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Welcome to Bug Pad by Software Productions.

Bug Pad is a free issue tracking program that lets you create and manage work items in a hierarchy of folders. See the What's new in Bug Pad 2.0 topic for a list of new features in this version.

The following topics provide an introduction to using Bug Pad.
Storing Bug Pad Data in a File
Creating a SQL Server Database
Creating a Folder
Creating a New Work Item
Editing a Work Item
Quick Search
Filtering the work item list
Saving Views


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You can save any search criteria as a folder as well, so you can keep track of work items easily.

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Using the same interface as searching, you can create rules that control the work flow of work items to make sure they are handled properly. You can modify all the drop-down lists in the system which makes the rules and work flow more customizable and powerful.