There should be a collapse icon for the blue vertical Options pane that separates the tree on the left from the SQL window on the right. This blue pane takes up a lot of space and when editing SQL I'd like to see it disappear into a sliver of its former self. Clicking the expand button will of course make it reappear. This will free up a lot of screen real-estate when needed.

Barry

Another suggestion, a very simple one.

In the Execution Plan, format the rows and bytes with commas so it is easier to read.

As it is now in v2.09.
Row scan (Table1): 14688 rows, 18330624 bytes estimated cost

Suggestion:
Row scan (Table1): 14,688 rows, 18,330,624 bytes estimated cost

or even:
Row scan (Table1): 14,688 rows, 18.330 MB estimated cost

Barry

I totally agree with this.  EDBMgr is very difficult to use on my small
laptop and collapsing the left pane would be wonderful!

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David Cornelius
Cornelius Concepts

On 08/18/2012 01:54 PM, Barry wrote:
> There should be a collapse icon for the blue vertical Options pane that separates the tree on the left from the SQL window on the right. This blue pane takes up a lot of space and when editing SQL I'd like to see it disappear into a sliver of its former self. Clicking the expand button will of course make it reappear. This will free up a lot of screen real-estate when needed.
>
> Barry
>

Seconded, and thirded.

EDBMgr works well on my 1920px wide screen, but when I am training people how to write SQL on an 800px wide Overhead projector it is painful. With the tree open & the pane in place there is hardly any room to write SQL.

Any added flexibility for the EDBMgr GUI: for example the ability to rearrange panes in the way you can for the Delphi IDE, or options to make visible / invisible the different panes would be really welcome.

Barry,

<< There should be a collapse icon for the blue vertical Options pane that
separates the tree on the left from the SQL window on the right. This blue
pane takes up a lot of space and when editing SQL I'd like to see it
disappear into a sliver of its former self. Clicking the expand button will
of course make it reappear. This will free up a lot of screen real-estate
when needed. >>

The problem here is that I need to write these visual components from
scratch because we distribute the source code to the EDB Manager.
Therefore, this kind of thing usually takes a back seat to more
database-oriented issues.

Thanks,

Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

>>The problem here is that I need to write these visual components from
>>scratch because we distribute the source code to the EDB Manager.
>>Therefore, this kind of thing usually takes a back seat to more
>>database-oriented issues.

Tim,

I did something like this a couple of weeks ago in my application. Works great without any 3rd party tools.

For EDBMgr it is even simpler because you have only 2 panels that need hiding: The Tree and the grey Tasks/Options panel.

Add  2 bitbtns  in the toolbar (each with their own icons):
[Tree] [Options]

These buttons will show the panel if the button is in the Down position.
To hide the tree panel, the user clicks on the tree button and this sets the button to the Up position. Now only the Tasks/Options panel and the SQL panel are on the form.

To hide the Options panel, click on it. Now the SQL window occupies the entire form.
The user can now hide any unnecessary panels and concentrate on the SQL panel if that's what he wants to do. Since these buttons are in the toolbar, they are easy to find and its operation is intuitive. You can also add menu items to the Explorer menu if you like, along with hot keys.

This should take about an hour to implement and will give users more screen to play with.

Barry