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Title:DECmcc user notes file. Does not replace IPMT.
Notice:Use IPMT for problems. Newsletter location in note 6187
Moderator:TAEC::BEROUD
Created:Mon Aug 21 1989
Last Modified:Wed Jun 04 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:6497
Total number of notes:27359

382.0. "Problems found with V1.1 IFT" by NSSG::R_SPENCE (Nets don't fail me now...) Thu Oct 04 1990 19:42

    When deleting an object from a map there is no feedback to the user
    that the process has begun. The deletion may take some time to complete
    and during this time the user does not know if the click worked.
    
    s/rob
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382.1drawing a long line problemNSSG::R_SPENCENets don't fail me now...Thu Oct 04 1990 19:435
    When drawing a line that will need to extend beyond the edge of the map
    window, the window does not auto-scroll when you hit the edge like it
    does when moving icons.
    
    s/rob
382.2Cursor forgets shapeNSSG::R_SPENCENets don't fail me now...Thu Oct 04 1990 19:465
    If, while in line-drawing mode you save the map either via the "File"
    pulldown or via the Alt/S the cursor does not return to the crayon
    shape.
    
    s/rob
382.3Add domain errorNSSG::R_SPENCENets don't fail me now...Thu Oct 04 1990 19:498
    If you try (by accedent in my case) to put a domain icon in a map which
    is that same domain, the generated error message is not sufficient to
    indicate what you did wrong.
    
    Also, the pop-up appears to want to let you continue to add a domain
    icon but will not even if you correct the name.
    
    s/rob
382.4Icons overlapNSSG::R_SPENCENets don't fail me now...Thu Oct 04 1990 19:503
    Icons in the ADD ENTITY box overlap in some cases.
    
    s/rob
382.5TOOK::F_MESSINGERFri Oct 05 1990 12:151
Good ones, Rob!...They are now tabulated.
382.6Changing size of map window moves contentNSSG::R_SPENCENets don't fail me now...Fri Oct 05 1990 17:2311
    When you change the size of the MAP window by dragging the bottom down,
    the content of the window is tied to the bottom of the window and then
    moves with respect to the top and the navagation window. It shouldn't.
    
    Then, if you shrink the window back to original size, the content stays
    in the new location.
    
    The navigation window is the real map, right? the MAP window is only
    a view of part of the map, right?
    
    s/rob
382.7TOOK::F_MESSINGERFri Oct 05 1990 18:4215
    When you change the size of the MAP window by dragging the bottom down,
    the content of the window is tied to the bottom of the window and then
    moves with respect to the top and the navagation window. It shouldn't.
    
>>>    Input taken, but may be beyond my control.

    Then, if you shrink the window back to original size, the content stays
    in the new location.
    
    The navigation window is the real map, right? the MAP window is only
    a view of part of the map, right?

>>>    In a sense, yup!
    
  
382.8Self referential domainsCAPN::SYLORArchitect = Buzzword GeneratorMon Oct 08 1990 14:023
Err, why is adding a domain as a member of itself an error? It is weird, but
I can't think of anything that would break. We certainly allow two domains 
to have each other as members so "recursion is prohibitied" isn't the answer...
382.9TOOK::STRUTTColin StruttMon Oct 08 1990 16:3915
    re: .8
    Well there are at least two different sorts of domains inside domains.
    
    In the static case, used for navigation only, there is no problem in
    having self-referential domains (directly or indirectly) - indeed I
    expect this is the norm.
    
    In the dynamic case, where one wishes to pass notifications (eg. alarm
    firings) from a 'lower level' domain to a 'higher level' domain, then
    recursion (direct or indirect) is not a good idea.
    
    I don't which of these two cases above is/are being implemented - I'll
    leave that to the appropriate developers to comment.
    
    Colin