I fiind this announcement disturbing. A viable system needs to continue improving and to reflect  changing user requirements. When I started using R6 only 5 or 6 years back it was (and still is)  being promoted as the ultimate system for biological recording. It has taken me a long time and a lot of effort getting my data into Recorder 6 and I am only just begining to be in a position to start using this in reporting etc..  I have made full use of it using many of the extensive features for recording both observations and holding information on locations (location features). I was looking to have some new options in the report wizard for reporting on locations features, but would not be in a position to fund the changes. I was aware that a few years ago there was an announcement about plans to look at options for a replacement, but have seen nothing recently. If we are now seeing the  first sign of R6 being on its way out can I be assured that the replacenent will support the data I have.

Dave

I have had a quick look at what is involved with adding Location features to the report wizard. It would be possible, but because Location features is so flexible I don't think it will be possible to get something generic which is of much use. I would think that your best bet is to use XML reports to report on your data. The advantage is that you  or someone with SQL Server skills will be able to alter them in future. Also you will be able to design to fit in with the way your data is organized. If you can let me know what you what to get out in a report and what criteria you want to select on I can do an example for you which you can build on. You can email me directly on this (Mike@Lfield.co.uk).

I don't think you should concerned that JNCC are no longer funding R6 development. R6 is 11 years old and based of R2000 which is now 17 years old, so most things users want have been done. In the last two years we have added over 20 features requested by users and there are not many still on the to do list.   The important things is that funding remains to  fix bugs and issues caused by changes outside the control of R6. These are the things that could cause the main problems for R6. Also JNCC have not stopped changes being made to the core R6 program, just  they will no longer pay for them.  If the system had been frozen, then this would be a different story.

I don't think anyone yet knows what the R6 replacement will look like. No doubt there will be consultations, so keep an eye on the forum so that you can make your views clear.