The exit process from RootsMagic v10 on Windows should be improved.
If while exiting I choose “Make a backup first” and RM finds an existing backup with today’s date, the only choice given is to (a) overwrite that backup or (b) exit with no backup of the current state.
Neither of these is what I want but there’s no going back - the program will now exit. That can’t be cancelled.
==> Instead in this case, RM should present the option to create the exit backup under a new name. That screen already exists.
And / or at least let me cancel the exit process so I can go make the backup I want.
If you are making the second or third or whatever backup of the day you can change the backup file name before hitting the backup button. In the example below I would just add -1 or -2 after the date in the filename.
My point is that you can’t get to this screen after initiating the exit process, even when a conflict is found. That’s poor design and user-unfriendly.
BTW I have another request in for RM to time-stamp (as well as date-stamp) the individual backups. I can’t imagine why that isn’t already done, after all these years. Then some of these issues would disappear. You can upvote that if you want.
So you want a cancel button on the box where it asked you to overwrite an existing backup? Are you often not aware that you already made a backup that day and as such you need to change the name?
As for adding a time to the backup, I am sure you can find more than one thread on the forums where this has been bantered about. Seems like it is a reasonable thing to me but I have no idea why it isn’t implemented.
the only time I don’t get the box to check the file name for a back up is if I use the File/Close File. and that doesn’t make a backup (as I tried several times today). I do get the box when using the X to close RootsMagic. As you say when you are exiting RootsMagic, not sure why you aren’t getting the option to rename the backup. Are you actually getting backups when closing the file?
If while exiting I tell RM to make a backup first, and RM finds an existing backup with today’s date, the only choices given are to (a) overwrite that backup or (b) exit with no backup of the current state.
Neither of these is what I want but there’s no going back - the program will now exit. That can’t be cancelled.
You should be getting 3 choices - overwrite, skip backup, cancel boxes - when you close (see the earlier screenshot).
If not something else is going on.
This is the screen that comes up asking if you want to overwrite the existing backup. The only options are Yes or No. Pressing No or hitting the Esc key will skip the backup and close the program.
When RM finds an existing backup with today’s date and prompts about overwriting… just press ESC or Ctrl-F4. RM will remain running with a screen notification box that says:
OK, I see, it does the exit as expected. Perhaps a back arrow or Back button in the Overwrite warning screen could return the program to the screen mentioned by Terry or the main screen so, you could use File→Backup and when that’s done use the X in the corner to exit again.
Yes, unfortunately, using the same wording in each of your posts didn’t move the needle of understanding for the sequence you were trying to describe. I believe most users experience the Overwrite warning once and then realize they must:
Remember that they’ve already backed up once using that name
Modify the Backup filename for successive backups on the same date
