Comment on the COMMENT and SAVE

[wa1fxt]

Bob,

If I run a plot and add a COMMENT then save the plot. Everything is fine. However, if I run a plot, add a COMMENT, and decide I want to run another plot maybe with different limits, my original COMMENT disappears. It sure would be handy to be able to keep the original COMMENT when I do multiple plots on the same antenna. Either that or create a separate "Notes" file for each antenna that gets saved with that antenna file at the time the antenna file is saved. EZNEC has that feature has that ability and it is great for us old men who cannot remember all the details of a previous session. <<grin>>.

Also, presently, we only have a SAVE function. This requires the extra step of filling in the file name each time we save. Maybe a SAVE AS and a SAVE function(s) would be more handy?

Thanks for listening.

73, Bob WA!FXT

[Bob]

wa1fxt said:

Bob,

If I run a plot and add a COMMENT then save the plot. Everything is fine. However, if I run a plot, add a COMMENT, and decide I want to run another plot maybe with different limits, my original COMMENT disappears. It sure would be handy to be able to keep the original COMMENT when I do multiple plots on the same antenna. Either that or create a separate "Notes" file for each antenna that gets saved with that antenna file at the time the antenna file is saved. EZNEC has that feature has that ability and it is great for us old men who cannot remember all the details of a previous session. <<grin>>.

Also, presently, we only have a SAVE function. This requires the extra step of filling in the file name each time we save. Maybe a SAVE AS and a SAVE function(s) would be more handy?

Thanks for listening.

73, Bob WA!FXT

Hi Bob,
I know what you mean about keeping the comment. I've pondered this for a while. The real catch is if the thing that is connected to the RF connector is changed or the test conditions change, the comment is likely to become inappropriate. Having an inappropriate comment attached to a graph be very confusing and worse than no comment at all. Therefore, the comment is erased. You can still highlight the comment with your mouse and copy it to the clipboard so it's easy to restore it with control-V.

Having a note file for a graph is an interesting idea. I'll look into that.

73 - Bob