On 14 Jul 2002, at 11:52, Andrew Stiller wrote: > "Unnecessary" means unnecessary. To *anyone*, *ever*, not just me. A > prompt to save is unnecessary if it occurs when one attempts to close > after having made *no changes to the file*. I should have thought > that blindingly obvious.
>From whose point of view? Clearly, Finale thinks the file has changed, even though you don't think so. Who is wrong? Finale, or you? I can't say. But it's that determination that answers the question whether or not the prompt is unnecessary or not. If the file has, in fact, been changed, then the prompt is essential. If it hasn't, then it is unnecessary. That *you* think you haven't changed the file may or may not be relevant. Perhaps if the prompt said "printer settings have changed since you last changed the file" or "time field values have changed since you last changed the file" and then "would you like to save?" then it would be explaining to you *what* had changed so that you could make a decision. However, programming that kind of thing could be pretty complicated. Would it be better for such non-human changes to be saved automatically? Or to have them not saved at all? Or to have them saved only if you told them to by clicking a checkbox "save print settings"? In short, there is now enough information on the table to discuss how to address the problem. Your original problem listing was simply not enough information for someone who hadn't experienced the problem to understand. -- David W. Fenton | http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates | http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
