[suggestion] Confirm closing an application with multiple opened documents

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[suggestion] Confirm closing an application with multiple opened documents

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Can you consider adding this option to the application settings? I'm talking about a situation where no edits have been made to open documents yet.
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Re: [suggestion] Confirm closing an application with multiple opened documents

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Hi Jensen Head,

just to be sure I understand, you want to be prompted with an "Are you sure?" type dialogue when closing multiple documents that have had no changes?
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Re: [suggestion] Confirm closing an application with multiple opened documents

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Yes, this is exactly what I need, because the application does not support automatic saving of the work session on close.
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Re: [suggestion] Confirm closing an application with multiple opened documents

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Hello Jensen Head,

For the time being while your suggestion is being considered - please try turning this option on:
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That way if you accidentally close the Editor with many unmodified files - you will then be able to easily restore them then next time you start the Editor.

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Re: [suggestion] Confirm closing an application with multiple opened documents

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Tracker Supp-Stefan wrote: Mon Jan 10, 2022 10:06 amFor the time being while your suggestion is being considered - please try turning this option on (...)
Thank you, this is very similar to what I need, because I very rarely launch an application as such without opening a specific document.

In addition, I found the topic "Dialogue about closing all opened documents" (https://forum.pdf-xchange.com/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=31011) — does this mean that the requested functionality was previously present, and then was removed? Or did I once answer "Yes, and don't ask again"? to the question "Do you want to close all opened documents?" Then, perhaps, you need to add a confirmation list to the application settings, like the one present in Far Manager:

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╔═══════════ Confirmations ═══════════╗
║ [x] Copy                            ║
║ [x] Move                            ║
║ [x] Overwrite and delete R/O files  ║
║ [x] Drag and drop                   ║
║ [x] Delete                          ║
║ [ ] Delete non-empty folders        ║
║ [x] Interrupt operation             ║
║ [x] Disconnect network drive        ║
║ [x] Delete SUBST-disk               ║
║ [x] Detach virtual disk             ║
║ [x] HotPlug-device removal          ║
║ [x] Reload edited file              ║
║ [x] Clear history list              ║
║ [ ] Exit                            ║
╟─────────────────────────────────────╢
║          { OK } [ Cancel ]          ║
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Re: [suggestion] Confirm closing an application with multiple opened documents

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Hi Jensen Head,

I have passed on the request to the Dev Team for consideration and will post back here what the decision is.

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Re: [suggestion] Confirm closing an application with multiple opened documents

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Hi again Jensen Head,

to remove the preference from that prompt you may delete the registry key b.AskForCloseAllDocs in the registry

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Tracker Software\PDFXEditor\3.0\Settings\Prompts

Your suggestion for a list in the preferences to manage these was well received. I have raised a feature request ticket for this: RT5916: Feature request :: Editor :: Confirmation list for prompts

As always, this is with the caveat that this is not a promise to deliver said feature, but a commitment to seriously looking into it. Lets see what comes.

I hope that helps.
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