Author: James T. Walker
Date: 08:12:13 03/27/01
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On March 27, 2001 at 10:52:43, Ed Schröder wrote: >On March 27, 2001 at 10:34:29, James T. Walker wrote: > >>As a non-programmer I have to say this is one of the silliest threads I have >>ever read. It brings up a few questions to programmers. >> >>1. Why would you let another program decide for you when/how to save a game or >>any other info you think is important?? >>2. Does being desiginated as "Slave" prohibit you from saving information when >>terminating/starting a game?? >> >>I notice when playing two chessbase programs vs each other in auto232 mode they >>both save the game WITHOUT the box being checked. This seems reasonable to me. >>Where's the beef? >>Jim > >Being the "slave" you are dependant from the commands send by the "master". > >This includes the "save game", "new game" and "force move" commands. > >The option "save opponent game" is there because the "save game" may cause >troubles on the remote program. If it does you turn it off. > >Ed Hello Ed, As you know I'm not a programmer and know nothing about it but what do you mean by "dependant"?? Sure you need to be told "lets start a new game/It's your move" but seems to me letting your opponent control if you save info or not is crazy. How can the "master" stop you from saving info before starting a new game? Jim
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