[APBeta] Observation attempted but not found

[Dan Kuchta]

> I will add a feature request for this, but I doubt it will make V2.0,
> since it requires many tricky changes. In fact, I think there's
> already a feature request for something like this. I'll check... Yup:
>
> <http://www.astroplanner.net/reports/details/1700/1731.shtml>
>
> However, you make some other good points, so I will file a separate
> request.
>
> What about a boolean observation user-defined field called "Not
> found"? That will give you a checkbox. Unfortunately, it will be
> logged as an observation, and won't be flagged in the list of
> observations.
>
> Paul R.

Hi Paul:

Yeah, I kinda figured this might be too much for V2 at this stage of  
the game.  But it's good to see others share the same concern.

The problem I see with a user-defined field is that if this is going  
to be done "right" in a future version, it would not be able to  
account for the user defined field that was used in the past.

What about adding a checkbox on the Observation tab underneath the +,  
- etc. buttons to the left of the box with Magnification limits etc.  
in it?  Even if this checkbox does nothing for now, it would at least  
record the information in a standard location that can be used by the  
UI when it catches up with this feature in V3 (or maybe 2.1 :-)

That way, you could introduce UI features that take advantage of it  
when time allows.  For example, adding it as a searchable field in the  
observation database would seem fairly straightforward and might be  
able to be done before having the rest of the UI display this correctly.

Or if you'd rather have us use a user-defined field at this point,  
would there be some way to transfer that data to the real UI element  
in the future - maybe a script or something?  It could be a long time  
till V3 and I'd hate to have to go back through all those observations  
to manually transfer the information.

-Dan
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