How to use Civil Pro’s saved views

Civil Pro 8 has always supported customisation of the grids in which register are viewed, and now from Civil Pro 8.8.55, users can save their layout as the default or as a named layout. This applies to the lot, test request, ATP and NCR registers.

Saving the current view

To save the current layout, simply activate the context menu by right clicking on the register grid, and select “Save Layout” from the “Views” sub menu.

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You will be prompted to enter a name for the view. If you leave the name as “Default” then this view will be the view shown when the register is opened. Alternately, you can enter a name that describes the view (alphanumeric, no spaces. Underscore is allowed) and the view will be saved as a named view.

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Loading a View

To load a view, simply select it from the same context menu location used to save the view. Your named views will be listed under the standard civil pro views. If a default view has been made, the default view will also be listed. If there is no custom default view, civil pro defaults to its normal view layout. You can see in the below screenshot that the lot register has two named views, Extended_Data and Perc_Comp. It also has a custom Default view.

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Deleting a View

If you no longer want a view in your list, simply right click on it. You will be prompted to delete it. If you need to change a view, delete the original view and re-save it.

Civil Pro Release 8.8.55

Civil Pro Release 8.8.55 is now available.

IMPORTANT: If you have any version lower than 8.8.45 this version will make changes to your database if. If you are using a central database then all users will need to update to this version of Civil Pro.

This release is available from the normal download link in the notification email. It is best practice to remove all versions of civil pro prior to installation of a new version. With previous versions of civil pro, not doing so could create problems. With this version we believe such issues should not be a problem, but recommend a complete uninstall first anyway.

Updated manual is available from www.blueskycivil.com/CivilPro.zip

New Features

  • Saved Views – Users can now save the layout of their views in the lot register, test request register, ATP register and NCR register. Options to save as the default (on loading) view, or make named views. Refer to this “How To”

Changes/Tweaks

  • Added “Has Docs” column to test request register. Similar to the column in the lot register of the same name.
  • Added Collapse All and Expand All (+/-) buttons to the progress claim register. Same functionality as the equivalent buttons in the Schedule Register.