Thank you, Ward. That's what I was thinking when I did the OP. However, after reading everyone's input (minus the side discussion of modified date or mentions of transactions instead of windows), I would suggest either prompting for "Cancel?" (or maybe "Save?" since the Legacy programmers favor that viewpoint) OR just taking out the "x" option entirely to remove ambiguity. I mean, the two options are already available in the pop-up screen, so why have a third that apparently does not mean the same thing to all users? Just mho.
In the meantime, I will stop using the "x". ;) Thx all! --Paula in Texas Researching: Adair Baker Betz Bigley Blagrave Burton Chapman Clement Clough Coppernoll Costine Daulton Dinwiddie Doody Ellis Exline Field Floran Floyd Gates Goodale Gordon Gump Harbaugh Hopkins Hughes Jones Koyle Laswell McDonald Misner Passwaters Pelton Roberts Roche Ryburn Sullivan Williams ________________________________ From: Ward Walker <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, July 22, 2011 5:47:42 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Using "x" to exit/cancel - bug? This thread seems to be mixing up a couple of concepts. We recognize that the database is normally updated immediately and there is no user-level undo function. However, the question should be regarding a dialog that does offer a Cancel button -- such as the Individual's Information screen. Clearly a Cancel will not commit any changes, and appears not to revise the last-modified time. So, in this case where the screen offers both a Save and a Cancel button, what should the Close button (i.e., the Windows X button) do? I have used a lot of applications and I have been a software tester. My intuition has been that Close should equal Cancel. Thus, I feel strongly that Legacy should be changed to prompt the user to save or not when attempting the Close button (in such cases where Cancel was offered/possible). Ward Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
