1 Topic by Emma Wall

  • Emma Wall
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Topic: Problem with mapping in Rec6 after upgrading from XP to Windows 7

Hi all,

We have been running a Recorder 6 network on Windows XP and now have to upgrade our computers to Windows 7, in line with our hosting organisations IT policies. The upgrade has taken place on a number of machines but we are experiencing problems with the mapping elements.

It was always my understanding that if you added a polygon to a layer on one machine then it would show up on the other. Is that correct or am I going mad? If I am right then one of the problems we are having is that polygons aren't showing up on the main polygon layer on other machines. Also, I've just added a polygon layer on one machine and it is not showing up at all on any others.

I have double-checked and additions/amendments to species records do show up on other machines so it looks like this is just a mapping issue.

Any help would be gratefully received.

Thanks

Emma

Herefordshire Biological Records Centre

2 Reply by atheta01

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Re: Problem with mapping in Rec6 after upgrading from XP to Windows 7

No you're not going mad but you may do if you persist in trying.

Some of the following may not be relevant to your situation.

When I moved our LRC's R6 from standalone to a network I had awful problems with mapping and polygons. If I set up mapping and polygons on one workstation and then went to another to do the same I found that polygons failed to appear on the second machine.If I then installed map tiles on the second machine and then went back to the first I found that the mapping had disappeared from the first.  I understood the problem to lie with two tables. One is called Computer Map and the other is called Map - something else. Moving from one workstation to another overwrites data in these two tables. I never resolved the situation satisfactorily even with the help of our IT. Now I have R6 and all the mapping on one dedicated workstation  - the other workstations are fine as long as mapping and polygons are not installed or required. Not an ideal situation, but I'm sure there must be a work-around somewhere. I'd like to know how you get on. Did your network system of several workstations work with mapping/polygons before you upgraded to W7? If it did I'd like to know details of your set-up.

Bob Marsh
Doncaster LRC
Coleoptera recorder for YNU

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