Timesheets Lite: May 2012 Archives

Users of Timesheets Lite with long project lists will often find a project quickly in the project drop down list on the Add / Edit Times screen by typing the first few characters of the project number. This works fine in most cases but some employees may prefer to auto-match their projects by project name rather than project number. To allow this it's quite simple to hide the projects in the project drop down list. Here's the steps to follow:

Hide Project Numbers Popup Menu

• Load up the Add/Edit Time screen from the timesheet and then right click on the project drop down box. A small popup menu will appear. See the image above for what this looks like.


• Click on the Hide Project Numbers menu and the project numbers in the project drop-down will then be hidden (see the image below).

Project Numbers Hidden in Drop-Down

To show the hidden project numbers again it's just a matter of right clicking on the project drop-down again and clicking the "Show Project Numbers" menu option.

The last couple of days has seen the release of two Timesheets Lite versions with very small changes. Version 3.3.3 fixed up an error thrown when showing or hiding project numbers on the Add/Edit time screen. Version 3.3.4 added some functionality to the Non Billable checkbox on the Add/Edit Time screen. This box is now checked (and disabled) by default for non-billable projects. This functionality was present in pre-version 3 Timesheets Lite and has been re-included at the request of a long time user of the software.

Version 3.3.2 of Timesheets Lite is being uploaded now. This new version contains two changes. The first fixes up a problem that occurred when the current task timer was paused and an employee tried switching the timer to another activity. This caused the timer to stop functioning until the software was restarted.

The second change allows you to right click on the project drop down on the Add/Edit Time screen. This pops up a menu allowing to either hide or show the project number in this dropdown list. This could be useful if you want to search the project list by either typing in the first few characters of the project number or the project name.