Re[2]: Compressing/Purging folder window

1999-12-13 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hi Paula, on Monday, December 13, 1999, 4:41:26 PM GMT+0800, Paula Ford wrote: PF Normally, I agree, but cancelling out of the purging of a database PF can be a very tricky business. That may be. So, how about this: when you hit the Cancel button, the current purge will still be performed

Re[2]: Compressing/Purging folder window

1999-12-13 Thread Roel
\\\|/// / ~ _ \ (- O o -) --oOOo-(_)-oOOo--- Hello Paula, PF Normally, I agree, but cancelling out of the purging of a database can PF be a very tricky business. easily solved error-free: use

Re[2]: Compressing/Purging folder window

1999-12-13 Thread Oliver Sturm
Hi Paula Ford, On Montag, 13. Dezember 1999 at 9:41:26 you wrote: PF On Monday, December 13, 1999, Thomas Fernandez wrote: PF Normally, I agree, but cancelling out of the purging of a database PF can be a very tricky business. That may be. So, how about this: when you hit the Cancel button,

Re[2]: Compressing/Purging folder window

1999-12-13 Thread tracer
Monday, December 13, 1999 Hello Paula, Monday, Monday, December 13, 1999, you wrote: Paula On Saturday, December 11, 1999, tracer wrote: As far as I am concerned any menu SHOULD have a cancel button. Just in case one wants to stop a process the program should provide a way to do that

Re[3]: Compressing/Purging folder window

1999-12-13 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hallo Oliver, On Monday, December 13, 1999, 10:54:19 PM (GMT+0800), Oliver Sturm wrote: OS I'm the original poster and that isn't quite true ;) I had the purging OS configured to run automatically at program end, but as it took too OS much time, I switched it off again. How did you do

Re[2]: Compressing/Purging folder window

1999-12-12 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hi Paula, on Monday, December 13, 1999, 1:20:51 PM GMT+0800, Paula Ford wrote: As far as I am concerned any menu SHOULD have a cancel button. Just in case one wants to stop a process the program should provide a way to do that (without pressing the powerswitch on the modem!!) PF Normally, I

Re[3]: Compressing/Purging folder window

1999-12-11 Thread tracer
Saturday, December 11, 1999 Hello Thomas, Saturday, Saturday, December 11, 1999, you wrote: Thomas Hallo Christopher, Thomas On Saturday, December 11, 1999, 6:30:34 AM (GMT+0800), Christopher J. Trybowski wrote: I agree with you, it shouldn't stay always-on-top. Furthermore, the

Compressing/Purging folder window

1999-12-10 Thread Oliver Sturm
Hi there, Does anyone have a reason why that little window (appearing when I select e.g. "Purge all folders") has to be _system_ modal? I understand I can't continue working with The Bat! while those tasks are performed, but I don't know why I have to be disturbed in using

Re: Compressing/Purging folder window

1999-12-10 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hi Oliver, on Friday, December 10, 1999, 5:11:48 PM GMT+0800, Oliver Sturm wrote: OS 3) Open a "My Computer" window or whatever and try to continue OS working. The little status window floats above all other windows OS all the time, which is quite disturbing. I agree with

Re[2]: Compressing/Purging folder window

1999-12-10 Thread Alexander Drunin
Hi all! TF Furthermore, the "cleaning up" (purging and compressing folders) takes TF ages (sometimes 10-15 minutes). Does that have to be so slow? Even in case when some folder has just been compressed, deleting single message and recompessing seems to be a function of a number of messages in