Auto Save
Optisoft.Net has a built in Auto Save feature to help you with the general everyday use of the software.
This feature differs from the way most programs handle the saving of information, so it is important that you understand how it works.
What is Auto Save
The main aspects of Auto Save are to:
- Enhance the software's ease of use.
- Prevent the user constantly having to click the Save button after every entry of information.
- Speed up the general everyday usage of the software.
- Prevent the over usage of Message Popups/Prompts within the software.
Auto Save has 2 main rules: 1) Should there be sufficient information to save a record (minimum requirements), the software will automatically save it. 2) Should there not be sufficient information to save a record, the software will automatically discard it.
To help the user identify when these rules will be applied the Save button will only be enabled, and therefore so will Auto Save, once the minimum requirements for the relevant form have been entered. Then the rules are applied on the following user actions:
- Clicking the New button
- Clicking the Back button
- Entering a maintenance screen (from either the toolbar or via an on screen button)
- Searching for a new item
- Selecting a new item from a data grid
- Changing modules
- Closing the software
- Clicking the Save button when duplicates items are not allowed
It is important to remember that manuall saving is always available (should the save icon be enabled), and that at no point will the software lose unsaved information, without reason.
