Originally posted by Roseanne Zhang:
Since I don't know why you designed this way, it is hard to make recommendations.
Just add some experiences in a kind of similar situation, it might give you some very different views.
I've done many-many wizards on my pre-pre-job, sounds like centuries ago, actually only before Feb. 2000. The standard (well, kind of ) way to design wizard is making it modal, checking each step to promote to the next step, don't save anything until the wizard is total finished. Otherwise, it is aborted. Therefore, you only need keep the information inside your wizard. No complicated states are required.
This is obviously not what in your mind. However, it might give you another viewpoint. You might ask yourself or your boss a question: "Is your design overly complicated?". I'm a big believer of KISS (Keep It Simple and Stupid/Straight forward).
Just some thought. It might not be useful for you.
Roseanne
[This message has been edited by Roseanne Zhang (edited December 28, 2000).]