Commit/Revert Record in 8.5

[grantwood]

Hello,

In 8.0 I've found the commit/revert record feature to be user-UNfriendly, specifically because of the following scenario:

If a user inadvertently clicks outside of a field while entering data, then he/she is presented with a "Save changes to layout?" dialog, provided the "Save record changes automatically" option is unchecked in Layout Setup. This can get quite annoying after a while.

Has this behavior changed at all in 8.5? I was hoping to be able to suppress this dialog.

[Genx]

.. Get them to not click out "inadvertantly" - in a general sense i personally only dont save record changes automatically in a critical area of the database.

How else would FM make sure that the data is saved?

[grantwood]

Hi Genx,

I would like to have two buttons on each data entry layout: Cancel and Save. The Cancel button would revert the record, and the Save button would commit the record. I can still do this of course, but from a user interface standpoint, I would prefer to suppress that "Save changes to layout" dialog.

[Genx]

Yeah, i understand but FM couldnt guarrantee that every single developer provide at least a save button hence the way it works.As a word around, try to get your users to avoid clicking out to on the layout anywhere by either a) getting them better mice or by setting up the tab order properly so they dont have to click anywhere.

[xochi]

Also, I believe you can do some tricks with the layout, such as putting a giant field taking up the full-layout, behind all the other fields, so that it's nearly impossible to "click out" of every field? I've not tried this, tho.

You can even make that field a button, which shows a dialog saying "Hey, don't click here, use the Tab key!"

Edited July 21, 2006 by Guest