[APBeta] 2.0 b57

[Anthony Tripodi]

Hello, Paul.

Thanks for the quick reply. (You really ought to get out more.)

Once I installed b57 and rebuilt the resource window, there are no more 
issues with resources. (This did happen to me once before, many builds 
ago with OS X 10.5.something. I thought it was on my end, but perhaps 
not. In any event, it certainly doesn't happen often; only once before 
that I can remember.)

Since my last post, I went into preferences, other and selected catalog 
settings. In the coverage and settings box I selected the catalogs I 
wanted as P and F. I saved these settings by exiting the dialog windows 
normally. When I went back to the FOV window, the catalogs I selected in 
preferences were indeed selected in the FOV.

Now, I can exit AP, that is quit AP, restart, and all selections remain 
intact. That is intuitively what I would expect to happen, so now all is 
well. The selections in the FOV window are apparently temporary 
selections. I you want to keep them permanent, you must go to 
preferences to make your selection. That seems like the correct way to 
do things for me.

I was only joking about you "getting out more". Your customer support is 
second to none.

Take care, Paul

Tony

Paul Rodman wrote:
>
> On Sep 12, 2009, at 7:27 AM, Anthony Tripodi wrote:
>
>> This is the old good news and bad news routine...
>>
>> First the good news:  I had a problem with scripts that were fixed in 
>> this latest build. Thank you!!
>
> Sorry about the glitch in the last release that stopped several 
> scripts from functioning correctly.
>
>> Now the bad news: When I installed the new version, all my resources 
>> disappeared. But, because I am a resourceful astronomer, I was able 
>> to fill in the data. No matter, the old resource data disappeared, 
>> and I had to rebuild the data. I only had to do this once for b57. 
>> When I exit AP and restart it, all the resource data remains intact.
>
> Not good (but Time Machine could be your friend). I have no 
> explanation for this, unless the app crashed just at the point that 
> the resource database was being copied back (the app works on a 
> temporary copy). Someone else reported this some time back. If you (or 
> anyone else) sees this happening, please let me know.
>
>> When I look at the Field of View window, no catalogs are selected. If 
>> I select the catalogs that I want, all works well and will remain so 
>> until I exit the program. When I exit the program, no amount of "save 
>> all" or "save" will keep the catalogs selected, and all must be 
>> re-selected for every session of AP.
>
> I'll file a bug report, but I'm wondering if both of these bugs are 
> related somehow. If your file permissions have been toasted by the 
> 10.6 OS upgrade, it might explain things. You might want to repair 
> permissions using Disk Utility just in case.
>
> Paul R.
>
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