Diving Log 5.0 – Logbook Layout

I already wrote about this feature back in March, but now I’ve included the necessary functionality to save and restore the layouts. The complete layout of the logbook window is customizable, which means you can drag each data field around, remove fields you don’t need, create tab pages, and so on. You can save each layout as an xml file and restore it later at any time. And you can email me your layout files to share them with other Diving Log users. And you can create, for example, a layout for your large desktop monitor, and one for your small Netbook.

In this screenshot I’ve modified the layout a little bit, to display the buddies signature from the Windows Mobile version and also the air consumption, the SAC rate and the working pressure field:

Logbook with signature

Logbook with signature

If you want to display the buddy text field below the signature, for example, just click the “Customize” button in the ribbons layout tab and drag the buddy field below the signature field:

Drag and drop layout items

Drag and drop layout items

New layout

New layout

When you’re done, close the customization toolbox and click the “Save” button in the ribbon. When you open the logbook the next time, the same layout will be displayed. I think this is a great feature and I hope you will create amazing layouts and share them with other Diving Log users, just like for the report designer in the print function. You can download the layout from these screenshots and open it in the alpha version I’ll release next week.

Below you can watch 2 videos demonstrating the layout control (note: these videos show how to change the layout during development, but it works exactly the same when you change the layout during normal program execution):

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