'File has changed' notification issue

stbaldock · Post by **stbaldock** » 10 May 2012 21:50

After saving the GEDCOM from within Ancestral Sources 3, then switching to FH, you only get notification that the file has changed if you minimise FH (!)
Other than this, the file is updated correctly.
Maybe a file change should bring FH (and its notification message in particular) back into focus ... ?

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Post by **nsw** » 10 May 2012 22:17

Family Historian checks if the file has changed when it becomes the active form. So if when you switch to FH it isn't spotting the file change then could it be that AS hasn't yet finished saving the file? As an experiment try waiting a few seconds before you swap to FH and see if it makes a difference.

Having said that there are definitely times when Family Historian doesn't spot the file has changed and needs to be moved or minimised/maximised to kick it into life so it then spots the file change - I don't know why.

johnmorrisoniom · Post by **johnmorrisoniom** » 11 May 2012 10:16

I use Mike Tate's plugin to start AS, which prompts for a file save if needed.
However, occasionally, (And I haven't been able to isolate the circumstances) I still get an error on switching back to FH, that file has been changed, do I want to lose my changes.
I know there haven't been any chages, because the file was saved by the plugin.

Stevebye · Post by **Stevebye** » 11 May 2012 10:34

stbaldock said:
After saving the GEDCOM from within Ancestral Sources 3, then switching to FH, you only get notification that the file has changed if you minimise FH (!)
Other than this, the file is updated correctly.
Maybe a file change should bring FH (and its notification message in particular) back into focus ... ?

I've been doing that since Nick released GEDCOM.

Post by **nsw** » 11 May 2012 10:43

johnmorrisoniom said:
I use Mike Tate's plugin to start AS, which prompts for a file save if needed.
However, occasionally, (And I haven't been able to isolate the circumstances) I still get an error on switching back to FH, that file has been changed, do I want to lose my changes.
I know there haven't been any chages, because the file was saved by the plugin.

Presumably you don't mean when you switch back to FH having saved in AS as obviously you would then expect FH to report the file has changed? I assume you mean even if you've not saved anything in AS?

johnmorrisoniom · Post by **johnmorrisoniom** » 11 May 2012 11:29

No.
This is after saving in AS.
As has changed the file but FH still thinks changes have been made between opening AS via the plugin (Causing a save file operation) and the file being saved by AS.

Post by **tatewise** » 11 May 2012 19:11

I think what John is saying is:
FH reports that the external GEDCOM file has been modified (by AS) AND its internal data has been changed.
FH warns that if the external GEDCOM file is reloaded then internal changes will be lost.

Post by **nsw** » 11 May 2012 19:44

Ah OK. Yes that is a bit odd isn't it?

johnmorrisoniom · Post by **johnmorrisoniom** » 12 May 2012 07:36

Thanks Mike,
That's exactly what I am saying.
This used to happen occasionally in FH4 as well, but I couldn't be absolutely sure that I had correctly saved the FH file before using AS.
Now that I always use Mike's Plugin to start AS, I know that it's not my error.
Only happens about 1 in 20 times, and I have been unable to tie down a pattern to it.

Stevebye · Post by **Stevebye** » 12 May 2012 11:34

Chuck in my twopennyworth. Could this have anything to do with 'Auto-Save' ?

johnmorrisoniom · Post by **johnmorrisoniom** » 12 May 2012 12:16

That was my first thought, but ever since it first happened I have made sure that autosave is off on both Computers that I use.

Stevebye · Post by **Stevebye** » 12 May 2012 12:18

At this point I will take my leave [wink]

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