Yes, you are correct. My description of the problem was based on my assumption of what had happened in the past when I've been bitten by this, rather than on actual analysis of the issue - not a good strategy!
However the user prompt I suggested below is probably still a reasonable way to handle the issue. In addition to making the changes as it does currently, the script should also be made writable. ---Björn Helgason wrote: > The form editor makes changes to the open script > The replace can also make changes > When you try save - it does not save it - no message > so when you open the script again it is not changed > 2008/10/27 Sherlock, Ric > > > ---Raul Miller wrote: > > > Sherlock, Ric wrote: > > > > I would probably be helpful if the Editor notified the user > > > that it is unable to make > > > > changes to a read only script. > > > > > > It does notify the user -- the background is a different > > > color (and you can > > > toggle read only mode on and off with control-T). > > > > > > But a tool tip or status message or the like would > probably be nice. > > > > Sorry I wasn't clear, what I meant was: > > When you open a script it is read only. > > You can open the Form Editor and make changes to the form > using the Form > > Editor. > > When you hit OK it would be nice to get a notification that > the Form Editor > > was unable to make changes to the script. Perhaps the > notification dialog > > could even ask "The script is read only. Do you want to > make these changes > > anyway?". > > Currently there is no notification and no changes are saved > to the read > > only script when you close the Form Editor after making changes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
