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Compatibility: | Shadowlands patch (9.2.7) |
Updated: | 09-18-22 11:45 PM |
Created: | 05-03-16 02:30 AM |
Downloads: | 8,023 |
Favorites: | 45 |
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Categories: | Data Broker, Data Mods, Miscellaneous, Utility Mods |
Executive Assistant Custom To-Do/Task List is Only the Beginning An Executive Assistant helps you efficiently navigate a busy schedule, answers questions, and keeps information in easy reach. Executive Assistant, the addon, does this for the Player and extends the 'user configurable to-do list' concept a bit. Yet, for all one can do with it, its purpose is to do what the Player needs, be it complex or quite simple. Executive Assistant operates at the Account Level, so you can quickly look at a Character and see Tasks they have/haven't completed. Or, quickly look at a Task, and see which Characters have/haven't completed it — even if you use the same name on multiple servers. Tasks and Groups are only entered once. The Per-Character Visual Layout lets you quickly configure how the Tasks and Groups are used. The same simple system shows Tasks for Special Events (e.g. Holiday, Darkmoon Faire, etc) only when you choose. Tasks can be automatically reset Daily or Weekly, At Each Login, Every 1-365 Days, or never. Or, be used only once. They may hide then appear on a Date you choose. They may also be Account Wide (e.g., Blingtron). You can manage Tasks in complicated groups but display them more simply. You can even enter Tasks from the command line — handy for reminders, shopping lists, or quickly filling in a new Group. While the surface has barely scratched and marvelous combinations barely hinted, it is important to note that Executive Assistant's flexibility lets you use it as best fits your unique needs as a Player and how they express individually on each Character. Features
Getting Started
Is It Really That Easy? To get started, YES; to adapt Executive Assistant to your needs, probably not. In fact, you'll almost certainly notice a few things you'll want to change right away... but what those are will be unique to each user. Executive Assistant doesn't pretend there is an 'average user' and to the degree it makes initial selections, it is to show what's available. Under Getting Started in the Help and Information, you will also find a section on First Considerations which addresses the most common first questions among beta testers. New Users will find some Tasks created for them to walk them through the setup basics. Aspirin Avoidance System Users: WE WANT CUSTOMIZATION! Developer: OK, here's some customization. Users: ACK! ACK! TOO MANY CUSTOMIZATIONS! Developer: But... But... (wimper) One of the downsides of the question "wouldn't it be awesome if...?" is that while it may be an awesome feature, people can usually only take so many features (awesome or not) at a time. Enter the Aspirin Avoidance System — a.k.a. Help and Information, so you can work through the features at your own pace. The Help and Information will explain tabs, controls, and usages; it will also give tips on usage, useful tricks, and give you a quick-reference for the pesky icons, of which there are way more than I intended. Per-Character Group and Task Management Groups and Tasks need only be entered once then enabled or disabled for the characters that would use them — Groups and Tasks have user-selectable Defaults to speed the process along. You can manage all your alts from any character. Select the 'Point of View' Character to adjust their unique perspective. For the selected POV Character:
Task Window and DataBroker Tooltip Executive Assistant allows you to use either platform to complete Tasks, though they otherwise have different design functions. Each can be disabled on a per-character basis to adapt to UIs and character need. The Task Window looks always at the currently logged in character and is intended for characters where an always-up list is preferable (with normal/mouse-over transparency, hide during combat, etc). The DataBroker Tooltip has two Modes: Tasks by Character and Characters by Task and may toggle scope between Current Character and All Characters when in Tasks by Character Mode. < Task Window :: Tooltip > Tasks by Character Mode is the familiar list of Tasks a Character needs to do while Characters by Task lets you look at a Task and see which Characters have completed it (e.g., open 'An Important Task 003' and see that Alt001, Alt003, and Alt012 still need to do it) < Characters by Task Special Types Special Types, like all Task and Group properties, can be set or removed at will and Executive Assistant will treat them accordingly. On-The-Fly settings can be set and changed via the DataBroker Tooltip or Task Window. [Task] Account Wide: When completed by one character, the task shows as completed on all characters. While designed for the Blingtron family, it has strong utilitarian uses. [Task] Purgable When Completed: This special Reset Type allows for One-Time-Use and can be Purged (if Completed) at the user's command. These are ideal reminders, shopping lists, notes, etc, and become very powerful when teamed with Account Wide and quite convenient with Command Line Task entry. [Group] Zoom Group: Zoom In to a single Group when focusing on a set of Tasks. When in the Display Zoom Group Mode, this On-The-Fly setting lets you quickly and easily Zoom In/Out of any Group with a single mouse-click. < Groups :: Zoomed In > [Group] Invisible: Lets Child Groups and Tasks appear as if they were part of the Invisible Group's parent Group, allowing for good Task organization without needless visual clutter. < Visible :: Invisible > This is a simple demonstration; the Help and Information section explains an example of a Shopping List combining Character Specific lists, general list, and Any Character list in an easy-to-use way, that lets each Character see a seamless list. [Group] Command Line Target: Lets Command Line entered Tasks know where to go. The Target Group is set On-The-Fly with a mouse click or, if you prefer, via Command Line. Combinations Mix Special Types with Per-Character selection and nested groups and...well, you've got more combinations than I want to contemplate. You can create an elaborate to-do list of events and pass-through groups and actions tailored to each character or keep track of those pesky weekly quests or just setup Blingtron's daily account wide quest for two characters, or a simple per-character to-do list. File Cabinet Disabled by Default, the File Cabinet Companion Addon lets you easily Backup and Restore of Group/Task Configurations. Backup your Executive Assistant configuration and experiment in safety. File Cabinet only needs to be enabled when it's being used so you can safely leave it disabled until it's needed. Caveats What follows is some technical jiggery-pokery for folks who sit up nights contemplating addon jiggery-pokery.
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08-27-18, 07:04 AM | ||
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08-20-18, 11:00 PM | ||
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Re: Bug
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Result: "Test Message" shows in the chat window Result: Open community, text shows "Test Message" Analysis: results meet expectations The only interaction that ExecAssist itself has with the command line is the /ea command lists (processed by the Ace3 libs) and no chat-channel interaction. There might be something a tad sideways Ace3-side but one would think that it would show up in an isolation test as described above. I'm sorry you're having the issue but I can't reproduce it or isolate it to ExecAssist.
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12-04-16, 01:03 PM | ||
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Re: New error
First: Make a safe-copy of the saved variables file for ExecAssist. If you've used FileCabinet to keep a safe-copy, as you should, you can do a restore from that and it should play nice again. Otherwise, it's probably one char that's garbled but it's going to be hard to determine which if every char is throwing that up. You can verify that that is the problem by deleting the saved var file and letting it create a new one then logging in all your normal chars. If it were me, I'd do that then compare each charClass entry between the two files and see if I see any anomalies.
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08-27-16, 02:58 AM | ||
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Re: Error 0x80010135: Path too long -- Extract ExecAss_libExecAssistExample_v1.13
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08-26-16, 12:45 AM | |
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Error 0x80010135: Path too long -- Extract ExecAss_libExecAssistExample_v1.13
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08-25-16, 11:03 PM | |||||
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Re: Re: Sharing v.s. Syncing
Looks/sounds simple but: you lost me at: I don't know what this means ^^ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Also:
Finally Once upon a time, in a land far far away, where my brain went on holiday a decade ago, I could probably figure this out. Here and now, ... ... am flummoxed. Sorry. I know you're trying to help me and I feel vague tingly twitches at the back of my brain telling me that I should know how to do this, but ... nope. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for trying to help me |
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08-19-16, 03:31 AM | ||
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Re: Re: Sharing v.s. Syncing
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Re: Sharing v.s. Syncing
Direct them to create a group with a precise name, point the command line at it, and then paste (via the Paste addon) a list that goes: Code:
/ea task Gather the thing /ea task Craft the item /ea task Grind the rep /ea task Kill the boss Of course this is extra work for you in setting up the paste list, but it works.
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08-15-16, 06:56 PM | ||
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Re: Sharing v.s. Syncing
Blizzard's migraine-inducing zoom-nerf is altering my play/code balance atm but that should settle itself down in a week -- they'll let me play w/o migraines (in which case I won't have to rush to do things) or my sub will run out and I shall repose in hope they'll pull their collective heads out of their asses about accessibility issues. HOWEVER that shouldn't impact maintaining my addons and I've already got the starter-account set up so I can test, etc. (My wife uses my addons so I've a vested interest in keeping them going well )
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Sharing v.s. Syncing
I've just discovered this Addon [and Legible Mail ] today and I'm SO excited to get it in-game, but am doing all the reading first.
An immediate thought:
For example, I have the time and affinity for making lists. Two people I run with would love "Install this Addon, Import this List" but would never use it if they had to do all the organizing and typing themselves. Things I've listed for them in the past:
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