[pilot-db-list] db 0.3.4 beta 5 feedbacks

[Fab <kr...@bi...>]

	Hello.

	I'm playing with db 0.3.4 beta 5. Here are my feedbacks.
	(Sorry Marc, I didn't have time to play  with db-tools,
it's a hard time for me work).
	(Palm Vx)
	2 parts : NORMAL OPERATIONS and SCRIPTING AND CALCULATED FIELDS


NORMAL OPERATIONS

	o db light still chrashes while opening a database, just
after displaying the about box.

	o the "about" box at each db openning is very borring :-)
	  Ok, I played it kind and installed plugin.prc. Deleted it :-)

	o I saw the last record bug. You can't access it but it's
correctly diplayed on screen.

	o Still can't see the "linked" type value until the second
modification of the record.

	o There's still the same problem with default values in
"integer" and "float" types : each time you assign them, you loose
the list views. You have to rebuild them from scratch.

	o There's still a problem with the categories. I lost all
the categories informations. Categories are there but all databases
are in unfilled one.

	o When database is openned in read-write (mode where you
have to tell you're gonna modify a rcord), you can't even select
a value to copy in the buffer without first getting in modify mode
(I think this is so since the beginning).

	o Got a fatal exception when copying a database (DB type)
with data and design. Then the base is duplicated but doesn't
appear in the list. It reappears by rescanning databases. I
remembered the problem with caterories so I deleted the DBDatabases
file on the Palm. This way, I lost all categories. But the crash
still happened.


SCRIPTING AND CALCULATED FIELDS
 
	o Something is strange with this part of the script doc. It
seems parameters fld and off are inverted...
  ffr <fld> <off> [d]   Field - 2 or 3 arguments, the first 2 of
                        From -                  which must be an integer.  The first
                        Record                  argument is the record offset.


	o I couldn't enter a long script like the one found in the doc,
something like :

(sort 2 1) (+ (? (seq (ffr 2 -1 na) %2) (ffr 5 -1 0) 0) %6)

The input field dosn't scroll left when I get to the end of the
line.
	Also I can cut'n paste from a db filed but I didn't found
how to paste when I cut from a memo. I tried the backslash quick
action access but it didn't paste anything.

	o For testing purpose mainly, couldn't we have a parameter
to get automatic recalculations when we modify a script ? 


	Well, that's it. Perhaps more testing later.

	Fab.