[HS] Re: need help with 'learn shopping order' feature

Please send the database to me at chrisant [at] premier1 [dot] net and I'll take a look to see what is happening.

--- In [email protected], "b101serendipity" <stapleyrebecca@...> wrote:
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> Hello Chris,
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> Thank you for such a great program!  I will try to give a good idea of what's happening:
> after selecting 'learn order' in pref, checking the box in shopping list, all looks well.
> When checking off items however they arrange themselves alphabetically at the bottom of the list (assuming hide from view is not checked in Need view)After checking out and then when the list is regenerated back to need view it is in alphabetical order.  I have the settings on 
>     separate sorts for All/Need
>     Learn Shopping order - checked (Need view)
>     All view sorted by Cat and Description
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> One of the prior posts (I am unable to find it) suggested that the data from HS can become altered in some way when using an unsupported desktop app and that after that has occurred the hidden field would not work.  
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> I have tried clearing the shopping order in the EXTRA menu - appears not to change anything.
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> When I have made a new database I am able to get it to work as expected however if I copy items to the new db from one of my existing db's it will no longer keep the order as checked off.  I have kept the 'hide completed' unchecked to see what it is doing and even when I have manually re-arranged the checked off items it still arranges them alphabetically when the list is regenerated in need view.
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> Another thing I have tried is exporting lists to the notes and then re-importing but its like there is something that prevents my current data from working with the hidden field.
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> I have the program on a palm life drive as well as on a palm m515, each has the same databases and I use the overwrite feature after beaming to keep them up-to-date with each other.  I have HS v.3.1.1
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> Please let me know what you think
> Thanks so much!
> Rebecca
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> --- In [email protected], "chrisant_wa" <chrisant@> wrote:
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> > --- "b101serendipity" <stapleyrebecca@> wrote:
> > > I have found that I can only get [learn shopping order] 
> > > to work however on newly created databases - my existing 
> > > ones don't work.
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> > Can you describe what does happen when it doesn't work?
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> > > I believe I read that this has something to do with prior 
> > > use of a desktop hs app?
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> > I don't recall hearing anything about that.  Having used a desktop in the past shouldn't make it impossible to use the learn shopping order feature.  I would expect that, worst case, using a desktop app would just discard any learned shopping orders.
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