[APBeta] Non-English format problems

[Paul Rodman]

On Apr 11, 2009, at 01:55 PM, I.R. van de Stadt wrote:

> Hi Paul,
> V32 is the first that works since V27 (after deleting the image db  
> created by earlier versions). That's the only good news. It is so  
> slow that I couldn't even file a bug report.
>
> I've got a dutch XP SP2, but I use a decimal dot instead of the  
> decimal comma.

That would explain why it works for you.

> In the Image Manager I couldn't tick or untick the data sources in  
> the 'Download images from these data sources' area in the Image  
> preferences.

I'll check that.

> It seemed that some images were shifted with respect to the target  
> (they were the only option and downloaded for that target: Messier  
> objects) others were correct.

Some older images that were imported from your cache might be slightly  
off-centre. This was a side effect of the way I did things a few years  
back.

Also, with the new image database functionality, and image will be  
associated with an object if the object appears anywhere in the image,  
not just at the centre. e.g. an image centred on M81, but also showing  
M82, would be attached to both objects.

>
>
> AP is incredably slow even after restarting it.

Are there any icons showing at the top right corner of the plan  
window? It sounds like there's a background thread at work.

I need to add some functionality to display thread activity, since it  
seems to be affecting some folk more than others.

Paul R.


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>
> > From: paul at ilanga.com
> > To: apbeta at lists.astroplanner.net
> > Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 11:38:52 -0700
> > Subject: [APBeta] Non-English format problems
> >
> > I have narrowed down some weird crashing problems to systems using  
> non-
> > English format settings (e.g. Image Manager does a hard crash on
> > opening). I'm working on resolving these problems ASAP.
> >
> > By setting my Regional and Language Options control panel in Win  
> Vista
> > to a non-English setting (e.g. Dutch) the problem occurs. Setting it
> > back to English (USA) fixes things.
> >
> > Paul R.
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