bugs

[Rob Cozens]

Geoff, et al:

> Well, my international (from an american viewpoint) friend, how about 
> this:
>
> on mouseUp -- display the date
>   answer the system date with "OK"
> end mouseUp
>
> The requirements are stated clearly in the comment, so the long date 
> is out. The system date should work properly for you, correct?
>

Yes, the system date meets my requirement.

But I would point out that this is not an international issue per se:

Any user of Windows and MacOSes has the capability of specifying to the 
operating system the format in which dates, times, and numbers are 
displayed.  In my view, any software that ignores the user's 
preferences is flawed, and therefore buggy.  It may be a design bug, 
not a bug in the code; but it's a bug to moi.

Since my buddy Bernie isn't on the List, here's a further example at 
his expense:

Flexware's A/R Parameter Setup screen worked flawlessly...so long as 
the G/L module was not installed OR a Chart of Accounts was set up.  If 
the user indicated in the A/R Params that G/L was installed, the setup 
would loop endlessly trying to verify the first G/L account # in the 
parameters record if there were no COA set up.

Is it a bug that Parameter Setup didn't check for the existence of a 
COA when it opened?  By my definition, "yes", even if the specs didn't 
call for it.


Rob Cozens
CCW, Serendipity Software Company

"And I, which was two fooles, do so grow three;
Who are a little wise, the best fooles bee."

from "The Triple Foole" by John Donne (1572-1631)