Question

In my program I need a ‘preview’ mode where it doesn’t make any changes to the data, there’s a common name for this that I’ve seen in other apps but I can’t put my finger on it. Any ideas?

Thanks

Answer 1

• “What If” (-whatif in powershell)
• Scenario (most accounting apps, business apps)
• Test/Demo/Preview (in most general apps)
• Model (in engineering and architectural apps)
• Modify/Modifications (in most office apps, but as part of the work flow, i.e. “Show Modifications”)
• Uncomitted (in most operational systems/apps, i.e. “Show uncommitted changes” usually used in a workflow)