It is indeed unfortunate that this action has had to be taken and I myself also find it very inconvenient. However, as Dave has explained, copying text from Show File will introduce errors in the transcriptions - and these errors are subtle and difficult to detect, the worst kind. I have introduced a new facility accessed via this link <http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/coord-show-file.pl> which enables a coordinator login to Show File. Using this facility, if you display the contents of a file that is marked as being transcribed for a syndicate of which you are coordinator there will be a download button at the end of the listing. There is also a warning to edit the file with the appropriate software (as happens when transcribers download their files). At the moment this facility is fairly rudimentary - I want to enhance it so that the encoding can be specified. There may also be some problems with files not being marked as being transcribed by a particular syndicate - if this arises please let me know. Barrie On 19:59, Peter Jones wrote: > Hi Folks, > > Since about noon yesterday I am no longer able to select any data from pages displayed via the "Show File" facility, whether it be a single line or using "Edit, Select All" on the Toolbar. Has a block been introduced? > I look forward to an early response, > Peter > > Peter M Jones > Red Rose Syndicate > FreeBMD > > > > --Certified Virus Free by 4SecureMail.com ICSA-Certified Scanner--

Thank you for taking the trouble to do this, Barrie. I've just used the link, though, and am not seeing any Download button or warning; perhaps the page is still being worked on? I tried in both Firefox 3.6.3 and IE8. >There is also a warning to edit the file with the >appropriate software (as happens when transcribers download their files). Does this mean transcribers should see a warning about editing when they click to download from File Management? I'm not seeing one here either. Could I also ask about "appropriate software", please? I know that when checking a page with BMDVerify, some of my team use Notepad to make quick corrections, rather than opening up WinBMD. Is this okay? -- Jackie Reynolds Barrie wrote on Tue, 13 Apr 2010: >It is indeed unfortunate that this action has had to be taken and I >myself also find it very inconvenient. However, as Dave has explained, >copying text from Show File will introduce errors in the transcriptions >- and these errors are subtle and difficult to detect, the worst kind. > >I have introduced a new facility accessed via this link ><http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/coord-show-file.pl> which enables a >coordinator login to Show File. Using this facility, if you display the >contents of a file that is marked as being transcribed for a syndicate >of which you are coordinator there will be a download button at the end >of the listing. There is also a warning to edit the file with the >appropriate software (as happens when transcribers download their files). > >At the moment this facility is fairly rudimentary - I want to enhance it >so that the encoding can be specified. There may also be some problems >with files not being marked as being transcribed by a particular >syndicate - if this arises please let me know.