Feature request: remember previous sessions

[steveculshaw]

Is there any way to have a "open last sessions" after a crash?

I'm using BC between a couple of remote servers and occasionally BC crashes ... I've previously reported these sorts of crashes and I understand it's a Windows problem, rather than something in BC


But what would be great was BC offering to reopen the various sessions when I restart it after the crash, c.f. Chrome or Internet Explorer do

[Aaron]

Thanks for the suggestion, Steve. I'll add this idea to our Customer Wishlist. If you are currently working on something that you feel might crash, I would recommend performing a quick Save Session As command to a "Temp" folder. This way you would not need to rely on the Auto-Saved Sessions list, which might not have auto-saved yet.

[steveculshaw]

Appreciate the suggestion ... I've done some poking around, and I think I was actually referring to automatic save of the "Workspace" rather than individual sessions

I see I can use the Workspace option to save the multiple sessions and then re-open them, but the feature of saving just before the crash, and then offering to reload the "temp" workspace is the one I was thinking of

[Aaron]

Indeed. We do something similar when applying an update using the Help menu -> Check for Updates, but we'll need to add some enhancements to make it into a full fledged crash recovery. Thanks for the additional input.

[Aaron]

One other question: does the crash dialog allow you to Continue? If so, you could quickly save a Workspace, then restart. While continuing after a crash is not recommended, it might be ok (depending on the crash), to save a temp workspace, then restart and load that workspace.

[steveculshaw]

Can't remember if it does ... next time it happens, I'll give it a go