Questions about Save File and Save File As...

When you click on the File/Save File As... item on the File menu, Temprecord will always open a dialog asking you to enter then name of the file. This is exactly how the similarly-named function in a word processor works.

When you click on the File/Save File item on the File menu, Temprecord might open a dialog asking you to enter then name of the file, or it might just go ahead and save the file. The dialog will be displayed when:

•the data has been read from a logger. You will see a File/Save dialog that lets you specify the name of the file.

•the data has been read from the Web. Temprecord assumes you want to save a local copy of the file. You will see a File/Save dialog that lets you specify the name of the file.

•the data has been read from a file produced with an earlier version of Temprecord -i.e. a .TR file.. Temprecord assumes you want to save a copy of the file in the newer .TRX format. You will see a File/Save dialog that lets you specify the name of the file.

When you save a file Temprecord also saves any comments you might have edited or added. It also saves:

•the current graph vertical position (the temperature at the bottom of the graph) and

So if you have altered any of those parameters and would like the file to open at the same position, zoom factors, etc, then you should save the file.

Temprecord only prompts you to save if the comments have been edited however. It doesn't care if you have modified any of the other parameters like the display limits or position. If you have changed those settings they won't be remembered unless you save the file explicitly.

Why does Temprecord sometimes ask if I want to save a file when I close the program?

When you close the Temprecord program it checks any datafile windows that are open to see if the contents need to be saved. This will happen if:

•the data has been read from a logger. Temprecord will open a Save File dialog where you will be able to specify the name of the file.

Clicking on the Save file button on the file toolbar is equivalent to using the File/Save File menu entry - i.e. the dialog asking for a filename may or may not be displayed, depending on the conditions outlined above.