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Bug 1042 - IDE should automatically save settings during execution, not just at exit.
Summary: IDE should automatically save settings during execution, not just at exit.
Status: CLOSED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: platform
Classification: Unclassified
Component: -- Other -- (show other bugs)
Version: 3.x
Hardware: All All
: P4 normal (vote)
Assignee: Jesse Glick
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Reported: 1999-01-20 21:00 UTC by Jesse Glick
Modified: 2008-12-23 10:38 UTC (History)
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Description Jesse Glick 1999-01-20 21:00:29 UTC 
IMHO the IDE should save your current settings (such as Control Panel settings, especially) when:

- File/Save All is selected

- perhaps automatically at certain intervals when the IDE is otherwise inactive: i.e. set a timer for five minutes to save settings, canceled by any activity

Otherwise, every time the IDE crashes (which can be pretty often in some versions/platforms), everything not stored in a FileObject is lost, which can be a real pain. People definitely expect File | S
ave All to snapshot their whole IDE. Maybe "File | Save Settings"?

[now Save Project Settings available in Pro, which is a good start; should also be available in Entry though for this purpose]

[Ian says--should not crash to begin with]
Comment 1 Quality Engineering 2003-07-02 14:53:31 UTC 
Resolved for 3.4.x or earlier, no new info since then -> verify.
Comment 2 Quality Engineering 2003-07-02 15:12:43 UTC 
Resolved for 3.4.x or earlier, no new info since then -> closing.