Re:[pilot-db-list] editing records

[Chalain Marc<mar...@vo...>]

Hello,
> I have been using pilot-db since version 0.3.1 to store magazine 
> arcticles, notes about pilot software etc. After an initial 
> disappointment because of missing filtering and floating point 
> fields, I found that it is actually quite good (I still miss these 
> though).
> 
> When version 0.3.2 came out I immediately installed it and was 
> pleased to find the new note field.

Thank you for your fidelity.

> Unfortunately there was one "improvement" that I don't like at all: 
> The new modify button you have to press before you can edit an 
> existing record. It is a nuissance. Wouldn't it be possible to have 
> a function instead that asks me when I exit, whether I want to lose 
> the changes?

My problem was the opposite before i added this improvement. I lost a lot informations because i hited the Check Box in the List View.

> But the reason why I am actually writing this post is that I lost 
> data several times because I accidentally switched to another 
> program while still entering data into a record. Most other palm 
> pilot programs store the current edits and when I come back I find 
> exactly the same state as I left. Would it be possible to implement 
> this feature?

It's not in my mind to implement that, but i had other request on the subject then i will implement for the next release a configuration bit in the Global Preferences to open the databases in "Read/Write mode" or in "Read/Edit mode".

> And one last thing: I have used HandBase for a while and had a 
> database containing the train schedules for two stations (Bonn and 
> Koblenz) as taken from www.bahn.de. It was very convenient to have 
> this since I could just filter on the destination I wanted to 
> travel to (on two fields, the destination and the via field) and 
> then search for the time I wanted to go. If you ever come around 
> implementing filtering I will probably adapt the Perl script I used 
> to create the schedules and make it publicly available.

Now, I try to do that in the next version.

Salut,
Marc.

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