For historical reasons my syndicate works in a different way to most - all the transcribers send their work to me and I accumulate their work into one large file (fiche sized of 98 pages) and upload that file myself. For this reason, updating those who use WinBMD will not work in the manner you suggest. Would it be possible for a link to be setup that allows them to download the latest District List? Note, not all my transcribers use WinBMD, nearly half use Excel, Word or even Notepad. Many thanks, Clive Essery LGC Syndicate -----Original Message----- From: freebmd-syndicates-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:freebmd-syndicates-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of freebmd-syndicates-request@rootsweb.com Sent: 15 February 2009 08:02 To: freebmd-syndicates@rootsweb.com Subject: FREEBMD-SYNDICATES Digest, Vol 4, Issue 32 Today's Topics: 1. Revised district lists for WinBMD (Archer Barrie) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 07:34:01 -0000 From: "Archer Barrie" <Barrie.Archer@uk.fujitsu.com> Subject: Revised district lists for WinBMD To: <freebmd-syndicates@rootsweb.com>, <freebmd-scratchpad@mailman.aldigital.co.uk> Message-ID: <B78260BDFEB5504985827A25B01662B302D558A8@EUROPEV002.europe.fs.fujitsu.c om> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I am discussing with Ian Brooke how the next version of WinBMD can be enhanced to address the problem of the district list getting out of date. The issue is that the District Aliasing Team are continually revising the district information on the system but transcribers using WinBMD are working with an out of date version of this information. The current proposal is that when WinBMD uploads a file to the system it will also download a new version of the district file if one exists. This means that subsequently the transcriber will be working with the new districts list. The transcriber's locally added districts will not be affected by downloading the new districts list. If anyone can see any issues with this, or would like clarification of the proposal, please let me know. Barrie ----------------------------------------- *******************************************************************If you are not the intended recipient, please notify our Help Desk at Email postmaster@nats.co.uk immediately. You should not copy or use this email or attachment(s) for any purpose nor disclose their contents to any other person. NATS computer systems may be monitored and communications carried on them recorded, to secure the effective operation of the system and for other lawful purposes. Please note that neither NATS nor the sender accepts any responsibility for viruses or any losses caused as a result of viruses and it is your responsibility to scan or otherwise check this email and any attachments. NATS means NATS (En Route) plc (company number: 4129273), NATS (Services) Ltd (company number 4129270), NATSNAV Ltd (company number: 4164590) or NATS Ltd (company number 3155567) or NATS Holdings Ltd (company number 4138218). All companies are registered in England and their registered office is at 5th Floor, Brettenham House South, Lancaster Place, London, WC2E 7EN. **********************************************************************