Re: Reset and insert actions

John Boyer wrote:
> 
> Hi Leigh and Aaron,
>
 >...
> 
> Finally, in Aaron's case it is hard to imagine how the new feature could 
> put the model in a state unachievable by use of an insert action given 
> the claim that reseting the instance to some initial state is indeed 
> equivalent to having an extra instance with that initial data and then 
> inserting it into the instance for which reset is desired.   It's just 
> two different ways of spelling the same operation, so at least the 
> semantics should be identical.
> 

My point is that currently, every instance that can affect each other in 
a model will be reset so that they are always in sync.  However with 
this feature a user will be able to reset one instance without resetting 
another.  So, for example, you could have one instance that has a 
shopping cart and another instance that shows a person's available 
credit on a gift card, let's say.  If the user makes some selections and 
the balance is altered to reflect those choices, it would now be 
possible that the form author to reset the cart and the balance would 
not be reset.  Any calculation/setvalue on the form that doesn't go 
through the calculate MIP would have this possible exposure.

Again, this would be a problem caused by the form author and completely 
his own doing, but an issue that would not arise with the current reset. 
  That was the point I was trying to make.

--Aaron

Received on Wednesday, 25 October 2006 18:40:46 UTC