62749 - missing Interview selection

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(Toolkit :: Form Manager, defect, P3)

Description

[Tracy Walker [:tracy]]

seen on commercial builds:

windows 2000-12-13-06-Mtrunk
linux 2000-12-13-06-Mtrunk
mac 2000-12-13-04-Mtrunk

open Tasks | Privacy and Security | Form Manager 

next to the Demonstration selection there should be an Interview selection.  It 
is missing

workaround to this selection being missing is to select View Captured Form Data 
instead and edit the information there.

Comment 1

[Stephen P. Morse]

That ain't a bug, it's a feature.  (I've always wanted to say that in a 
situation when it was really true and this time it is.)

The dialog that comes up when you view captured form data used to be just that 
-- a means of viewing your data but not entering new data.  Last night I checked 
in a completely new dialog for use here that allows you to both view and edit 
your data.  It completely deprecates the need for the interview form.  So the 
interview form, which was contraversial for several reasons, was removed from 
the menu.

The objections with the interview form were:

1. It was written in html and therefore difficult to internationalize
2. It was long
3. People didn't know what "interview" meant (although it seemed obvious to me).

Someone else just discovered this new dialog this morning and filed bug b2727 on 
it.  You might want to look at my comment in that bug report as well.

Comment 2

[Stephen P. Morse]

That other bug number is bug 62727 (sorry for the typo).

Comment 3

[Stephen P. Morse]

BTW, the fact that you figured out what you referred to as a "work-around" so 
quickly is actually an encouraging sign.  I was wondering what whether users who 
were familiar with the old "interview" choice would realize what its replacement 
was.

Comment 4

[Tracy Walker [:tracy]]

marking verified invalid

but, look at new bug# 62764 regarding functionality of new form manager