Merge branch 'item-comments' into develop

Conflicts:
	zaaReloaded2/Formatter/Formatter.cs
	zaaReloaded2/zaaReloaded2.csproj

Tests/Controller/Comments/CommentPoolTest.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/* CommentPoolTest.cs
+ * part of zaaReloaded2
+ * 
+ * Copyright 2015 Daniel Kraus
+ * 
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using zaaReloaded2.Controller.Comments;
+
+namespace Tests.Controller.Comments
+{
+    [TestFixture]
+    class CommentPoolTest
+    {
+        [Test]
+        public void CreateCommentIfDoesNotExist()
+        {
+            int n = CommentPool.Default.Count;
+            ItemComment i = CommentPool.Default.GetCommentFor("item \"<>\"");
+            Assert.AreEqual(n + 1, CommentPool.Default.Count);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void ReturnExistingComment()
+        {
+            ItemComment i = CommentPool.Default.GetCommentFor("item \"<>\"");
+            int n = CommentPool.Default.Count;
+            i = CommentPool.Default.GetCommentFor("item \"<>\"");
+            Assert.AreEqual(n, CommentPool.Default.Count);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void BuildingCommentRaisesEvent()
+        {
+            ItemComment i = CommentPool.Default.GetCommentFor("item \"<>\"");
+            int eventRaised = 0;
+            CommentPool.Default.FillInComment += (sender, args) =>
+            {
+                eventRaised += 1;
+            };
+            string comment = i.BuildComment();
+            Assert.AreEqual(1, eventRaised);
+        }
+    }
+}

Tests/Controller/Comments/ItemCommentTest.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/* ItemCommentTest.cs
+ * part of zaaReloaded2
+ * 
+ * Copyright 2015 Daniel Kraus
+ * 
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using zaaReloaded2.Formatter;
+using zaaReloaded2.Controller.Comments;
+
+namespace Tests.Controller.Comments
+{
+    [TestFixture]
+    class ItemCommentTest
+    {
+        [Test]
+        public void FactoryWithGoodDefinition()
+        {
+            ItemComment i = ItemComment.FromDefinitionString("TAC \"(Zielbereich: <4-7> µg/l)\"");
+            Assert.IsNotNull(i);
+            Assert.AreEqual("(Zielbereich: ", i.Prefix);
+            Assert.AreEqual("4-7", i.Value);
+            Assert.AreEqual(" µg/l)", i.Suffix);
+            Assert.AreEqual("TAC", i.Item);
+            Assert.AreEqual("(Zielbereich: 4-7 µg/l)", i.BuildComment());
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void FactoryWithBadDefinition()
+        {
+            ItemComment i = ItemComment.FromDefinitionString("some bogus definition");
+            Assert.IsNull(i);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void EmptyValueProducesEmptyComment()
+        {
+            ItemComment i = ItemComment.FromDefinitionString("TAC \"(Zielbereich: <default> µg/l)\"");
+            i.Value = String.Empty;
+            Assert.AreEqual(String.Empty, i.BuildComment());
+        }
+    }
+}

Tests/Controller/Elements/ItemsTest.cs

@@ -16,14 +16,12 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Text;
 using NUnit.Framework;
 using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word;
 using zaaReloaded2.LabModel;
 using zaaReloaded2.Formatter;
 using zaa = zaaReloaded2.Controller.Elements;
+using zaaReloaded2.Controller.Comments;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 
 namespace Tests.Controller.Elements
@@ -152,7 +150,7 @@ namespace Tests.Controller.Elements
                 StripMarkup(
                     TimePointFormatter.DateAndTimeHeader(new DateTime(2015, 07, 13, 13, 31, 00))
                 )+
-                "Klinische Chemie: Na 133, SU-Protein 2,8\r\r").Replace(Environment.NewLine, "\r");
+                "Klinische Chemie: Na 133, SU-Protein 3\r\r").Replace(Environment.NewLine, "\r");
             Assert.AreEqual(expected, _document.Range().Text);
         }
 
@@ -176,11 +174,62 @@ namespace Tests.Controller.Elements
                 StripMarkup(
                     TimePointFormatter.DateAndTimeHeader(new DateTime(2015, 07, 13, 13, 31, 00))
                 ) +
-                "Klinische Chemie: Na 133, SU-Protein 2,8, Cl 110, U-Na 99\r\r")
+                "Klinische Chemie: Na 133, SU-Protein 3, Cl 110, U-Na 99\r\r")
                 .Replace(Environment.NewLine, "\r");
             Assert.AreEqual(expected, _document.Range().Text);
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void ItemCommentWithoutHandler()
+        {
+            Laboratory lab = new Laboratory();
+            TimePoint tp = new TimePoint();
+            tp.TimeStamp = new DateTime(2015, 7, 13, 13, 31, 00);
+            tp.AddItem(new LabItem("Na", "133", "133"));
+            tp.AddItem(new LabItem("K", "6", "5"));
+            lab.AddTimePoint(tp);
+
+            _formatter.Laboratory = lab;
+            _formatter.Settings.Elements.Add(
+                new zaa.Items("Na \"(Zielbereich: <> mmol/l)\""));
+            _formatter.Run();
+            string expected = (
+                StripMarkup(
+                    TimePointFormatter.DateAndTimeHeader(new DateTime(2015, 07, 13, 13, 31, 00)) +
+                    "Na 133\r\r").Replace(Environment.NewLine, "\r")
+                );
+            Assert.AreEqual(expected, _document.Range().Text);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void ItemCommentWithHandler()
+        {
+            Laboratory lab = new Laboratory();
+            TimePoint tp = new TimePoint();
+            tp.TimeStamp = new DateTime(2015, 7, 13, 13, 31, 00);
+            tp.AddItem(new LabItem("Na", "133", "133"));
+            tp.AddItem(new LabItem("K", "6", "5"));
+            lab.AddTimePoint(tp);
+
+            _formatter.Laboratory = lab;
+            _formatter.Settings.Elements.Add(
+                new zaa.Items("Na \"(Zielbereich: <default> µg/l)\""));
+            bool messageSent = false;
+            CommentPool.Default.FillInComment += (sender, args) =>
+            {
+                messageSent = true;
+                args.Comment.Value = "4-7";
+            };
+            _formatter.Run();
+            Assert.IsTrue(messageSent, "FillInComment message was not sent");
+            string expected = (
+                StripMarkup(
+                    TimePointFormatter.DateAndTimeHeader(new DateTime(2015, 07, 13, 13, 31, 00)) +
+                    "Na 133 (Zielbereich: 4-7 µg/l)\r\r").Replace(Environment.NewLine, "\r")
+                );
+            Assert.AreEqual(expected, _document.Range().Text);
+        }
+
         static string StripMarkup(string s)
         {
             return _markupStripper.Replace(s, string.Empty);

Tests/Tests.csproj

@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@
     </Otherwise>
   </Choose>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="Controller\Comments\CommentPoolTest.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Controller\Comments\ItemCommentTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="SerializationTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Controller\SettingsRepositoryTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Controller\SettingsTest.cs" />
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Importer\ZaaImporter\TimePointTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="TestHelpers.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ViewModels\ElementPickerViewModelTest.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="ViewModels\ItemCommentViewModelTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ViewModels\SettingsRepositoryViewModelTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ViewModels\SettingsViewModelTest.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>

Tests/ViewModels/ItemCommentViewModelTest.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/* ItemCommentViewModelTest.cs
+ * part of zaaReloaded2
+ * 
+ * Copyright 2015 Daniel Kraus
+ * 
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using zaaReloaded2.Controller.Comments;
+using zaaReloaded2.ViewModels;
+
+namespace Tests.ViewModels
+{
+    [TestFixture]
+    class ItemCommentViewModelTest
+    {
+        [Test]
+        public void Properties()
+        {
+            ItemComment comment = new ItemComment("item", "pre", "val", "suf");
+            ItemCommentViewModel vm = new ItemCommentViewModel(comment);
+            Assert.AreEqual(comment.Item, vm.Item);
+            Assert.AreEqual(comment.Prefix, vm.Prefix);
+            Assert.AreEqual(comment.Suffix, vm.Suffix);
+            Assert.AreEqual(comment.Value, vm.Value);
+        }
+    }
+}

zaaReloaded2/Controller/Comments/CommentPool.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+/* CommentPool.cs
+ * part of zaaReloaded2
+ * 
+ * Copyright 2015 Daniel Kraus
+ * 
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace zaaReloaded2.Controller.Comments
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// A pool of comments.
+    /// </summary>
+    class CommentPool
+    {
+        #region Singleton
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the singleton instance of the CommentPool.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static CommentPool Default
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                return _instance;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static readonly CommentPool _instance = new CommentPool();
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Properties
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the number of ItemComments in the pool.
+        /// </summary>
+        public int Count { get { return _itemComments.Count; } }
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Event
+
+        public event EventHandler<ItemCommentEventArgs> FillInComment;
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Constructor
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Static constructor to support the singleton implementation.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// See http://csharpindepth.com/Articles/General/Singleton.aspx#cctor
+        /// </remarks>
+        static CommentPool() { }
+
+        private CommentPool()
+        {
+            _itemComments = new List<ItemComment>();
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Methods
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Clear the pool of ItemComments and sets the event handler
+        /// to null.
+        /// </summary>
+        public void Reset()
+        {
+            _itemComments.Clear();
+            FillInComment = null;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Retrieves the ItemComment for a given definitionString;
+        /// creates a new ItemComment object if necessary.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="definitionString"></param>
+        /// <returns>ItemComment derived from the
+        /// <paramref name="definitionString"/></returns>
+        public ItemComment GetCommentFor(string definitionString)
+        {
+            ItemComment itemComment = _itemComments.FirstOrDefault(
+                i => i.Definition == definitionString);
+            if (itemComment == null)
+            {
+                itemComment = ItemComment.FromDefinitionString(definitionString);
+                if (itemComment != null)
+                {
+                    _itemComments.Add(itemComment);
+                    itemComment.FillInComment += itemComment_FillInComment;
+                }
+            }
+            return itemComment;
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Private methods
+
+        protected virtual void itemComment_FillInComment(object sender, ItemCommentEventArgs e)
+        {
+            OnFillInComment(e);
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Protected methods
+
+        protected virtual void OnFillInComment(ItemCommentEventArgs args)
+        {
+            if (Preferences.Default.SuppressItemCommentInteraction)
+                return;
+
+            EventHandler<ItemCommentEventArgs> h = FillInComment;
+            if (h != null)
+            {
+                h(this, args);
+            }
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Fields
+
+        List<ItemComment> _itemComments;
+
+        #endregion
+    }
+}

zaaReloaded2/Controller/Comments/ItemComment.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+/* ParameterComment.cs
+ * part of zaaReloaded2
+ * 
+ * Copyright 2015 Daniel Kraus
+ * 
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+
+namespace zaaReloaded2.Controller.Comments
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Represents an optional comment for a laboratory item.
+    /// The zaaReloaded2.Controller.Elements.Items class can
+    /// parse these optional comment strings which may be used
+    /// to prompt users to enter target ranges etc.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <example>
+    /// TAC "(Zielspiegel: &lt;8-10&gt; µg/l)"
+    /// </example>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// In the example, the tacrolimus trough level TAC carries a comment about the
+    /// recommended range. The comment must be enclosed in quotes in order for it
+    /// to be recognized. The quotes will be stripped. The angle brackets denote
+    /// a place holder that will be replaced by the comment that is set in the
+    /// RequestParameterComment's event args. The text between the angle brackets
+    /// ("8-10") is an optional default value. One could also just use 'empty'
+    /// brackets ("&lt;&gt;").
+    /// </remarks>
+    public class ItemComment
+    {
+        #region Factory
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Creates a new ItemComment object from a definition string.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="definitionString">String that complies
+        /// with the definition pattern (item "optional prefix &lt;optional
+        /// default value&gt; optioal suffix").</param>
+        public static ItemComment FromDefinitionString(string definitionString)
+        {
+            Match match = _definition.Match(definitionString);
+            if (match.Success)
+            {
+                return new ItemComment(
+                    definitionString,
+                    match.Groups["item"].Value.Trim(),
+                    match.Groups["prefix"].Value,
+                    match.Groups["value"].Value,
+                    match.Groups["suffix"].Value);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
+
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Properties
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the item name that this comment is for.
+        /// </summary>
+        public string Item { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Prefix of this comment, e.g. "(target trough level: "
+        /// </summary>
+        public string Prefix { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Value of this comment; String.Empty represents a
+        /// cancelled comment.
+        /// </summary>
+        public string Value { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Suffix of this comment, e.g. " µg/l)"
+        /// </summary>
+        public string Suffix { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the original definition string that this ItemComment
+        /// was created from.
+        /// </summary>
+        public string Definition { get; private set; }
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Event
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Event that is raised when the comment value needs to be
+        /// filled in by someone or something.
+        /// </summary>
+        public event EventHandler<ItemCommentEventArgs> FillInComment;
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Constructors
+
+        public ItemComment()
+        {
+            Item = String.Empty;
+            Prefix = String.Empty;
+            Value = String.Empty;
+            Suffix = String.Empty;
+        }
+
+        public ItemComment(string item, string prefix, string value, string suffix)
+            : this()
+        {
+            Item = item;
+            Prefix = prefix;
+            Value = value;
+            Suffix = suffix;
+        }
+
+        public ItemComment(string definition, string item, string prefix, string value, string suffix)
+            : this(item, prefix, value, suffix)
+        {
+            Definition = definition;
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Methods
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Builds the comment string from the prefix, the value, and
+        /// the suffix. Raises the FillInComment event to get the value
+        /// first. If the value is an empty string, the entire comment
+        /// string will be an empty string.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>Comment string with filled-in value, or String.Empty
+        /// if the value is an empty string.</returns>
+        public string BuildComment()
+        {
+            OnFillInComment();
+
+            if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(Value))
+                return String.Empty;
+
+            return Prefix + Value + Suffix;
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Private methods
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Raises the FillInComment event.
+        /// </summary>
+        protected virtual void OnFillInComment()
+        {
+            EventHandler<ItemCommentEventArgs> h = FillInComment;
+            if (h != null)
+            {
+                ItemCommentEventArgs args = new ItemCommentEventArgs(this);
+                h(this, args);
+                if (args.IsCancelled)
+                    args.Comment.Value = String.Empty;
+            }
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Fields
+
+        static readonly Regex _definition =
+            new Regex(@"(?<item>[^""]+)""(?<prefix>[^<]+)?<(?<value>[^>]*)>(?<suffix>[^""]+)?""");
+
+        #endregion
+    }
+}

zaaReloaded2/Controller/Comments/ItemCommentEventArgs.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/* ParameterCommentEventArgs.cs
+ * part of zaaReloaded2
+ * 
+ * Copyright 2015 Daniel Kraus
+ * 
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace zaaReloaded2.Controller.Comments
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Event arguments used in item commenting.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class ItemCommentEventArgs : EventArgs
+    {
+        #region Properties
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the comment object for this parameter.
+        /// </summary>
+        public ItemComment Comment { get; private set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets whether the commenting was cancelled.
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool IsCancelled { get; set; }
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Constructor
+
+        public ItemCommentEventArgs(
+            ItemComment comment)
+        {
+            Comment = comment;
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+    }
+}

zaaReloaded2/Controller/Elements/Items.cs

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word;
 using zaaReloaded2.LabModel;
 using zaaReloaded2.Formatter;
 using System.Runtime.Serialization;
+using zaaReloaded2.Controller.Comments;
 
 namespace zaaReloaded2.Controller.Elements
 {
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ namespace zaaReloaded2.Controller.Elements
         {
             _items = null;
             _caption = null;
-            Regex r = new Regex(@"((?<caption>[^:]+):\s*)?((?<items>[^,]+),\s*)*(?<items>[^,]+)");
+            Regex r = new Regex(@"((?<caption>[^:""]+):\s*)?((?<items>[^,]+),\s*)*(?<items>[^,]+)");
             Match m = r.Match(Content);
             if (m.Success)
             {
@@ -186,9 +187,20 @@ namespace zaaReloaded2.Controller.Elements
         /// <summary>
         /// Collects items for output by name.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="name">Item name to look for.</param>
+        /// <param name="name">Item name to look for. If the item name contains
+        /// a comment definition (see example in the description of the
+        /// <see cref="RequestParameterComment"/> event), </param>
         List<ItemFormatter> CollectByName(zaaReloaded2.Formatter.Formatter formatter, string name)
         {
+            // First, check if the item name contains an optional comment
+            // definition
+            ItemComment comment = CommentPool.Default.GetCommentFor(name);
+            if (comment != null)
+            {
+                name = comment.Item;
+            }
+
+            // Then, see if we have such an item
             List<ItemFormatter> items = new List<ItemFormatter>();
             TimePointFormatter tpf = formatter.WorkingTimePoints
                 .FirstOrDefault(tp => tp.Value.ContainsItem(name))
@@ -200,6 +212,7 @@ namespace zaaReloaded2.Controller.Elements
                 ItemFormatter i = tpf.ItemFormatters[name];
                 i.HasBeenUsed = true;
                 i.IncludeMaterial = false;
+                i.Comment = comment;
                 items.Add(i);
             }
             return items;
@@ -211,8 +224,8 @@ namespace zaaReloaded2.Controller.Elements
 
         string _caption;
         List<string> _items;
-        static Regex _wildcard = new Regex(@"(?<material>[^-]+-)?\*");
-
+        static readonly Regex _wildcard = new Regex(@"^(?<material>[^-]+-)?\*$");
+        
         #endregion
     }
 }

zaaReloaded2/Formatter/Formatter.cs

@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ namespace zaaReloaded2.Formatter
     {
         #region Properties
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the Settings that this Formatter works with.
+        /// </summary>
         public Settings Settings { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -66,9 +69,17 @@ namespace zaaReloaded2.Formatter
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Is true if this Formatter object carries a Laboratory with
-        /// at least one time point.
+        /// at least one time point, and if there are Settings to work with.
         /// </summary>
-        public bool CanRun { get { return Laboratory.TimePoints.Count > 0; } }
+        public bool CanRun
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                return (Settings != null)
+                    && (Laboratory != null)
+                    && (Laboratory.TimePoints.Count > 0);
+            }
+        }
 
         #endregion
 
@@ -119,7 +130,14 @@ namespace zaaReloaded2.Formatter
         /// current position of the cursor).</param>
         public void Run()
         {
-            if (!CanRun) throw new NoLaboratoryDataException("No laboratory data to format.");
+            if (!CanRun)
+            {
+                if (Settings == null)
+                    throw new InvalidOperationException("No settings data to work with.");
+                if ((Laboratory == null) || Laboratory.TimePoints.Count == 0)
+                    throw new NoLaboratoryDataException("No laboratory data to format.");
+                throw new InvalidOperationException("Cannot run formatter.");
+            }
 
             // Create undo record and styles prior to iterating over the elements
             // because a column switching element might trigger output to the
@@ -154,8 +172,20 @@ namespace zaaReloaded2.Formatter
                 }
             }
 
+            // Write everything to the Word document
+            bool hasAddin = Globals.ThisAddIn != null;
+            if (hasAddin)
+            {
+                Globals.ThisAddIn.Application.UndoRecord.StartCustomRecord(
+                    String.Format("Laborformatierung ({0})", Properties.Settings.Default.AddinName)
+                    );
+            }
+            CreateStyles();
             _secondaryBuffer.Flush();
-            Globals.ThisAddIn.Application.UndoRecord.EndCustomRecord();
+            if (hasAddin)
+            {
+                Globals.ThisAddIn.Application.UndoRecord.EndCustomRecord();
+            }
         }
 
         /// <summary>

zaaReloaded2/Formatter/ItemFormatter.cs

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word;
 using zaaReloaded2.LabModel;
+using zaaReloaded2.Controller.Comments;
 
 namespace zaaReloaded2.Formatter
 {
@@ -70,6 +71,11 @@ namespace zaaReloaded2.Formatter
         /// </summary>
         public bool IsBlacklisted { get { return LabItem.IsBlacklisted;  } }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the item's comment.
+        /// </summary>
+        public ItemComment Comment { get; set; }
+
         #endregion
 
         #region Constructor
@@ -169,21 +175,31 @@ namespace zaaReloaded2.Formatter
                 value = LabItem.Value;
             }
 
+            string comment = String.Empty;
+            if (Comment != null)
+            {
+                comment = Comment.BuildComment();
+                if (comment != String.Empty) comment = " " + comment;
+            }
+
             string name = IncludeMaterial ? LabItem.QualifiedName : LabItem.Name;
 
+
             string output =
                 String.Format(
-                    "{0} {1}{2}{3}",
+                    "{0} {1}{2}{3}{4}",
                     name,
                     value,
                     unit,
-                    reference
+                    reference,
+                    comment
                 );
             if (!LabItem.IsNormal)
             {
                 output = AbnormalStyle.ToMarkup(false) + output + AbnormalStyle.ToMarkup(true);
             }
 
+
             formatter.Write(output);
             HasBeenUsed = true;
         }

zaaReloaded2/Preferences.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/* Preferences.cs
+ * part of zaaReloaded2
+ * 
+ * Copyright 2015 Daniel Kraus
+ * 
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace zaaReloaded2
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Holds user preferences.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class Preferences
+    {
+        #region Singleton
+
+        public static Preferences Default
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                return _instance;
+            }
+        }
+
+        static readonly Preferences _instance = new Preferences();
+
+        static Preferences() { }
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Properties
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets whether the add-in should not ask for
+        /// item comments (i.e. typist mode).
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool SuppressItemCommentInteraction
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                return Properties.Settings.Default.SuppressItemCommentInteraction;
+            }
+            set
+            {
+                Properties.Settings.Default.SuppressItemCommentInteraction = value;
+                Properties.Settings.Default.Save();
+            }
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Constructors
+
+        protected Preferences()  { }
+
+        #endregion
+    }
+}

zaaReloaded2/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs

@@ -222,5 +222,17 @@ namespace zaaReloaded2.Properties {
                 return ((global::zaaReloaded2.Formatter.AbnormalStyle)(this["AbnormalStyle"]));
             }
         }
+        
+        [global::System.Configuration.UserScopedSettingAttribute()]
+        [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute()]
+        [global::System.Configuration.DefaultSettingValueAttribute("False")]
+        public bool SuppressItemCommentInteraction {
+            get {
+                return ((bool)(this["SuppressItemCommentInteraction"]));
+            }
+            set {
+                this["SuppressItemCommentInteraction"] = value;
+            }
+        }
     }
 }

zaaReloaded2/Properties/Settings.settings

@@ -65,5 +65,8 @@
     <Setting Name="AbnormalStyle" Type="zaaReloaded2.Formatter.AbnormalStyle" Scope="Application">
       <Value Profile="(Default)">None</Value>
     </Setting>
+    <Setting Name="SuppressItemCommentInteraction" Type="System.Boolean" Scope="User">
+      <Value Profile="(Default)">False</Value>
+    </Setting>
   </Settings>
 </SettingsFile>

zaaReloaded2/Ribbon.cs

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ using zaaReloaded2.ViewModels;
 using zaaReloaded2.Importer.ZaaImporter;
 using zaaReloaded2.Formatter;
 using zaaReloaded2.Controller;
+using zaaReloaded2.Controller.Comments;
 using Word = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word;
 using Bovender.Mvvm.Actions;
 
@@ -104,6 +105,10 @@ namespace zaaReloaded2
                         ViewModels.AboutViewModel vm = new ViewModels.AboutViewModel();
                         vm.InjectInto<Views.AboutView>().ShowDialog();
                         break;
+                    case "zrlPreferences":
+                        ViewModels.PreferencesViewModel.Default.InjectInto<Views.PreferencesView>()
+                            .ShowDialog();
+                        break;
                     case "zrlDaniel":
                         Formatter.DanielsStyle.Apply(
                             Globals.ThisAddIn.Application.ActiveDocument,
@@ -216,6 +221,8 @@ namespace zaaReloaded2
                 Globals.ThisAddIn.Application.ActiveDocument);
             formatter.Settings = settings;
             formatter.Laboratory = importer.Laboratory;
+            CommentPool.Default.Reset();
+            CommentPool.Default.FillInComment += CommentPool_FillInComment;
             try
             {
                 formatter.Run();
@@ -230,6 +237,16 @@ namespace zaaReloaded2
             }
         }
 
+        void CommentPool_FillInComment(object sender, ItemCommentEventArgs e)
+        {
+            ItemCommentViewModel vm = new ItemCommentViewModel(e.Comment);
+            vm.CancelMessage.Sent += (cancelSender, cancelArgs) =>
+            {
+                e.IsCancelled = true;
+            };
+            vm.InjectInto<ItemCommentView>().ShowDialog();
+        }
+
         void DoChooseSettings()
         {
             SettingsRepository repository = SettingsRepository.Load();

zaaReloaded2/Ribbon.xml

@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@
 					<button id="zrlDemo" label="Demo" image="d.png" onAction="Ribbon_Click" size="large"
 							screentip="Demo-Dokument öffnen"
 							supertip="Öffnet ein eingebautes Demo-Dokument, das zum Ausprobieren verwendet werden kann." />
+					<button id="zrlPreferences" label="Einstellungen" image="gear.png" onAction="Ribbon_Click" size="large"
+							screentip="Benutzer-Einstellungen"
+							supertip="Erlaubt das Einschalten des Sekretariats-Modus." />
 					<button id="zrlAbout" label="Über..." image="i.png" onAction="Ribbon_Click" size="large"
 							screentip="Über zaaReloaded"
 							supertip="Zeigt Informationen über das Add-in an." />

zaaReloaded2/ThisAddIn.cs

@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ using Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word;
 using Bovender.Versioning;
 using Bovender.Mvvm.Messaging;
 using zaaReloaded2.ExceptionHandler;
+using System.Windows;
+using System.Windows.Input;
+using System.Windows.Controls;
+using System.Windows.Media;
 
 namespace zaaReloaded2
 {
@@ -48,6 +52,7 @@ namespace zaaReloaded2
         private void ThisAddIn_Startup(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
         {
             Bovender.ExceptionHandler.CentralHandler.ManageExceptionCallback += CentralHandler_ManageExceptionCallback;
+            RegisterTextBoxSelectAll();
             CheckForUpdates();
             _oldCaption = Globals.ThisAddIn.Application.Caption;
             Globals.ThisAddIn.Application.Caption = 
@@ -156,5 +161,49 @@ namespace zaaReloaded2
         }
         
         #endregion
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Make text boxes select all text on focus.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// http://stackoverflow.com/a/2553297/270712
+        /// </remarks>
+        void RegisterTextBoxSelectAll()
+        {
+            // Select the text in a TextBox when it receives focus.
+            EventManager.RegisterClassHandler(typeof(TextBox), TextBox.PreviewMouseLeftButtonDownEvent,
+                new MouseButtonEventHandler(SelectivelyIgnoreMouseButton));
+            EventManager.RegisterClassHandler(typeof(TextBox), TextBox.GotKeyboardFocusEvent,
+                new RoutedEventHandler(SelectAllText));
+            EventManager.RegisterClassHandler(typeof(TextBox), TextBox.MouseDoubleClickEvent,
+                new RoutedEventHandler(SelectAllText));
+        }
+
+        void SelectivelyIgnoreMouseButton(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
+        {
+            // Find the TextBox
+            DependencyObject parent = e.OriginalSource as UIElement;
+            while (parent != null && !(parent is TextBox))
+                parent = VisualTreeHelper.GetParent(parent);
+
+            if (parent != null)
+            {
+                var textBox = (TextBox)parent;
+                if (!textBox.IsKeyboardFocusWithin)
+                {
+                    // If the text box is not yet focused, give it the focus and
+                    // stop further processing of this click event.
+                    textBox.Focus();
+                    e.Handled = true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        void SelectAllText(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
+        {
+            var textBox = e.OriginalSource as TextBox;
+            if (textBox != null)
+                textBox.SelectAll();
+        }
     }
 }

zaaReloaded2/ViewModels/ItemCommentViewModel.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+/* ItemCommentViewModel.cs
+ * part of zaaReloaded2
+ * 
+ * Copyright 2015 Daniel Kraus
+ * 
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using Bovender.Mvvm;
+using Bovender.Mvvm.ViewModels;
+using Bovender.Mvvm.Messaging;
+using zaaReloaded2.Controller.Comments;
+
+namespace zaaReloaded2.ViewModels
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// View model for zaaReloaded2.Controller.Comments.ItemComment.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class ItemCommentViewModel : ViewModelBase
+    {
+        #region Properties
+
+        public string Item { get { return _itemComment.Item; } }
+
+        public string Prefix { get { return _itemComment.Prefix;  } }
+
+        public string Value
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                return _itemComment.Value;
+            }
+            set
+            {
+                _itemComment.Value = value;
+                OnPropertyChanged("Value");
+            }
+        }
+
+        public string Suffix { get { return _itemComment.Suffix; } }
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Commands
+
+        DelegatingCommand CancelCommand
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                if (_cancelCommand == null)
+                {
+                    _cancelCommand = new DelegatingCommand(
+                        param => DoCancel());
+                }
+                return _cancelCommand;
+            }
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Message
+
+        public Message<ViewModelMessageContent> CancelMessage
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                if (_cancelMessage == null)
+                {
+                    _cancelMessage = new Message<ViewModelMessageContent>();
+                }
+                return _cancelMessage;
+            }
+        }
+        
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Constructor
+
+        public ItemCommentViewModel(ItemComment itemComment)
+        {
+            _itemComment = itemComment;
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Implementation of ViewModelBase
+
+        public override object RevealModelObject()
+        {
+            return _itemComment;
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Private methods
+
+        void DoCancel()
+        {
+            CancelMessage.Send(new ViewModelMessageContent(this));
+            DoCloseView();
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Fields
+
+        DelegatingCommand _cancelCommand;
+        Message<ViewModelMessageContent> _cancelMessage;
+        ItemComment _itemComment;
+        
+        #endregion
+    }
+}

zaaReloaded2/ViewModels/PreferencesViewModel.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+/* PreferencesViewModel.cs
+ * part of zaaReloaded2
+ * 
+ * Copyright 2015 Daniel Kraus
+ * 
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using Bovender.Mvvm;
+using Bovender.Mvvm.ViewModels;
+
+namespace zaaReloaded2.ViewModels
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// View model for zaaReloaded2.Preferences.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class PreferencesViewModel : ViewModelBase
+    {
+        #region Singleton
+
+        public static PreferencesViewModel Default
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                return _instance;
+            }
+        }
+
+        static PreferencesViewModel() { }
+
+        static readonly PreferencesViewModel _instance = new PreferencesViewModel();
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Properties
+
+        public bool SuppressItemCommentInteraction { get; set; }
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Command
+
+        public DelegatingCommand SaveCommand
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                if (_saveCommand == null)
+                {
+                    _saveCommand = new DelegatingCommand(
+                        param => DoSave(),
+                        param => CanSave());
+                }
+                return _saveCommand;
+            }
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Constructor
+
+        public PreferencesViewModel()
+        {
+            SuppressItemCommentInteraction = Preferences.Default.SuppressItemCommentInteraction;
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Private methods
+
+        void DoSave()
+        {
+            Preferences.Default.SuppressItemCommentInteraction = SuppressItemCommentInteraction;
+            DoCloseView();
+        }
+
+        bool CanSave()
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Field
+
+        DelegatingCommand _saveCommand;
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region ViewModelBase implementation
+
+        public override object RevealModelObject()
+        {
+            throw new NotImplementedException();
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+    }
+}

zaaReloaded2/Views/ItemCommentView.xaml

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+<!--
+	ItemCommentView.xaml
+	part of zaaReloaded2
+	
+	Copyright 2015 Daniel Kraus
+	
+	Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+	you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+	You may obtain a copy of the License at
+	
+	    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+	
+	Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+	distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+	WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+	See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+	limitations under the License.
+-->
+
+<Window x:Class="zaaReloaded2.Views.ItemCommentView"
+        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
+        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
+        xmlns:b="clr-namespace:Bovender.Mvvm.Views.Settings;assembly=Bovender"
+        ResizeMode="CanResizeWithGrip" ShowInTaskbar="False"
+        WindowStyle="ToolWindow" Topmost="True"
+        SizeToContent="WidthAndHeight"
+        b:WindowState.CenterScreen="True" b:WindowState.Save="True"
+        Title="Kommentar angeben"
+        FocusManager.FocusedElement="{Binding ElementName=ValueTextBox}"
+        >
+    <Window.Resources>
+        <ResourceDictionary Source="/zaaReloaded2;component/Style.xaml" />
+    </Window.Resources>
+    <DockPanel Margin="10">
+        <Label DockPanel.Dock="Top" Content="{Binding Item}"
+               FontSize="16" FontWeight="Bold"
+               Target="{Binding ElementName=ValueTextBox}" Padding="0" />
+        <UniformGrid DockPanel.Dock="Bottom" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Columns="2" Rows="1" Margin="0 10 0 0">
+            <Button Content="OK" Command="{Binding CloseViewCommand}" IsDefault="True" Margin="0 0 5 0" />
+            <Button Content="Abbrechen" Command="{Binding CancelCommand}" IsCancel="True" Margin="5 0 0 0" />
+        </UniformGrid>
+        <DockPanel Margin="0 10 0 10">
+            <TextBlock DockPanel.Dock="Left" Text="{Binding Prefix}" VerticalAlignment="Center" />
+            <TextBlock DockPanel.Dock="Right" Text="{Binding Suffix}" VerticalAlignment="Center" />
+            <TextBox Text="{Binding Value,Mode=TwoWay,UpdateSourceTrigger=LostFocus}"
+                     MinWidth="120" MaxWidth="240" VerticalAlignment="Center"
+                     x:Name="ValueTextBox" Margin="5 0 5 0" />
+        </DockPanel>
+    </DockPanel>
+</Window>

zaaReloaded2/Views/ItemCommentView.xaml.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/* ItemCommentView.xaml.cs
+ * part of zaaReloaded2
+ * 
+ * Copyright 2015 Daniel Kraus
+ * 
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+using System.Windows;
+
+namespace zaaReloaded2.Views
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Interaction logic for ItemCommentView.xaml
+    /// </summary>
+    public partial class ItemCommentView : Window
+    {
+        public ItemCommentView()
+        {
+            InitializeComponent();
+        }
+    }
+}

zaaReloaded2/Views/PreferencesView.xaml

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<!--
+	PreferencesView.xaml
+	part of zaaReloaded2
+	
+	Copyright 2015 Daniel Kraus
+	
+	Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+	you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+	You may obtain a copy of the License at
+	
+	    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+	
+	Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+	distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+	WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+	See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+	limitations under the License.
+-->
+
+<Window x:Class="zaaReloaded2.Views.PreferencesView"
+        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
+        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
+        xmlns:b="clr-namespace:Bovender.Mvvm.Views.Settings;assembly=Bovender"
+        xmlns:i="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/2010/interactivity"
+        xmlns:action="clr-namespace:Bovender.Mvvm.Actions;assembly=Bovender"
+        SizeToContent="WidthAndHeight" ResizeMode="NoResize" ShowInTaskbar="False"
+        b:WindowState.CenterScreen="True" b:WindowState.Save="True"
+        Title="Einstellungen"
+        >
+    <Window.Resources>
+         <ResourceDictionary Source="/zaaReloaded2;component/Style.xaml" />
+    </Window.Resources>
+    <DockPanel Margin="10">
+        <UniformGrid DockPanel.Dock="Bottom" Columns="2" Rows="1"
+                     HorizontalAlignment="Right" Margin="0 10 0 0">
+            <Button Command="{Binding SaveCommand}" Content="OK" IsDefault="True" Margin="0 0 5 0" />
+            <Button Command="{Binding CloseViewCommand}" Content="Abbrechen" IsCancel="True" Margin="5 0 0 0" />
+        </UniformGrid>
+        <GroupBox Header="Sekretariatsmodus" Padding="10">
+            <CheckBox IsChecked="{Binding SuppressItemCommentInteraction}" Content="Keine Interaktion für _Kommentare">
+            </CheckBox>
+        </GroupBox>
+    </DockPanel>
+</Window>

zaaReloaded2/Views/PreferencesView.xaml.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/* PreferencesView.xaml.cs
+ * part of zaaReloaded2
+ * 
+ * Copyright 2015 Daniel Kraus
+ * 
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+using System.Windows;
+
+namespace zaaReloaded2.Views
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Interaction logic for PreferencesView.xaml
+    /// </summary>
+    public partial class PreferencesView : Window
+    {
+        public PreferencesView()
+        {
+            InitializeComponent();
+        }
+    }
+}

zaaReloaded2/app.config

@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@
             <setting name="ImportExportPath" serializeAs="String">
                 <value />
             </setting>
+            <setting name="SuppressItemCommentInteraction" serializeAs="String">
+                <value>False</value>
+            </setting>
         </zaaReloaded2.Properties.Settings>
     </userSettings>
 </configuration>

zaaReloaded2/zaaReloaded2.csproj

@@ -193,9 +193,12 @@
   -->
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="Importer\ZaaImporter\AutoDetect.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Controller\Comments\CommentPool.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Controller\Elements\ControlElementBase.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Controller\Elements\FormatElementBase.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Controller\Elements\NextColumn.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Controller\Comments\ItemComment.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Controller\Comments\ItemCommentEventArgs.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Controller\Elements\SelectEachDay.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Controller\Elements\SelectLastDay.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Controller\Elements\SelectFirstDay.cs" />
@@ -216,6 +219,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Formatter\DanielsStyle.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Formatter\DocumentWriter.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Formatter\NoLaboratoryDataException.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Preferences.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Ribbon.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Thesaurus\ThesaurusBase.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Formatter\IItemFormatterDictionary.cs" />
@@ -255,7 +259,12 @@
     <Compile Include="ViewModels\FormatElementViewModel.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ViewModels\ControlElementViewModel.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ViewModels\IoErrorViewModel.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="ViewModels\ItemCommentViewModel.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="ViewModels\PreferencesViewModel.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ViewModels\SettingsRepositoryViewModel.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Views\ItemCommentView.xaml.cs">
+      <DependentUpon>ItemCommentView.xaml</DependentUpon>
+    </Compile>
     <Compile Include="Views\IoErrorView.xaml.cs">
       <DependentUpon>IoErrorView.xaml</DependentUpon>
     </Compile>
@@ -265,6 +274,9 @@
     <Compile Include="Views\ElementView.xaml.cs">
       <DependentUpon>ElementView.xaml</DependentUpon>
     </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="Views\PreferencesView.xaml.cs">
+      <DependentUpon>PreferencesView.xaml</DependentUpon>
+    </Compile>
     <Compile Include="Views\SettingsView.xaml.cs">
       <DependentUpon>SettingsView.xaml</DependentUpon>
     </Compile>
@@ -341,6 +353,10 @@
       <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
       <SubType>Designer</SubType>
     </Resource>
+    <Page Include="Views\ItemCommentView.xaml">
+      <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
+      <SubType>Designer</SubType>
+    </Page>
     <Page Include="Views\IoErrorView.xaml">
       <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
       <SubType>Designer</SubType>
@@ -353,6 +369,10 @@
       <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
       <SubType>Designer</SubType>
     </Page>
+    <Page Include="Views\PreferencesView.xaml">
+      <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
+      <SubType>Designer</SubType>
+    </Page>
     <Page Include="Views\SettingsView.xaml">
       <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
       <SubType>Designer</SubType>
@@ -413,6 +433,9 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <Resource Include="Icons\icon.png" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Resource Include="Icons\gear.png" />
+  </ItemGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <VisualStudioVersion Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)' == ''">10.0</VisualStudioVersion>
     <VSToolsPath Condition="'$(VSToolsPath)' == ''">$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v$(VisualStudioVersion)</VSToolsPath>
@@ -447,4 +470,4 @@
       </FlavorProperties>
     </VisualStudio>
   </ProjectExtensions>
-</Project>
+</Project>