Q2008 - how to resize columns in Scheduled Transactions window

Posted by John Pollard on November 30, 2008, 8:29 pm

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Alex P. wrote:

>> Mr. Z wrote:

>>>>> I move my cursor over the | between the columns

>>>>> and left-click (like a Windows window) but nothing happens

>>>> I wrote:

>>>> Quicken is an "application"; not "the" operating system.

>> Mr. Z wrote:

>>> Duh, no kidding...

>> Duh, yourself.

>> It was you who pretended that you expected Quicken to act

>> like the

>> operating system.

> Is it really your contention that this 'trait' is confined to

> OS's

> (if so, you are wrong...)?

Please do not babble at me. I said nothing that would suggest
to a normal human being that "this trait" (or any "trait") is
"confined to OS's".

If by "this trait", you mean the ability to resize columns,
apparently you started replying to sentences in my post before
you read it all. I clearly stated otherwise, as you noted below
in your own reply.

> And given your previous statement:

>> When Quicken columns can be resized, they have a double line

>> in

>> their heading: you won't see that double line in the

>> Scheduled

>> Transactions window."

> Do you mean that Quicken does indeed "act like an OS" at least

> part

> of the time (which means that you owe the OP an apology)?

I meant EXACTLY what I said: not what you ignorantly pretend I
said. Do you have a problem understanding the language? There
was nothing in my statement about "acting like an OS". My
statement said that Quicken will indicate to you when you can
resize columns: I did not say, and I did not imply, anything
different.

> And telling

> the OP to "Try getting a monitor with a wider screen." isn't

> what I

> would consider sound advice.

I'm not responsible for your stupidity. If you don't have enough
room on your screen for all the data you want to view ... get a
larger moniter. What's so unsound about that. Do you think all
those monitor manufacturers are selling so many larger monitors
because folks like cramped views of their data?

There is much more than customer convenience involved in
determining how much data the software can display in one row in
one pane on some screen.

When you have designed software that can compete with Quicken
for quality and price; and you, by doing so, can demonstrate
that every column in every pane on every screen can be
resizeable, and keep your product competetive ... come back here
and show me your work.

> In fact, your entire response is not

> only unhelpful, but somewhat acidic.

In fact your entire response is completely moronic.

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Posted by Alex P. on November 30, 2008, 9:55 pm

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> Alex P. wrote:

>>> It was you who pretended that you expected Quicken to act like the

>>> operating system.

>> Is it really your contention that this 'trait' is confined to OS's

>> (if so, you are wrong...)?

> Please do not babble at me. I said nothing that would suggest to a normal

> human being that "this trait" (or any "trait") is "confined to OS's".

Settle down, now. I suggest you re-read your post. I'll not re-quote it here
simply to prove you wrong.

>> In fact, your entire response is not

>> only unhelpful, but somewhat acidic.

> In fact your entire response is completely moronic.

I do appear to have touched a nerve, though. Enjoy your life.

Posted by Mr. Z on December 1, 2008, 3:18 pm

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> Mr. Z wrote:

> >>> I move my cursor over the | between the columns

> >>> and left-click (like a Windows window) but nothing happens

> >> I wrote:

> >> Quicken is an "application"; not "the" operating system.

> Mr. Z wrote:

> > Duh, no kidding...

> Duh, yourself.

> It was you who pretended that you expected Quicken to act like

> the operating system.

No, it's just another Windows application hence, I expected it to
have some of the more common traits, like resizing columns. If
it was programmed using Windows tools, e.g., .NET (I don't know
this) then these 'features' should already be built in.

Application is NOT EQUAL to OS.

Posted by John Pollard on December 1, 2008, 4:40 pm

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Mr. Z wrote:

> "John Pollard" invalid@invalid.com> wrote

>> Mr. Z wrote:

>>>>> I move my cursor over the | between the columns

>>>>> and left-click (like a Windows window) but nothing happens

>>>> I wrote:

>>>> Quicken is an "application"; not "the" operating system.

>> Mr. Z wrote:

>>> Duh, no kidding...

>> Duh, yourself.

>> It was you who pretended that you expected Quicken to act

>> like

>> the operating system.

> No, it's just another Windows application

Which is exactly what I said in response to:

"I move my cursor over the | between the columns
and left-click (like a Windows window) but nothing happens"

Either every window is a "Windows window" (in which case your
parenthetical qualification was confusingly redundant); or a
"Windows window" is an operating system window, one that comes
with the the operating system and is created by the operating
system developers, and would be present even if no applications
were present - as opposed to an "application" window created by
an application developer. What other interpretation would there
be.

So what is the difference between a Quicken window, a Money
window, a Norton Anti-Virus window (all of which have some
non-resizeable columns), and a "Windows window".

To say nothing of the difference between "columns" within a
window, and the boundaries of a window. (Because a window is
resizeable, does not mean that columns within a window will, or
should, be resizeable.)

There was no reason to include any qualifying information about
what it meant to resize columns (and good reason not to try): A
simple: "Is there any way to resize the columns in the Scheduled
Transactions window?" would have completely defined the
information you sought.

> hence, I expected it to

> have some of the more common traits, like resizing columns.

Quicken has some resizeable columns (and determining which are
resizeable, is quite straight-forward). Something which should
have given you a big leg up on the answer to your question. But
it it appears your "expectations" got in the way of asking the
simple question.

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