Sorry to bug you guys with my requests, but now that we have been using sesame in our office for several months, I see a big need for a few additions and fixes:

1. We need a list box or combo box, etc that can retain MULTIPLE selections. currently the only option I see is a bunch of check boxes, but then the programming gets very extensive just to collect the data if there are 30 or 40 on a form. I would like to see a selector box that can retain all the selections in a semicolon delimited string stored into 1 field. The new String array commands would be able to handle the field nicely.

2. The unlock and Sunlock features are becoming a pain. Since unlock in the admin panel has been mostly ineffective lately, I saved time by putting sunlock in a batch file which helps, but Erika pointed out that it is "very bad" to try to unlock a database that is not really locked. Some additional confirmations are needed. When using the  Sunlock tool, it would be nice to see if it was successful or not.

3. Multi line text boxes need a scroll bar. Among the many benefits, this could allow them to be used instead of a subform, making programming easier and faster! Ex., an unbound multi line text box could be a 'window' into another database. It could populate with various data in [u]various formats[/u] via various xlookups. I can see several benefits of this, but you all probably could too, and more. I would love to have several command buttons on a form that each display my data in different views and layouts, depending on the button pressed. The writeln window is handy, but doesnt have the benefits of an LE text box (font, size, location, save to the record, etc.)

4. While I left my computer at home remotely connected to the office server for several hours (unattended), I lost the connection, but was not aware of it until I tried to SAVE MY PROGRAMMING. All was lost and the server did not acknowledge that I was disconnected so I could not reconnect until I restarted the server. (I think we discussed this earlier, but we still need some sort of solution) Perhaps an autosave timer, or a ping feature would help. At the very least, we need a notice showing the user that the client was disconnected from the server.

5. I believe Mark mentioned a built in timer for sesame. I hope its still on the radar. I could see lots of benefits for this. Especially when using the FileExists command.


As always, thanks for listening. I've never had programmig experience before, but I've seen enough to know that Sesame can do just about ANYTHING, which is why I've committed my time and resources to learn how to use it. I've got faith in Lantica!

Thanks,
Steve

Erika,

Thanks for the feedback. Your suggestion for #1 will get me by. Hopefully we'll see a more automated solution.

Thanks for listening, as always.

Steve

It would also be fantastic if a user could hold down Control key to make multiple selections from a combo box. The results would then show in the box with semi-colons to delimit each choice.

This would be an excellent compliment to the already powerful feature of using xlookups to populate a combo box. Very effective when used in "on retrieve spec open" to allow users a 'smarter' way to search for a record.

Steve