Add a Summary panel to the main window

[ajtruckle]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. At the moment, it is difficult to know who is doing what without opening a SRR / MWB data file or viewing an online calendar.

Describe the solution you'd like In Public Talks it has a useful Summary panel:

Could we add a similar panel in Meeting Schedule Assistant? Something like this:

Additional context The information presented in the summary panel would come from the assignment history database and it would change as you select a different date on the calendar. We could agree what information gets displayed.

[cengizu]

Good idea. However, determining what to display would be difficult.

[ajtruckle]

@cengizu

Good idea. However, determining what to display would be difficult.

I'm thinking about that. 🤔💭 Here is the kind of information we could display:

Midweek Meeting	Weekend Meeting
Chairman	Chairman
Aux Chairman 1	Opening Prayer
Aux Chairman 2	Speaker
Opening Prayer	Speaker Congregation
Treasures	Talk Number / Theme
Spiritual Gems	Interpreter
Living 1	Hospitality
Living 2	WT Conductor
Living 3	WT Reader
CBS	Bible Verses Reader
CBS Reader	Closing Prayer
Closing Prayer

Only their names would be shown (not themes or anything). And I have deliberately excluded students for the time-being. In Public Talks it has settings to control what Summary Info is displayed:

We could do something similar in Meeting Schedule Assistant if it was deemed necessary.

[ajtruckle]

@cengizu Another concept 💡 for this is a tree control. Public Talks uses one of these controls on the talks maintenance page:

We could have one tree control that covers the whole week. Both meetings could be two expandable trees. And we could possibly come us with some icons to give the feature a bit of life. This way the user can potentially review everything for the meetings irrespective of the date.

And, we could maybe allow the user to directly go to edit a speakers details, or a congregations details by double click the entry. It would also be nice because it is presenting the details differently to Public Talks GUI.

Thought? 🤔

[cengizu]

In terms of usability and modern GUI, tree view controls look both outdated and pretty bad. I suggest using simpler/minimalist elements for this summary.

Here is a concept:

Why not to use the tree view control:

• https://blog.codinghorror.com/trees-treeviews-and-ui/
• https://ripul.blogspot.com/2005/10/tree-view-removal-surgery_112919819961257081.html

[ajtruckle]

@cengizu Certainly makes for interesting reading! I think I'll just stick with my original idea then of using the CGridCtrl. Since it is already part n parcel of MSA.

[ajtruckle]

@cengizu Just wanted to show the progress made so far:

I have decided to use a CMFCPropertyGridCtrl to represent the summary information.

Work in progress …

[ajtruckle]

@cengizu Some improvements have been made:

• Main window is now resizable. This allows you to see more calendar months and a larger summary panel.
• Summary info for this week is automatically displayed then application starts.
• The labels now support localization. Most terms are already used within the software.

Some scenarios we should consider:

• Special Assembly Day / Regional Convention
• Circuit Visit
• Memorial Week
• Branch Visit
• Other events
• No history data yet

[ajtruckle]

@cengizu

• No history data yet

Proposal:

[ajtruckle]

@cengizu

• Memorial

• Special Event

It now tries to find any associated special event in the database for that week. It does this by checking all 7 dates (Monday to Friday). Information is displayed if an event is located.

If it is the Memorial it will show:

• Start Time
• End Time
• Chairman
• Open Prayer
• Speaker
• Theme
• Close Prayer
• Host
• Co-Host
• Zoom Attendant

If it is a Special Event (eg. Circuit Assembly or Regional Convention) it will show:

• All day event
• Start Time
• End Time (Times only display if it is not an all day event).

I still need to cater for the Bethel Speaker Weekend and Circuit Visit. I have since updated the Memorial to display the start / end times.

[ajtruckle]

@cengizu @stecchio66 I have been making some minor changes to the way I display the Special Event information.

We display this information for all special events:

• Event description
• Location
• Date
• All day [yes / no]
• Start time [disabled if all day event]
• End time [disabled if all day event]

If it is a Memorial event it also shows:

• Chairman
• Open prayer
• Speaker
• Theme
• Close prayer
• Host
• Co-host
• Zoom attendant

If it is a Bethel Speaker Weekend event it also shows:

• Chairman
• Open prayer
• Speaker
• Theme
• Close prayer (just uses speaker)
• Host
• Co-host

For some reason the Bethel Speaker Window window does not allow you to select a Zoom Attendant.

[ajtruckle]

Related StackOverflow Q & A:

Text position in CMFCPropertyGridCtrl