Export no longer confirms when it's done?

[dgrenier]

I just updated to TS 4.5.5 and noticed that it no longer shows a dialog box when the export is done. Was that intentional? It just leaves the Export window up. Wouldn't it be better to show the number of records that were exported and then close the Export window?

[Bill Modesitt]

Yes, it was intentional.  Is it better?  I don't know, you tell me.  When you save a file, normally there is no alert stating "File saved successfully."  I assumed it should be the same when exporting, which isn't a lot different from saving.  Maybe instead the Export window should disappear after exporting, just as the File Save window does.  What do you think?  There is an alert if there's an error.

On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 8:49 AM, dgrenier <dgre...@celestinetech.com> wrote:

I just updated to TS 4.5.5 and noticed that it no longer shows a dialog box when the export is done. Was that intentional? It just leaves the Export window up. Wouldn't it be better to show the number of records that were exported and then close the Export window?

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[Bill Modesitt]

I appreciate the several comments on this.  I'll make a change so it acts as you'd expect.  

Thanks,

Bill

On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Barry <bwei...@gmail.com> wrote:

It doesn't feel like a save. A save alters the state of the focused
document. The export does not.

Because a save alters the state of the focused document there should
be some indicator that the document's state is consistent with
persistent state. I think I've seen the close button (red dot) appear
with a dark center when a save is needed. Sometimes I see a greyed out
title bar icon when a save is needed. This whole notion of document
state indicators doesn't work for export.

Barry

On Mar 4, 1:01 pm, dgrenier <dgren...@celestinetech.com> wrote:
> I wasn't sure if the export had happened because the window was still
> showing. I agree that a window that just says "I'm done" isn't overly
> helpful, hence my suggestion to include the number of exported records. (I
> import the file into another program for invoicing and it would be useful
> to confirm the number of records matched, but it's not a big deal.) Failing
> that, I think it would be better to close the window so it behaves like a
> Save dialog.

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> On Saturday, March 3, 2012 7:13:06 PM UTC-5, TimeSlice wrote:
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> > Yes, it was intentional.  Is it better?  I don't know, you tell me.  When
> > you save a file, normally there is no alert stating "File saved
> > successfully."  I assumed it should be the same when exporting, which isn't
> > a lot different from saving.  Maybe instead the Export window should
> > disappear after exporting, just as the File Save window does.  What do you
> > think?  There is an alert if there's an error.
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[Modesitt Software]

OK, should be better now: <http://timeslice.us/mac/beta/>.

On Mar 3, 2012, at 8:49 AM, dgrenier wrote:

> I just updated to TS 4.5.5 and noticed that it no longer shows a dialog box when the export is done. Was that intentional? It just leaves the Export window up. Wouldn't it be better to show the number of records that were exported and then close the Export window?
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[dgrenier]

It works. Since a dialog box comes up would you be able to include the number of records exported?

Thanks.

[Modesitt Software]

Not easily, but I'll take a look.

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