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[Seth Hillbrand <seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Am 2019-02-27 11:52, schrieb Seth Hillbrand:
> Am 2019-02-26 12:11, schrieb Simon Richter:
> > Hi Cedric,
> >
> > On 26.02.19 06:55, cedric.dewijs@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > >         I'm opposed to any program that modifies a file when I open 
> > > it.
> > >         In my opinion the file should only change when I press the
> > >         "save" button.
> >
> > Of course, we'd have to ask first. The advantage would be that you can
> > stop before you do any changes to the board, so if you meant to be 
> > using
> > an older version, you don't have to re-do your changes, and you get a
> > defined time where only the upgrade has taken place, but no other
> > changes, so you can do another version control check-in there.
>
>
> Hi Simon-
>
> I like how Solidworks handles this situation.  You can open an older
> version but it has a flag so that as soon as you try to edit the file,
> you get the attached dialog (with the appropriate "Don't show again"
> checkbox).
>
> Would something similar address your concerns?
>
> -Seth

As an aside, this also changes the save icon and tooltip for the save 
button to warn the user as well.  As soon as you save it in the new 
version, this reverts to normal.

-S

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