ToDoManager

The ToDoManager extension started out as a very basic application that was created to allow the user to manage Tasks from within Visual Studio but has quickly grown into a very capable application. Quite a bit of information may be associated with the task but the design goal was to be simple to use while keeping resource usage at a minimum. Originally developed for the new AVR Studio 5.0 IDE it can also be used with Visual Studio 2010 and is ideal for the lone developer as a replacement for the Visual Studio TaskManager.  And now updated to include the newest versions of the Avr Studio 5.1 and Atmel Studio 6.0.

Now includes Work Flows and DB location option as per user request.

Feature List

The features provided by the ToDoManager extension are

• What Project the task belongs to. Projects may have detailed description and version numbering associated with the Project.
• Task Priority, a value from 1-10.
• Start and End Dates
• A detailed description.
• Work history - A list of work entries that together provide a history of the work completed. Contains a category field to help keep better track of how time spent.
• Multiple Notes may be associated with each Task
• Import tasks from the IDE Task List into an Imports project where they can be moved to other projects and additional information added.
• Refresh button on Main toolbar used to sync DB with other instances of Visual Studio if running more than one.
• Archive Manager that allows the user to archive/retire old Projects and/or Tasks.
• Archive Viewer used to view archived data.
• Task Type field indicates the type of task, available options are; Bug, Task, Feature and Other.
• Links allow a task to have a dependency link that can be set as either; depends on or depended on. Ability to follow links, forward and back.
• RichText note editor
• An intelligent filter scheme that allows the user to filter by; Project, Category, TaskType, Priority, Time Range and as before those that are completed or not.
• Ability to mark item as complete from Main Grid.
• Work Flows - Vesatile work flow functionality that allows the user to better track where ToDo time is spent.
• Split off Status from Category and ComboBox provided to select Status.
• The location of the DB can be defined by the user to allow multiple DBs or multiple machines to access the same DB. I have been asked by a few people to include this option!
  Caution: This does not mean that this can be used by multiple people this will NOT work. When using from multiple machines you must manually update the DB each time a change is made from another machine.