Maybe we're dealing with semantics here. A record to me would include the addition of an input. If one doesn't add an input then there shouldn't be a record.
If you click on a cell in Excel but don't add anything to the cell and then click save one doesn't get a ghost record/observation. The same thing happens in my favorite statistics program (Stata). Or, in word processing if one creates a table and then clicks on a cell in the table but you don't add anything to that cell and then click save you don't get a ghost input. The advantage of software programs that follow similar logic increases efficency and accuracy. I really like Legacy but I think in this case Legacy is not following customary practices in the industry. Brian had it right -- it's any easy addition to a marvelous program. My humble opinion :-) Mike On 6/8/2010 12:20 PM, Ron Bernier wrote: > You are right, "Doing nothing shouldn't result in doing something" - > the problem is if you click on Save, you have done something, you > created a record. If you click on Cancel then you have canceled the > creation of a record. > > On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Michael C. Morrison > <morri...@niacc.edu <mailto:morri...@niacc.edu>> wrote: > > I concur with Brian's suggestion: > > "warn the user that no data exists but it will create > a marriage link -- Continue or Cancel." > > Doing nothing shouldn't result in doing something. > > Mike > > > > > On 6/8/2010 11:13 AM, Sherry/Support wrote: > > The issue is if you click on "Save", Legacy thinks you want to > add a marriage. > > > > When you exit a window without adding or editing any data, it's > always wise to click on "Cancel" > > > > > > Thanks for using Legacy. > > > > Sherry > > Customer Support > > Millennia Corporation > > supp...@legacyfamilytree.com > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com <http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/> > > > > We are changing the world of genealogy! > > -- > Ron Bernier > Woonsocket, RI > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
