I Have seen the light! Having finally plucked up courage, I altered the 'ini' file to have a Y against ruler move. When i tested it then, there was a tick in the rule move box, so it seems to be working now. Don't think I unticked the box, but you never know! Thanks one and all -----Original Message----- From: Barrie [mailto:freebmd@myarcher.net] Sent: 17 July 2011 21:40 To: freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Re: free bmd data entry - ruler problem That does raise a very interesting, and (now) obvious, question - Tony, if you go to Show Image Tools in the scan window, is "AutoMove Ruler" ticked? Barrie On 19:59, Alan Duckett wrote: > <div class="moz-text-flowed" style="font-family: -moz-fixed"> > > > Hello Tony, > > I have watched with interest the responses to your very odd query, > when I first installed WinBMD on my computer (HP Laptop running > Windows 7 64bit), > I backed up the WinBMD.ini file. > These following lines form part of the WinBMD.ini file, I believe > these lines control how the ruler behaves, Note the entry, > "AutoMoveRuler=Y", > if this entry has changed, (or been accidentally changed) to > "AutoMoveRuler=N", it will no longer move the ruler down as you > complete each entry. > > This is part of my back up ini file. (using Notepad to view the > contents), > > [Ruler] > RuleColour=16744576 > RuleWidth=3 > RuleJump=0 > ScrollX1=0 > ScrollY1=0 > SeeThru=Y > AutoMoveRuler=Y > > This is part of my current ini file, note that the various numeric > values have changed but the Automove value is still "Y". > > [Ruler] > RuleColour=16744576 > RuleWidth=3 > RuleJump=19.7777777777778 > ScrollX1=260 > ScrollY1=509 > SeeThru=Y > AutoMoveRuler=Y > > I think that your idea of re-installing WinBMD is the safest way of > getting around this problem as I am sure that the folks at FreeBMD > would not recommend that we get too involved in the software which we > use to transcode our scans. However, it would be quite > "interesting" to know whether this entry had anything to do with your > problem. > > If you are using Windows 7, remember that Windows 7 can appear to > hide the actual files in a "Virtual Directory system", making things > difficult to understand when things go wrong. > > Hoping this is of some help, > > Kindest Regards, > > Alan > > > > > > > > > > > On 15/07/2011 08:35, tony mansell wrote: >> No that didn't work! >> tonym >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Barrie [mailto:freebmd@myarcher.net] >> Sent: 14 July 2011 08:57 >> To: freebmd-admins@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: free bmd data entry - ruler problem >> >> I suggest that you recalibrate the ruler even though it appears to be >> correctly calibrated ("goes down to the tenth record"). >> >> When the scan is displayed, switch off the ruler if it is displayed >> (View/Hide Ruler). Then switch on the ruler (View/Show Ruler). OK to the >> next message. When the message comes up to move the ruler to line one, >> use the scroll bar controls to move the image up and down so that ruler >> is under line one - do this even if it is already in the correct place. >> Click OK and do the same for the tenth line - again move the image even >> if it is the correct place. >> >> Please report if this works, or anything else you do that works, so that >> we can add it to the Transcribers' Knowledge Base. >> >> Barrie >> >> On 19:59, tony mansell wrote: >>> Greetings! >>> >>> >>> >>> Can you help me? For some unknown reason the ruler on my scan viewer >> display >>> no longer moves; I have tried on a number of occasions to get it >>> moving; >> the >>> instructions remain clear and it goes down to the tenth record, etc, >>> but >> it >>> has to be scrolled down manually which is a pain. >>> >>> >>> >>> This first occurred at about 13.00 hrs GMT on Mon 11th July. >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> tonym >>> >>> >>> >> --Certified Virus Free by 4SecureMail.com ICSA-Certified Scanner-- >> >> >> FreeBMD-Admins mailing list - archive >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/freebmd-admins >> FreeBMD http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> FREEBMD-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > </div> --Certified Virus Free by 4SecureMail.com ICSA-Certified Scanner--