilst the peview pane is displayed!!! - this makes me nervous - can it be that hard to fix?

Cheers

Mike

[Karlis]

Thanks for your report.

As for first question about open all project files. It is easy to implement, but imagine what would happen to users with projects over 500 files if they accidentally click open all project files. So I decided to miss this out. If you could offer another solution or idea...

Access Violation error - my fault. Will fix.

Foxus problem - indeed I am having problems with this and since it took so much time with no results I put this in the low priority list which is processed time after time when there are spare hours available. I already spend 10 hours per day with software I will look into this again...

[Mike Opacic]

Thanks for your reply Karlis.

All I really want is some way to give a project name to a selected list of files which can then be loaded at once by clicking on the project name in a list box. I don't know if you look at other editors to get ideas but the one I used before Rapid PHP was PHP Expert Editor by Ankord and that has a project system which does all I want it to do.

Files can be added to a project list by adding the current file, adding all currently open files etc. & files can be removed from the list just as easily. I would love to see a similar system in Rapid PHP.

If you are interested in seeing what I mean, Ankord do an evaluation version which you could take a look at Whilst Rapid PHP is generally much more comprehensive than PHP Expert Editor, project management is one area in which it still lags behind.

Cheers

Mike

[ravis]

As for first question about open all project files. It is easy to implement, but imagine what would happen to users with projects over 500 files if they accidentally click open all project files. So I decided to miss this out. If you could offer another solution or idea...

May I suggest that this is handled in much the way of other editors that include "projects". ie: Open files are remembered for each project.

An example:
- I switch to "Project1" and open several files from this project.
- Suddenly I remember that "Project2" needs some quick things done to it. I switch to Project2 and all my open files from Project1 close automatically.
- I open/work on a few Project2 files, finish what needs doing, and then switch back to Project1
- All my Project2 files close and the Project1 files I had open previous automatically re-open.

This amounts to remembered workspaces for each project and is very handy in the programs I've used that support it. Not only is it convenient, but it also serves as a great reminder of what you were working on yesterday (before you shutdown) or before you switched projects.

[Karlis]

Thank you, this is a great suggestion for future updates and actually a solution for the problem of those developers who like to open all project files at once.