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AdeptTracker Professional 3.10
About this Release:
We are happy to announce that the important issues previously reported have been fixed, so this version has achieved enough stability.
If you wish to report a bug, simply send an email to support@adepttracker.com. Any feedback would be appreciated.
1. New features in this release
Changes since AdeptTracker 3.01.
Supported the multi-project management directly
Supported linking external project files.
In this release, multiple projects can be added to a single file. In the Gantt Chart, an individual project is similar to a summary task. You can upgrade a summary task to a project, as well as downgrade a project to a normal summary task. The project can come from another file; AdeptTracker can link an external file and update the external file manually after the project is modified.
2. Simple guide to the new features
2.1 Add projects to a single file
If the project is not existed, you can add a new project by selecting the Multi-project\Add project menu. You also can add the project tasks as normal tasks, and then upgrade it to a project. To do this, select the summary task which represents a project, and click the Multi-project\Upgrade task to project menu.
If the project is existed in another file, you can link the file to the current project. To do this, select the Link file from the Multi-project menu, select a file, set the options and click OK.
In the Link file options dialog box, if the Load Resource Only is checked, the tasks in the external file will not be loaded to the current file. If the Use relative filename is checked, AdeptTracker will record the filename as a relative filename, otherwise it stores the full path name.
2.2 Show or hide a project in Gantt Chart
To hide a project in the Gantt Chart, select the Multi-project Manager from the Multi-project menu. In the Project List dialog box, select the project in the list. Click the Settings button, in the Project settings dialog box, uncheck the Visible. To show a project in Gantt Chart, just check the Visible in the Project Settings dialog box.
2.3 Set the Enable Leveling option
To set this option, select the Multi-project Manager from the Multi-project menu. In the Project List dialog box, select the project in the list. Click the Settings button, in the Project settings dialog box, click the Enable resource leveling.
If the Enable resource leveling is cleared, the resource leveling functionality will ignore the tasks of the selected project. However, you still can modify it manually.
Note: Even if the Enable resource leveling is cleared, the task of the selected project still can be modified.
2.4 Update an external file
AdeptTracker will not save the modification to the external file automatically. If you have linked an external file and modified the linked project, the user will have to save the modifications manually. To update the external file, select the Linked files Manager from the Multi-project menu. In the Linked files window, select an external file and click the Save to.
You also can select the Save to All linked files from the Multi-project menu to update the external file.
2.5 Update from external file
If an external file is modified, AdeptTracker will not synchronize the files which link the external file. The user can only synchronize them manually. To update from a changed external file, select the Linked files Manager from the Multi-project menu. In the Linked files window, select an external file and click the Load from.
You also can select the Load from All linked files from the Multi-project menu to update from the external file.
2.6 Delete a project
If the project is not in a linked external file, the user can delete the root task of the project and the project will be deleted automatically.
If the project is in a linked external file, the user can unlink the file to delete the project. To unlink a file, select the Linked files Manager from the Multi-project menu. In the Linked files window, select an external file and click the Unlink.
2.7 Localize a project in external file
To Localize a file, select the Linked files Manager from the Multi-project menu. In the Linked files window, select an external file and click the Localize.
When a file is Localized, it will not be saved and loaded again.
3. New Menu items Reference
3.1 Multi-project\Add project
Create a new project.
3.2 Multi-project\Upgrade task to project
Convert the selected summary task into a project.
3.3 Multi-project\Downgrade project to task
Convert the selected project into a normal summary task.
3.4 Multi-project\Multi-project Manager
Open the Project list window. In this window, you can review and edit the attributes of individual project.
The columns of the list:
- Project name column: the name of this project.
- ID: ID of the root task of this project.
- Leveling: whether or not this project is affected in resource leveling functionality.
- Visible: whether or not this project and its tasks are visible in Gantt Chart.
- Status: the status of this project.
You can edit the settings of the selected project by clicking the Settings button.
Here are the options in the Project Settings dialog box.
- Enable resource leveling: whether or not this project is affected in resource leveling functionality.
- Visible: whether or not this project and its tasks are visible in Gantt Chart.
- Project Active Status: the status of this project.
- Project Priority: the priority number of the project.The tasks of the project which has a larger priority number will start earlier than the task which competes for the same resource.
You can convert the selected project into a normal summary task by clicking the Demote button.
You can edit the attributes of the selected project by clicking the Properties button.
3.5 Multi-project\Set project start date
Modify the start date of the selected project.
3.6 Multi-project\Linked file manager
Open the Linked files window. In this window, you can manage the linked external AdeptTracker project files.
In this new version, you can link existed .lzc files to the current file edit the tasks in the linked files, and save them to the linked files.
AdeptTracker will save a copy of tasks and resources in the external files to the current .lzc file when you select the File\Save or File\Save as, but AdeptTracker will not save the changes to the external files automatically.
You can load the selected external file again by clicking the Load from button. The local copy of the tasks and resources of the external file will be updated. If you have modified the external file, you can use this button to load the modifications, because AdeptTracker will not load it automatically when you open a file.
You can save the modifications to the selected external file by clicking the Save to button if you have modified local copy of the content of the external file.
You can remove the linking relationship and remain the content of the selected external file by clicking the Localize button.
You can remove the linking relationship and remove the content of the selected external file by clicking the Unlink button.
You can link a new external file by clicking the Link button.
3.7 Multi-project\Load from all Linked files
Load all external files again and update their local copies.
3.8 Multi-project\Save to all Linked files
Save the modifications to all external files.
3.9 Multi-project\Link file
Link a new external file.
If the Load Resource Only is checked in the Link file options dialog box, the tasks in the external file will not be loaded to the current file. If the Use relative filename is checked, AdeptTracker will record the filename as a relative filename, otherwise it stores the full path name.
3.10 Multi-project\Share resources
Share the resources of an external AdeptTracker project file.
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