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Old 02-12-2019, 03:39 PM
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OK, started messing with it...so far, so good. One moderate suggestion...use the normal Menu Bar items at the top, as per the standards (be it Windows or Mac).

For Windows, I expect to see something like
File Edit View Tools Help
or the like.

E.g., it seems I can't close the current file, but can only open a new one.

And, a potential error...read in one file, then create a new one, then hit "Save", and it defaults to the first file name (and overwrites it). A *new* book should have no default name and force a Save As dialog box.

I'd like to be able to easily edit the entries so they look like this:
Item 1 - STATUS
Item Number99 - LONGER STATUS

instead of

Item 1 - STATUS
Item Number 99 - LONGER STATUS
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Old 02-13-2019, 09:46 AM
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OK, started messing with it...so far, so good. One moderate suggestion...use the normal Menu Bar items at the top, as per the standards (be it Windows or Mac).

For Windows, I expect to see something like
File Edit View Tools Help
or the like.

E.g., it seems I can't close the current file, but can only open a new one.

And, a potential error...read in one file, then create a new one, then hit "Save", and it defaults to the first file name (and overwrites it). A *new* book should have no default name and force a Save As dialog box.

I'd like to be able to easily edit the entries so they look like this:
Item 1 - STATUS
Item Number99 - LONGER STATUS

instead of

Item 1 - STATUS
Item Number 99 - LONGER STATUS
Good feedback, but I can't make any promises. I built this almost two years ago, back when I still remembered how to code. Two years of retirement has pretty much washed that knowledge away. I'd also like to break away from Modal dialog boxes - that was sheer laziness back when I thought I was going to be the only person to ever use it.

I don't understand the last part, though. Is the only difference a space between 'Number' and '99'? And where are you seeing that?

I definitely need to handle 'New' files better. I think I also need to add a "dirty" flag to prompt for saving edits if you've made any.
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Old 02-13-2019, 10:06 AM
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Good feedback, but I can't make any promises. I built this almost two years ago, back when I still remembered how to code. Two years of retirement has pretty much washed that knowledge away. I'd also like to break away from Modal dialog boxes - that was sheer laziness back when I thought I was going to be the only person to ever use it.

I don't understand the last part, though. Is the only difference a space between 'Number' and '99'? And where are you seeing that?

I definitely need to handle 'New' files better. I think I also need to add a "dirty" flag to prompt for saving edits if you've made any.
No, I was just trying to show how it would be nice to be able to *easily* (always a fun descriptor in any set of software requirements, eh?) align the right-hand side items (so you have things to be checked on the left, and the state they should be in on the right)

But this forum takes out the extra spaces, and I didn't proof my post very well...
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Old 02-25-2019, 03:03 PM
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Multi-line items...the text says to use the "Insert Blank Line Button", but there is no such button on the dialog box.
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