From: "Robert Comer" 

>> Pretty much anything else I use asks the user if they want to save before
>> shutting down.
>
> If it's smart enough to ask, it's smart enough to save to a temp file...

Let me rephrase that, it's it can ask to save when shutting down, it's no
more programming to save to a temp file than to prompt. (it's less
actually...)

--
Bob Comer


"Robert Comer"  wrote in message
news:4453c4b1{at}w3....
> >I don't know of any software that saves your files before your machine
> >shuts
>> down.
>
> That doesn't mean it can't be done, it just takes a little bit more
> programming.  I really don't understand why nobody has done it yet. (for
> the big apps anyway)
>
>> Pretty much anything else I use asks the user if they want to save before
>> shutting down.
>
> If it's smart enough to ask, it's smart enough to save to a temp file...
>
> --
> Bob Comer
>
>
> "Geo"  wrote in message news:44537dd5{at}w3....
>>I don't know of any software that saves your files before your machine
>>shuts
>> down.
>>
>> Autocad does have an autosave feature, but it's on a timer and it doesn't
>> overwrite your drawing file, it saves to an autosave file. They came up
>> with
>> that because it crashes a lot.
>>
>> Pretty much anything else I use asks the user if they want to save before
>> shutting down.
>>
>> Geo.
>>
>> "Antti Kurenniemi" 
wrote in message
>> news:4452f85b$1{at}w3....
>>> I know, I didn't mean it like "your own fault for not
saving data". I'm
>> just
>>> saying that a good app design would help in cases like this, where
>> something
>>> unexpected happens. Simply shutting down the system automagically is
>> really
>>> a shitty thing to do for an update.
>>>
>>>
>>> Antti Kurenniemi
>>
>>
>
>

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