Parameters:
The pathname to EARS components (data directory, etc) is
restricted to 40 characters. This means on our system I have to
SUBST a fake drive to a deep path to get EARS to work, as
otherwise, the path is truncated to:

G:\Cex\Members\LibDem\Resources\EARS\ShData

Additionally, you cannot abandon the pathname editing dialogue
until you have either created a non-existant directroy, or entered
an existing directory. You cannot abandon an edit /without/
creating a directory, you get stuck in a loop of "close ->
directory does not exist, do you want to create it -> no -> close
-> directory does not exist, do you want to create it".

Also, EARS expands /and/ /stores/ /the/ /expansion/ of each path.
EARS should only store the full path if it is /not/ inside the
EARS application directory. It should just store the relative path
from the application directory if the path is inside the
application directory.

For instance, on our system, EARS is on Drive S:. I have to be
very careful editing parameters otherwise EARS stores the data
path as "S:\EARS\Shef\Data08" instead of "Data08". That means that
when it is copied onto a branch machine on drive C: it falls over
saying drive S: not found.

Backup:
Configure to give default filename of yy-mm-dd, not dd-mm-yy, so
files are correctly sorted; also yy-mm-dd-lll where lll is the
licence number, not lll-*, as it is more useful to have backups
grouped by date, not by licence number.

TPS Export:
Wait until I select OK! TPS export executes immediately and
doesn't give the user a chance to interact with the dialogue.

Stats:
When printing stats for a group of PDs, list the PD name as well
as the code. "ZA BOLE HILL 712" is a lot easier to understand than
"ZA 712",

Canvass Stats:
"Total canvassed" is a lot more useful figure than "Uncanvassed".
Can we have a "total canvassed" column, please

Percentages for each canvass column, ie:
DEF         PROB
208 14.5%   165 9.2% etc.

Similarly, an option to export as CSV with the percentages as
formulas, ie: ZA,BOLE HILL,208,=C1/P1,165,=E1/P1,etc...

Ability to save bar charts to text file. It was really useful in
EARS 7 being able to redirect the printer to a file, and then
"print" all the bar charts to a file.

Polling district name as well as code on bar chart display and
printout Filter and range on bar chart display and printout

Printing:
Printing labels - ability to print filter/range at top of each
page, just off the top of the top row of labels on a standard
sheet of labels.

Filters:
Wider drop-down list for filters. I end up having to guess which
of several truncated names is the one I want.

Display "multi" or "all-house" at the *end* of the name, not the
beginning I don't care that it's a multi filter, I just care which
filter it is. Prefixing the names bumps the list out and makes it
harder to scan down.

A single filter able to filter on "any survey flag set" instead of
having to build an eight-fold multi-filter

Let me delete the "SHUTTLEWORTH" filter!!!!

Search:
Ctrl-S for 'F'ind? It should be Ctrl-F. Or at least label it
"Search" :) When using EARS I keep Ctrl-F for the first few tries
before I remember. After using EARS for a time, I then start
pressing Ctrl-S in Word to try and find something!

Ability to abort a search while its searching, rather than wait
ages for it to find nobody.

Ability to search by telephone number

"Rebuild search index" often pops the "Done" box /behind/ other
windows meainging you can't click on it as it you don't know it's
there, and you can't close other windows while it is waiting.

Export:
Ability to write an Export format that gives fixed width output
fields, eg:
Fred Smith    108 High Street    Mytown    MT1 2DW
Julia Smith   108 High Street    Mytown    MT1 2DW

Ability to export unfiltered voted and PV status, eg:
ZA,101,PV,VOTED,Fred,Smith
ZA,102,PV,,Julia,Smith
ZA,103,,VOTED,Andrew,Smith

There should be an 'Export' button on the main screen. Everybody
keeps forgetting you have to select "letters" to export data -
very counter-intuitive.

Elector Data:
Elector 'known as' field, so Brenda gets letters addressed to
'Lynne'

Editing:
Ability to copy data to the clipboard, particulalrly address data.
It gets quite annoying checking in EARS for, eg somebody's address
or postcode, and then having to manually type it into another
document character by character.

Bug:
If you select a filter with an "=" in it, the "max names" number
gets set to it, eg filter is "SURVEY=BUSES", max names becomes
"BUSES=2"