SillyDog701

[trekman]

I have Netscape 7.02 & have been using Netscape since the 4.76 days.
Here is the problem:

I can create address cards
Then I create new lists
Then I drag & drop my address card into the list
After doing this a dupicate of that address card is created in the main personal address book list
So for every list that I drag & drop a card a duplicate card is created
If I delete the new address card in the main list then that list will no longer accept any new address cards
If I delete an address card while in a list it also locks up that list so it will no longer take any new cards

I have tried reinstalling Netscape 7.02
I have tried compacting folders
No change

I did a search for address book & I just read a recent post that sounds similar but not the same, so I still looking for an answer
Thanks

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[captjlddavis]

trekman,

Does this happen with ALL lists or only a list in a particular addressbook ?

regards:captjlddavis

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040113

[Fulvio]

Chris,
I did not have your problem, but I created an address book, and then New|Mailing List. I added the addresses, and when I closed the list, I tried to delete the addresses which had shown up. And, the contents of the list disappeared, so I put them back, and I closed the list. Then, I double clicked on the list, and entered another e-mail address, and had no problem entering it, but another entry in the Address Book had popped up. Finally, I deleted the list, and had to select the appropriate Address Book to start again, and I repeated the process. And, a list was there.
I don't know if the version of Netscape (or Mozilla) matter, but considering the other thread http://sillydog.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4784 I would say that there may be some misunderstanding here and there. How do you try to add a list?

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[trekman]

Does this happen with ALL lists or only a list in a particular addressbook ?

It happens with ALL lists. The list I created yesterday. The last from last year.
It even happened with my old email list before I lost it & created a new one. I think I even reinstalled 7.02

I would say that there may be some misunderstanding here and there. How do you try to add a list?

I add to a list by dragging the highlighted card over to the list in the left column. I then can open the list & the card is in the list. When I return to the main address book list there are now tow of those cards. If I add the same card to different list, there will now be three cards in the main list.
If I delete any of these cards, the list that that card was connected to will no longer accept any new cards. You can drag & drop them but when you open the list it will not be added & there will not be a duplicate card created as before.

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[captjlddavis]

trekman,

To say that the address book in NS/MOZ is lacking would be an understatement.

I have been able to replicate some of your and others problems in NS 7.02-7.1 and Moz up to 1.6f.

the addressbook is based on a propietary format:
<mdb:mork:z v="1.4"/>
The workings of which are a closely guarded secret ?

I did a bug search at:
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/
for:
address book
The list bogles the mind. Long boreing reading with little useful information.
But they are working on it.

I can give you some of actions that produce the problems, but not many solutions:

Duplicate entries in parent book:

If you Drag & Drop from one "list" to another "list" a dupe entry may appear in the parent book.

If you Drag & Drop from parent book to multiple lists within the same book, Duplicate entries may appear.

If you delete a duplicate entry from a book, it may disable the list and have unexpected results.

You can not determine which dupe entry goes with which list (porperties are the same).

In short I can not give you any real answere or fixes. If you do not do any "fancy" manueuvers - it seems to be adequate. Your defnition of "fancy" may differ from mine.

Sorry I can not be of greater assistance. It does look like the good people at Mozilla are aware of the problems and are working on solutions.

Please check:
Address book

Though I do not cover everything, it does give some idea of how I think it works.

regards:captjlddavis

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[trekman]

captjlddavis

You hit the nail on the head. You have described my problem exactly.
Hope they come up with a fix & I hope it allows users to then delete from existing address books without having to recreate the whole address book & lists in the new version

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[ChrisI]

This was a display bug that was fixed in April 2003. If you double-click on the address book list, you'll see what's really in your list. You need to upgrade your browser to Netscape 7.1 or the latest Mozilla.

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[captjlddavis]

Chris,
Thanks for the reply, Delete seems to work OK, The duplicate entry problems still exists in Moz 1.6f when you D&D from one list to anotherlist.. Also D&D from Book to list in another book.
IMHO there are still problems with the Abooks due to mork:mdb - Bug reviews show that they are known and in the works.

Regards:captjlddavis

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[trekman]

Chris I
Are you saying that 7.1 will fix my problem?

captjlddavis
Are you running 7.1?

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[captjlddavis]

trekman,
I am running win98se - with various NS/MOZ versions.
NS 7.1 has a resource leak that some find unbearable. Moz 1.6f is,IMO, stable. The delete problems as stated by ChrisI "appears" fixed - but the "multiple data entries" seem to still be present in the addressbooks.

Hope this helps.

regards:captjlddavis

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[trekman]

captjlddavis

What is a resource leak?
Thanks for your comments

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[captjlddavis]

trekman,

Short answere - resource leak -
A program that does not release system resources when they are no longer needed:

You can do a "google" for "resource leak netscape"

It is covered all over the place.
Hope this helps.

regards:captjlddavis

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