This has been suggested and begged for since v2. It has been consistently ignored.
Wm Voss On 10-Nov-14 6:58 AM, Michele/Support wrote: > Ron, > I looked through the list of suggestions and I do see three separate > suggestions regarding the modified date for the programmers to consider. I > don’t see one for this one though... > > "A Save when no changes have been made should be considered a cancel without > changing the Modified date." > > I will add it to the list ☺ > > Michele > Technical Support > [email protected] > www.legacyfamilytree.com > > From: Ron Taylor [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 8:52 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Date Last Edited in Legacy 8.0.0.454 > > Michele, > I think I've submitted this before. > > 1) A Save when there are changes should function as it does currently > including change to Modified date. > 2) A Save when no changes have been made should be considered a cancel > without changing the Modified date. > > 3) A Cancel when there are changes should have an optional question "Click > Yes to discard changes, click No to return to edit". If changes are > discarded, the Modified date should not be changed. > 4) A Cancel when no changes have been made should function as it does > currently without a change to Modified date. > > Two tricky problems with the Modified date. > 1) When exporting Legacy data to a new Legacy database, the Modified date is > changed in the exported data file. Likewise when importing a Legacy > database, the Modified dates in the imported data are changed. > 2) When merging records, if information in the Notes is edited, replaced, or > appended...those changes are immediate. There is no cancel to discard those > changes even if the records are not merged. > > On Monday, November 10, 2014 5:20 AM, Michele/Support > <[email protected]> wrote: > > It depends on whether you click CANCEL or you click SAVE. Click cancel and > the date does not change. Click save and it does. > > Michele > Technical Support > [email protected] > www.legacyfamilytree.com > > From: Steve Pick [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 12:05 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Date Last Edited in Legacy 8.0.0.454 > > Thanks Michelle. Don't think I have ever looked at this. However, I am not > sure I like it. I just clicked in the marriage event of one at random to look > at the data. Never changed anything but it says the data was modified as of > the time I looked. This doesn't seem very good idea. If I had modified any of > the data fine,.. but I didn't. > > > > 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 > > > > 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 > > > > > 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 > > > > 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
