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From: marc@uni-paderborn.de (Marc Gumbold)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Cal 4.7 - problems with 'save'?
Message-ID: <1991May10.121705.8483@uni-paderborn.de>
Date: 10 May 91 12:17:05 GMT
References: <1991May6.115950.4773@uni-paderborn.de> <1991May6.121331.3385@mailer.cc.fsu.edu>
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boyd@nu.cs.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd) writes:

>In article <1991May6.115950.4773@uni-paderborn.de>, marc@uni-paderborn.de (Marc Gumbold) writes:

>>[...]

>I helped to beta test the program.  For one thing, when you say "save", it 
>does not immediately write to the disk.  What it does is save THAT particular
>event into it's database uniquely.  If you hit "repl", it replaces the one 
>you edited with the new one.  Only when you exit the program does it actually
>save to disk (after asking you).  

Ok. That was clear to me. Fine.

>>[...]
>>It would really be a pity if I couldn't use that nifty program just 
>>because of some stupid misbehaviour like this...

>I have a real funny feeling that it is something else in your setup, or that 
>it was working fine but you did not understand what it was doing.  I am getting
>ready to post the latest version (5.0), which has a rewritten manual.  I     
>suggest you get it from atari.archive (in a couple of days).  In the mean time,
>why don't you try putting it on a floppy and running without any auto or 
>other acc's.  I am unsure if the program locked up, or just did not "save" the
>way you thought it should (from your above description).  If it is the 
>second, the program was working fine (you just need to exit all the way out 
>for it to write to disk, after all editing is done).  If it is the first, 
>I would say it is another acc or something.  Personally, I use it renamed as 
>a .prg, since I don't trust accs :-). 

It's the first one. The program locked up _after_ pressing the "real" (the
last one) exit button and _before_ the file select box comes up. 

I renamed it to .prg, too. It did work fine, then. I entered all my 
birthdays, got all saved and now I'm happy. For the .acc, I'll try it 
with a blank environment next days as soon as I find the time.
	
>>
>>Any ideas? Is the author reading this? (forgot your name, boy, my ST's
>>at home)
>>

>His name is Bill Aycock.  Great guy.

Yep. Don't know him, but his program is really nice. If you meet him,
tell him my regards. Perhaps I'll send a postcard then... 

Cheers, Marc

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