Not saving history list

[Gandolf]

Only the most recent 5 entries appear to be saved in the ini file between TrackerV3 sessions, hence most of the history list is lost. I haven't checked if this has only appeared since v3.60.0024 when you added the 2 second location stop-over (which, incidentally I like). Also the History list seems to hold 24 entries and not 16 as the help file indicates.

If I add entries to the ini file they are read by TrackerV3, so it would appear to be the saving of the history list that is at fault.

I modified the ini file to be:

Count=10
Hist0=C:\Documents and Settings\Dave Gordon\_Special\2003\April\04-30\New Folder (04)\
Hist1=C:\Documents and Settings\Dave Gordon\_Special\2003\April\04-30\New Folder (06)\
Hist2=C:\Documents and Settings\Dave Gordon\_Special\2003\April\04-30\New Folder (08)\
Hist3=C:\Documents and Settings\Dave Gordon\_Special\2003\April\04-30\New Folder (10)\
Hist4=C:\Documents and Settings\Dave Gordon\_Special\2003\April\04-30\New Folder (12)\
Hist5=C:\Documents and Settings\Dave Gordon\_Special\2003\April\04-30\New Folder (04)\
Hist6=C:\Documents and Settings\Dave Gordon\_Special\2003\April\04-30\New Folder (06)\
Hist7=C:\Documents and Settings\Dave Gordon\_Special\2003\April\04-30\New Folder (08)\
Hist8=C:\Documents and Settings\Dave Gordon\_Special\2003\April\04-30\New Folder (10)\
Hist9=C:\Documents and Settings\Dave Gordon\_Special\2003\April\04-30\New Folder (12)\

Having opened TrackerV3 and then closed it the ini file became:

Count=5
Hist0=C:\Documents and Settings\Dave Gordon\_Special\2003\April\04-30\New Folder (04)\
Hist1=C:\Documents and Settings\Dave Gordon\_Special\2003\April\04-30\New Folder (06)\
Hist2=C:\Documents and Settings\Dave Gordon\_Special\2003\April\04-30\New Folder (08)\
Hist3=C:\Documents and Settings\Dave Gordon\_Special\2003\April\04-30\New Folder (10)\
Hist4=C:\Documents and Settings\Dave Gordon\_Special\2003\April\04-30\New Folder (12)\
Hist5=C:\Documents and Settings\Dave Gordon\_Special\2003\April\04-30\New Folder (04)\
Hist6=C:\Documents and Settings\Dave Gordon\_Special\2003\April\04-30\New Folder (06)\
Hist7=C:\Documents and Settings\Dave Gordon\_Special\2003\April\04-30\New Folder (08)\
Hist8=C:\Documents and Settings\Dave Gordon\_Special\2003\April\04-30\New Folder (10)\
Hist9=C:\Documents and Settings\Dave Gordon\_Special\2003\April\04-30\New Folder (12)\

The count number is a bit of a give away!!!



I don't know why the smilies have appeared - it should be an 8

[admin]

Only the most recent 5 entries appear to be saved in the ini file between TrackerV3 sessions, hence most of the history list is lost. ... Also the History list seems to hold 24 entries and not 16 as the help file indicates.

Recent 5: that's by design, but why? I try to remember... probably to speed up startup. I think, with the fast computers nowadays, we can allow for some more...

24 entries and not 16: mine does 24! Check again.

[admin]

... when you added the 2 second location stop-over (which, incidentally I like)

For me 2 secs appears a bit too long. What's your impression?

[admin]

... we can allow for some more...

And we did, see the edited and freshly uploaded last BETA (the change was too small to post a new text). By the way, the install package lost another 100 KB due to better compression, so I went down from 800 to 600 in 2 days

[Gandolf]

24 entries and not 16: mine does 24! Check again

What I was trying to indicate was that the help file is incorrect:

"Go Menu Commands

...The history stores up to 16 entries."

but mine does in fact store 24 (same as yours).

For me 2 secs appears a bit too long

I'm not sure. A lot of my files have very similar names so it takes a little longer to read the folder contents before moving on, so a shorter time might result in folders not required being added to the history.

see the edited and freshly uploaded last BETA

I have seen it now!

[admin]

What I was trying to indicate was that the help file is incorrect.

Ah, the bloody help file. The whole Go Menu section is out-of-date. Thanks for giving me work I don't like

[Gandolf]

An idea. Another item in the Help menu that opens History.txt in the default text editor. That way a user can easily see the latest updates.

[admin]

Currently History.txt is not distributed with the installation. I could link to http://www.trackerv3.com/history.htm -- however that's not the BETA history.

[Gandolf]

Because I've not done an installation for so long, only updated with BETA's, I hadn't realised History.txt was only with the BETA versions and not with the installer. Linking to web sites from a help file is not something I particularly like.

[admin]

Because I've not done an installation for so long...

Speaking of the installation; does it work alright everywhere? I'd especially like to hear some Win98 experiences!

Donald

[Gandolf]

I certainly had no problems with XP (you would have heard quick enough if I had!!).

I think a link from the "Upcoming Releases" page to the "Tips & Tricks" page regarding removing the old (now redundant) installation information would be a good idea. Knowing that you were using a new installer I automatically uninstalled first to remove the old installer information, but not everybody may know it is advisable to do this.