Anquet driving me nuts

On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 20:46:57 +0100, JRS wrote...

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Why, when I alter a route (either change its name or move a waypoint or
something else) does it do the same to another route in the same or even
other database. Is there a way to avoid this other than giving each route
its own database? It seems to happen when I have copied a route from one
database to another but sometimes for no apparent reason. How can I separate
them / make them independent of each other?

I've had the same problem. The solution which seems to work is to close
the database containing one copy before starting to modify the other
copy. Annoying, though - I keep forgetting that's what I have to do
until it's too late.

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Tim Jackson
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Tim Jackson said:

On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 20:46:57 +0100, JRS wrote...

Quoted message said:

Why, when I alter a route (either change its name or move a waypoint or
something else) does it do the same to another route in the same or even
other database. Is there a way to avoid this other than giving each route
its own database? It seems to happen when I have copied a route from one
database to another but sometimes for no apparent reason. How can I separate
them / make them independent of each other?

I've had the same problem. The solution which seems to work is to close
the database containing one copy before starting to modify the other
copy. Annoying, though - I keep forgetting that's what I have to do
until it's too late.

It's a hard one this, because there are also circumstances where
maintaining the link back to the original copy is very useful. Perhaps
it would be best to have a "Paste and Link" option (like, say Excel) and
have the copy otherwise independant?

What do you think? Worth an email to Anquet???

druidh

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Tim Jackson said:

On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 20:46:57 +0100, JRS wrote...

Quoted message said:

Why, when I alter a route (either change its name or move a waypoint or
something else) does it do the same to another route in the same or even
other database. Is there a way to avoid this other than giving each
route its own database? It seems to happen when I have copied a route
from one database to another but sometimes for no apparent reason. How
can I separate them / make them independent of each other?

I've had the same problem. The solution which seems to work is to close
the database containing one copy before starting to modify the other
copy. Annoying, though - I keep forgetting that's what I have to do
until it's too late.

It's a hard one this, because there are also circumstances where
maintaining the link back to the original copy is very useful. Perhaps it
would be best to have a "Paste and Link" option (like, say Excel) and have
the copy otherwise independant?

What do you think? Worth an email to Anquet???

druidh

good call, Druidh

the option of linked or unlinked would be useful. Maybe an unlink context
menu on right click would be a solution.

Jon

On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 01:22:34 GMT, druidh wrote...

Quoted message said:

It's a hard one this, because there are also circumstances where
maintaining the link back to the original copy is very useful. Perhaps
it would be best to have a "Paste and Link" option (like, say Excel) and
have the copy otherwise independant?

Personally I've only ever wanted it unlinked (and then cursed when I
realised that it was linked and that I had inadvertently modified the
original when I didn't mean to).

However, I can see the advantage of having it either way, as long as it
is always clear which you are getting.

Quoted message said:

What do you think? Worth an email to Anquet???

Yes. What's the best way? We could nominate one of us to write on
behalf of us all, but it might be more effective if we do one email
each?

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Tim Jackson
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JRS said:

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Tim Jackson said:

On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 20:46:57 +0100, JRS wrote...
> Why, when I alter a route (either change its name or move a waypoint or
> something else) does it do the same to another route in the same or even
> other database. Is there a way to avoid this other than giving each
> route its own database? It seems to happen when I have copied a route
> from one database to another but sometimes for no apparent reason. How
> can I separate them / make them independent of each other?
I've had the same problem. The solution which seems to work is to close
the database containing one copy before starting to modify the other
copy. Annoying, though - I keep forgetting that's what I have to do
until it's too late.

It's a hard one this, because there are also circumstances where
maintaining the link back to the original copy is very useful. Perhaps it
would be best to have a "Paste and Link" option (like, say Excel) and have
the copy otherwise independant?

What do you think? Worth an email to Anquet???

druidh

good call, Druidh

the option of linked or unlinked would be useful. Maybe an unlink context
menu on right click would be a solution.

Jon

I've sent off a request via the "Contact Support Team" option on the
website. I'll let you know the response.

druidh