[Pilot-db-bugs] DB v1.0.4 issues

[Arthur C. <co...@di...>]

Greetings:

Platform:            PalmOS v5.0 (Sony Clie NX70V)
Application Rev.:                            1.0.4
Bugs (in no particular order):

  1) Random garbage occupying script string on new calc fields (looks like the
     string wasn't initialised prior to use?)
  2) Sort not working correctly on date fields set to none (on my system it
     appears that 'none' gets sorted to year boundaries, instead of at the
     beginning or end of the list)
  3) Overlapping widgets on About dialog (scrolling the credits overwrites
     the OK button)
  4) List fields show no entries in field edit dialog after (re)build.
  5) Searches on List fields impossible when not using filters.
  6) When editing previously saved records with Note fields:  editing the
     title string then editing the note body will lose the new title when
     the note dialog is closed.

The following aren't bugs, per se, but suggestions:

  1) Shouldn't the number of digits past the decimal in floats be a per-DB
     setting rather than global?
  2) From a UI design philosophy, wouldn't the List edit dialog be better like
     so:

     +----- Field n ------+
     |+---------------+   |
     ||               |   |
     ||               | /\|
     ||               | X |
     ||               | \/|
     |+---------------+   |
     | _____________ Add  |
     | Done Cancel        |
     +--------------------+

     This would add resorting capability, but hopefully be in a slightly more
     intuitive layout.  You may think I'm daft, of course, so feel free to
     ignore me.  ;-)  At a minimum, if you're going to keep '<' as the Add
     button, you might want to consider '>' as the Delete button just to keep
     the dialog feeling more balanced and consistent.

I've only been using this app for a few days now, but I do want to
congratulate everyone who's contributed to this for an eminently useful
application.  I see this rapidly becoming one of my main apps on the Palm.
Excellent work!

	--Arthur Corliss
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