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From: "wim prange" <>
Subject: RE: [GENBOX] Accidental Deletions - Help!!!
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 17:42:26 +0200
In-Reply-To: <CHEMKKAJHOKJPIEOPLKDKEBFFDAA.clcasper@sprynet.com>


Yep, I've been there too. I wouldn't mind at all when the X-icon on the main
toolbar was removed (or changed to deleting subrecords only).
Deleting main records isn't an activity you need to do often and because of
the consequences, I wouldn't mind when it was accessible through the menu
only.
A warning with a list of all the sub-records you're about to delete, instead
of "DELETE ALL DATA for Individual [...]", might be a better warning too.

Gr. Wim


> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Cheri Casper [mailto:]
> Verzonden: dinsdag 20 april 2004 17:28
> Aan:
> Onderwerp: RE: [GENBOX] Accidental Deletions - Help!!!
>
>
> Murray - I think we have all been in this boat at one time or another. I
> wish there was a second warning message in BIG LETTERS saying "Are you sure
> you want to delete this individual and their entire record. I just open up
> a backup side-by-side and reenter. Wish there was a magic wand.
>
> CheriC
>
> PS - Cats. You gotta to love them. I have one who likes to "dance" on the
> scanner sending 20 or more copies of whatever is on the glass directly to
> the printer.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Murray Lynn [mailto:]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 1:46 AM
> To:
> Subject: [GENBOX] Accidental Deletions - Help!!!
>
>
> At some stage in the last week, one of my principle ancestors has been
> deleted taking with him dozens of events entered over a long period. It
> is VERY easy to do this even with the warning message - the main suspect
> is one of the cats who loves to walk across the keyboard!
>
> This wouldn't be a big deal if there was a way to recover, but as far as
> I can see the deleted records cannot be restored or copied from a backup
> and so the only way to restore is to painstakingly re-enter all of the
> data, loosing the ID numbers in the process.
>
> If there is a way anyone has discovered to recover, PLEASE let me know!
>
> Thanks
>
> Murray
>
>
>
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