Demo Show Stopper - Save File Dialog

Klaus Major klaus at major-k.de
Mon Apr 26 12:36:12 EDT 2004


Hi David,

>> Dave,
>>
>> I have this very same problem.  Here's what I do...  When I get the 
>> "Do you
>> want to save this Stack?" dialog, I simply click "Save" and move on.  
>> It may
>> be a little annoying, but in my opinion, it's not worth spending over 
>> 12
>> hours on.  Revolution is an amazing product!  I certainly hope you 
>> don't
>> stop using it over something that can be solved by a single click.
>>
>> -Dan
>
> Well it isn't actually "solved" by a single click is it? Really it's 
> swept away under the carpet by a "single click". If something as 
> simple as this doesn't work relaibly, then what else doesn't work? 
> What else has been swept under the carpet?
>
> It's not so much that this problem exists that is worrying, but rather 
> that know one seems to know how to even start to know where to look to 
> even try and fix it!  And your advice is to ignore it!!!!! Jeez!!!!
>
> This is supposed to be a "Professional" software development package - 
> I don't think that ignoring a problem like this is in any way 
> "professional".
>
> And you are right, it's not "worth" spending 12 hours on, it's not 
> worth spending even 10 minutes on, but if I can't make it work then I 
> there will be no confidence in RR as development tool and there will 
> be no confidence that there is any support to get problems like this 
> resolved.
>
> Sorry to be sound tetchy but I am, I just cannot beleive that we have 
> paid over $400 for something that has basic problems like this in it. 
> I mean if you can't save reliably (and then know you have saved) then 
> what's the point?

Do you also experience that AFTER building a standalone?

There are some build-in flags in the IDE and simply switching from 
browse to pointer tool
and doing a simple click will set that flag and thus you might be asked 
to save on closestack...

> All the Best
> Dave

Regards

Klaus Major
klaus at major-k.de
www.major-k.de



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