Prompt to save unchanged files

[John Harrison]

Often I get the Save/Discard prompt when I want to close a spreadsheet
that I have only looked at, and not edited in any way.

That seems an irritation but it is also a worry because if I had
accidentally changed a cell by being careless there would be no way of
telling.

Is there a reason, and can it be changed so the prompt only comes of the
file has been changed?

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John Harrison
Website http://jaharrison.me.uk
Using 4té2 and ARMX6, both running RISC OS

Do what will produce the desired effect, not what you think ought to produce the desired effect.

[Chris Hughes]

In message <5ca779b...@jaharrison.me.uk>
"'John Harrison' via Colton Software Fireworkz"

<colton-softw...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

> Often I get the Save/Discard prompt when I want to close a spreadsheet
> that I have only looked at, and not edited in any way.

Which version of Fireworkz? Fireworkz or Firworkz Pro or Windows versin?

> That seems an irritation but it is also a worry because if I had
> accidentally changed a cell by being careless there would be no way of
> telling.

Discard should be when it takes the file back to whatever was previously
saved.

> Is there a reason, and can it be changed so the prompt only comes of the
> file has been changed?

Could it be auto re-calc of the spreadsheet data?

A modified file on RISC OS has a little * in the window/title bar, to tell
you it's a changed spreadsheet.

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Chris Hughes

[Dave]

In article <5ca779b...@jaharrison.me.uk>,

'John Harrison' via Colton Software Fireworkz
<colton-softw...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

I get the same in some Eureka spreadsheets when I just open them to view
some data. "SheetFred" has been modified" [Save] [Discard]

In my case it's caused by a couple of cells that auto calculate from a
past fixed date to todays date and how many days have passed.

So even though I've not manually done anything to the open sheet, the date
and calculation has been automatically done.

Dave

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Dave Triffid

[John Harrison]

In article <631b7da75c.chris@mytardis>,

Chris Hughes <li...@noonehere.co.uk> wrote:
> Which version of Fireworkz? Fireworkz or Firworkz Pro or Windows versin?

Pro 2.30.1 RISC OS

> Could it be auto re-calc of the spreadsheet data?

Don't think there were any in the sheets that do it.

> A modified file on RISC OS has a little * in the window/title bar

Yes. I can't remember whether that was there at the time or not. I'll
look next time it happens.

--
John Harrison
Website http://jaharrison.me.uk
Using 4té2 and ARMX6, both running RISC OS

The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come in. We're computer professionals. We cause accidents. (Nathaniel Borenstein)

[John Harrison]

In article <5ca77e6...@triffid.co.uk>,
'Dave' via Colton Software Fireworkz

<colton-softw...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
> I get the same in some Eureka spreadsheets

Don't recall it ever happening with Eureka in all the years I used it.

--
John Harrison
Website http://jaharrison.me.uk
Using 4té2 and ARMX6, both running RISC OS

Art is the solution to problems that can't be formulated clearly before they have been solved. (Piet Hein)

[Chris Hughes]

In message <5ca7850...@jaharrison.me.uk>

"'John Harrison' via Colton Software Fireworkz"
<colton-softw...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

> In article <631b7da75c.chris@mytardis>,
> Chris Hughes <li...@noonehere.co.uk> wrote:
>> Which version of Fireworkz? Fireworkz or Firworkz Pro or Windows versin?

> Pro 2.30.1 RISC OS

Current Pro version is 2.33 (16 Oct 2025)

>> Could it be auto re-calc of the spreadsheet data?

> Don't think there were any in the sheets that do it.

There is a choice option to auto re-calc sheets

>> A modified file on RISC OS has a little * in the window/title bar

> Yes. I can't remember whether that was there at the time or not. I'll
> look next time it happens.



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Chris Hughes

[John Harrison]

In article <3a1e96a75c.chris@mytardis>,

Chris Hughes <li...@noonehere.co.uk> wrote:
> >> Could it be auto re-calc of the spreadsheet data?

> > Don't think there were any in the sheets that do it.

> There is a choice option to auto re-calc sheets

Yes, I have that turned on, but surely it should only be triggered if I
change the content of any cell. In the cases I was referring to I hadn't.
All I'd done was scroll around looking at information.

--
John Harrison
Website http://jaharrison.me.uk
Using 4té2 and ARMX6, both running RISC OS

The austere permutations of change-ringing seem a better way than melody to order the sensual beauty of the sound of bells. (David Owen Norris)

[Stuart Swales]

Yes, certain spreadsheet functions do cause recalculation of those cells
and their dependent cells on loading. Current date is a good example;
you would complain if it didn't recalculate!

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Stuart Swales