Long rules in Designer 3.0M3

Those who know me from here, and elsewhere will know that I can tend to 
run off a bit when I am given a place to type...  I.e.  I write LONG 
descriptions for rules.   (Mostly because my memory for fine fine detail 
is terrible, and I believe that if you try something in a rule, and it 
fails, you should write it down, so that next time you look at the rule 
and say, "Oh there is a much simpler way of doing that" you do not go

through the whole process again)

Anyway, with the addition of nested IF's in Actions (LOVE those things!) 
I find my rule length has gone up considerably.

What I am noticing in the 20080404 build (and earlier of course) is that 
a long rule will fill the window, with a scroll bar, and I scroll down 
to the bottom, and some stuff is still cutoff.  If I close rules above 
it, more appears at the bottom, as if there is an absolute Maximum 
height to a page.

I happen to run at 1920X1200 res, if that has any possible relevance.

This ends up being a royal PITA for developing since I cannot read rules 
that are too long.  And honestly, 15 or 20 actions with a 20 or 30 line 

Can you send me one of your policies with the long rules? Also, maybe a
screenshot or two.

Thanks.

Brady

>>> On 5/8/2008 at 6:52 AM, in message
<yICUj.10896$Dh4.5593@kovat.provo.novell.com>, Geoffrey
Carman<geoffreycarman@gmail.com> wrote:
> Those who know me from here, and elsewhere will know that I can tend to 
> run off a bit when I am given a place to type...  I.e.  I write LONG 
> descriptions for rules.   (Mostly because my memory for fine fine detail 
> 
> is terrible, and I believe that if you try something in a rule, and it 
> fails, you should write it down, so that next time you look at the rule 
> and say, "Oh there is a much simpler way of doing that" you do
not go 
> through the whole process again)
> 
> Anyway, with the addition of nested IF's in Actions (LOVE those things!) 
> 
> I find my rule length has gone up considerably.
> 
> What I am noticing in the 20080404 build (and earlier of course) is that 
> 
> a long rule will fill the window, with a scroll bar, and I scroll down 
> to the bottom, and some stuff is still cutoff.  If I close rules above 
> it, more appears at the bottom, as if there is an absolute Maximum 
> height to a page.
> 
> I happen to run at 1920X1200 res, if that has any possible relevance.
> 
> This ends up being a royal PITA for developing since I cannot read rules 
> 
> that are too long.  And honestly, 15 or 20 actions with a 20 or 30 line 

I received your policy file and screenshots. Thanks.

I've logged a bug for this problem.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=388979

Brady


>>> On 5/8/2008 at 6:52 AM, in message
<yICUj.10896$Dh4.5593@kovat.provo.novell.com>, Geoffrey
Carman<geoffreycarman@gmail.com> wrote:
> Those who know me from here, and elsewhere will know that I can tend to 
> run off a bit when I am given a place to type...  I.e.  I write LONG 
> descriptions for rules.   (Mostly because my memory for fine fine detail 
> 
> is terrible, and I believe that if you try something in a rule, and it 
> fails, you should write it down, so that next time you look at the rule 
> and say, "Oh there is a much simpler way of doing that" you do
not go 
> through the whole process again)
> 
> Anyway, with the addition of nested IF's in Actions (LOVE those things!) 
> 
> I find my rule length has gone up considerably.
> 
> What I am noticing in the 20080404 build (and earlier of course) is that 
> 
> a long rule will fill the window, with a scroll bar, and I scroll down 
> to the bottom, and some stuff is still cutoff.  If I close rules above 
> it, more appears at the bottom, as if there is an absolute Maximum 
> height to a page.
> 
> I happen to run at 1920X1200 res, if that has any possible relevance.
> 
> This ends up being a royal PITA for developing since I cannot read rules 
> 
> that are too long.  And honestly, 15 or 20 actions with a 20 or 30 line