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Originally Posted by whpalmer4
What's the problem you are trying to solve by doing this?
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Here is an example of what is not working for me now:
I have a project called Treat sheep for coccidia. This is a repeating project that is set to re-start 5 weeks from completion. Ideally I'd have it set to start 5 weeks after the start date and be due 7 weeks after because the parasite I am treating needs to be controlled within that window.
Within that project there are several pieces, one is for each group of sheep or pasture verify whether that group needs treatment. Those actions do not repeat. But if I find a group that needs to be treated the treatment is 3 days in a row of drugs for every sheep in the pasture or in any adjacent pasture that shares a fenceline. Ideally I'd repeat that action 3 times. The drugs have to be given 24 hours apart. I can't set individual actions easily because part of the treatment is I have to look at the weather for the next 3 days to be sure it will be suitable for treating the sheep. If it's too hot or too cold I can't do it so I need a window of 3 days in a row with appropriate weather within the 5-7 week timeframe from last treatment. Setting specific dates and times doesn't really work in this instance because I can never know in advance exactly which days I do it.
In the old Palm OS I could set number of times to repeat, set only weekends, set things like MWF or T, Th or first Saturday of every month or a vast array of choices. For this project I I could set the action to treat the sheep to repeat 24 hours later from the time and date last done and only for 3 times without setting a start date.
That's the sort of problem I am running in to with OF and that is just one of several examples.
And yes, part of the problem is OF cannot set a certain number of repeats it's either repeating or not which is inadequate for my needs.