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  Dec 29 2007, 07:25 PM
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a forum member  Group: Members Posts: 1,628 Joined: 27-August 07 Member No.: 153,171  |
 I had a reply prepared for a thread but found myself logged OUT of the forum; however a window popped up telling me I had a snippet 'saved' somewhere; I copied what I saw IN that window , then logged in and pasted that bit to the relevent thread; BUT where in my profile IS that snippet that this board 'saved' for me? ( and if that is as clear as mud...sorry  )
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Dec 29 2007, 07:55 PM
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 Bleepin' Conundrum Group: Global Moderator Posts: 8,575 Joined: 26-April 04 From: 65 miles due East of the "Logic Free Zone", in Md, USA Member No.: 235 |
Ruby1 - click on your My Controls link and see if it was stored in the snippets box there.
Otherwise, there is nothing else on the BC. Normally, when one is logged off for whatever reason in the midst of composing, one looses all text. -------------------- |
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Dec 29 2007, 08:00 PM
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 Distinguished Member Group: Members Posts: 642 Joined: 4-November 07 From: The Great State of Disarray Member No.: 167,506 |
Hunh. I know about the notepad in My Controls, but didn't know we had snippet boxes. How do we access them, please?
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Dec 30 2007, 09:25 AM
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a forum member Group: Members Posts: 1,628 Joined: 27-August 07 Member No.: 153,171 |
to the Staff; is there any 'snippet' hinding somewhere IN my profile settings that I cannot find?
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Dec 30 2007, 12:56 PM
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 Computer Masochist Group: Moderator Posts: 6,192 Joined: 27-January 07 From: Cleveland, Ohio Member No.: 108,618 |
QUOTE(Dialer @ Dec 29 2007, 08:00 PM)  Hunh. I know about the notepad in My Controls, but didn't know we had snippet boxes. How do we access them, please? I believe that is what he was referring to Mark -------------------- Mark
 why won't my laptop work? Having grandkids is God's way of giving you a 2nd chance because you were too busy working your butt off the 1st time around Avatar by Handplane |
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Dec 30 2007, 01:25 PM
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Distinguished Member Group: Members Posts: 642 Joined: 4-November 07 From: The Great State of Disarray Member No.: 167,506 |
Oh. I'd been using it to keep a few notes, but I didn't realize that anything would be put there automatically. Thanks, Mark.
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Dec 30 2007, 01:47 PM
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Bleepin' Conundrum Group: Global Moderator Posts: 8,575 Joined: 26-April 04 From: 65 miles due East of the "Logic Free Zone", in Md, USA Member No.: 235 |
This is new to me.
I've never had a draft post automatically put into the snippet file. I usually just lose such on a reboot. I'm thinking now that it may be Ruby1's browser that gave that message? IDK really. *KoanYorel waits for an Admin overview and reply. -------------------- |
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Jan 11 2008, 08:34 AM
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a forum member Group: Members Posts: 1,628 Joined: 27-August 07 Member No.: 153,171 |
same thing has happened again but on a different computer and OS
 I was logged in , pressed the reply tab; composed my reply and pressed the preview button; I then got a screan telling me I am NOT logged in and I have a composed snippet to save; as I am not ofey with this OS I merely copied and pasted the snippet to the relevent thread once logged back in I will do a screan shot of it if I can on the next run of it have I discovered a quirk on this board than even Admin know nowt aboot  |
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Jan 21 2008, 09:17 PM
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Distinguished Member Group: Members Posts: 642 Joined: 4-November 07 From: The Great State of Disarray Member No.: 167,506 |
Aha - I found the snippet!
While this isn't identical to what happened to ruby1, it's pretty derned close. I was in the middle of posting a reply to a thread that was, apparently, being moved at the same time. I didn't get logged off, but I did get this error message: 
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Jan 21 2008, 09:27 PM
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Computer Masochist Group: Moderator Posts: 6,192 Joined: 27-January 07 From: Cleveland, Ohio Member No.: 108,618 |
That's happened to me a few times
Mark -------------------- Mark
why won't my laptop work? Having grandkids is God's way of giving you a 2nd chance because you were too busy working your butt off the 1st time around Avatar by Handplane |
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Jan 21 2008, 09:58 PM
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Distinguished Member Group: Members Posts: 642 Joined: 4-November 07 From: The Great State of Disarray Member No.: 167,506 |
Me too, but I never scrolled down to see the saved text before tonight.
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Feb 20 2008, 04:08 PM
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a forum member Group: Members Posts: 1,628 Joined: 27-August 07 Member No.: 153,171 |
 had it again to day on an XP Machine; problem is I cannot find the thread I was posting to ;;I was definitly logged in, tried to post and did the add message tag, then told I was logged out BUT I know I was logged IN |
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Feb 20 2008, 10:58 PM
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 The Bookworm Group: Moderator Posts: 4,352 Joined: 14-July 06 From: Bloomington, IN Member No.: 76,150 |
Hi ruby1,
I've had this happen to me a time or two. What I do when this happens: I copy and paste the saved text to Notepad, use the backward browse button to get the URL for the thread I was posting to, copy and paste that URL into Notepad also. Then I log in again, paste the URL into the address bar which takes me to the thread I was replying to, then copy and paste the text I saved in Notepad. As far as I know, there is no place where it is saved permanently. If we don't copy and paste it from the window provided at the time, it is gone. Orange Blossom 
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 Feb 21 2008, 03:05 AM
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a forum member Group: Members Posts: 1,628 Joined: 27-August 07 Member No.: 153,171 |
QUOTE(Orange Blossom @ Feb 21 2008, 03:58 AM) Hi ruby1, I've had this happen to me a time or two. What I do when this happens: I copy and paste the saved text to Notepad, use the backward browse button to get the URL for the thread I was posting to, copy and paste that URL into Notepad also. Then I log in again, paste the URL into the address bar which takes me to the thread I was replying to, then copy and paste the text I saved in Notepad. As far as I know, there is no place where it is saved permanently. If we don't copy and paste it from the window provided at the time, it is gone. Orange Blossom I beleive that Admin are/were unaware of this glitch on the board; unfortunately I 'lost' the URL to which the entry relates ; I will see if it is only on XP machines this occurs; the snippet I 'saved' still cannot 'find' its thread
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