In Reply to: Pay attention... posted by Hank on August 15, 2002 at 6:36 PM:
The 'entry count' variable is very nice, and the first bills I entered it worked very slick in. However, when I started on a strap of new $1 bills, I used my old pattern of entering the bill, clicking submit, hitting the browser's "back" button patching the serial number (which still exists in the edit field) to the next value, then submit, backup, ....
Well doing this does not increment the 'entry count', so I had about 10 bills with the same entry number (before I caught what was going on).
I really like the serial number being there when I am entering new bills. It would be a bad thing to have it there all the time (usually it is of no use on the next bill). However, I have found that this value being "sticky" certainly helps out correctly entering new sequential bills. It would be nice to have a FOG setting (check box) which was a "sticky" serial, which would transfer the last serial# entered into the current serial # field.
One other thing I have noticed about the new "default text" is that if I add some text to it, that text does not appear in the next note. I use this to describe the appearence of bills. I sort them into piles based on serial and condition, so the same note will be used on 5 to 10 bills in a row. Using the "back" button on the browser allows this to function, however, the 'entry count' variable does not update. Darn catch-22 sitation. Looks like I will have either a condition listing or a entry count.
PS, don't take this email as disliking the default text. To the contrary, I LOVE it, and think it can really be put to use. I certainly like the auto counter of bills. That is certainly a very nice additional feature!
JimF