Re: file name or dir changed from the desktop

2005-07-01 Thread Scott Morrow
Thanks all, (Mark, I haven't switched to rev 2.6 yet which may explain why SpankUser doesn't work here. : ) -Scott Morrow Elementary Software (Now with 20% less chalk dust !) web http://elementarysoftware.com/ email [EMAIL PROTECTED]

file name or dir changed from the desktop

2005-06-30 Thread Scott Morrow
Hello, I'm wondering if there is an established procedure for dealing with this situation. 1.) the user opens a stack file 2.) the user leaves the app (with the file still open), goes to the desktop and manually changes the file name (or directory) 3.) the user returns to the app and

Re: file name or dir changed from the desktop

2005-06-30 Thread Eric Chatonet
Hi Scott, That's a bad user behaviour (probably rare) but... I don't know (may be others will) how to get the information from the desktop manager but when an user saves, you could check first if the file does exists and act accordingly. Le 30 juin 05 à 12:13, Scott Morrow a écrit :

Re: file name or dir changed from the desktop

2005-06-30 Thread Mark Wieder
Scott- Thursday, June 30, 2005, 3:13:34 AM, you wrote: SM 1.) the user opens a stack file SM 2.) the user leaves the app (with the file still open), goes to the SM desktop and manually changes the file name (or directory) SM 3.) the user returns to the app and saves the file on

Re: file name or dir changed from the desktop

2005-06-30 Thread Jeanne A. E. DeVoto
At 3:13 AM -0700 6/30/2005, Scott Morrow wrote: Although changing the file name of an open file seems like a bad idea, I'm sure one of my users will do it and then get confused when their newly named file doesn't contain the most recent changes. I noticed that Appleworks 6 (OSX) doesn't