Hi! a couple of thoughts: Does the file need to exist somewhere with instructions for manual download as (after reading mails on editing files) I believe that transcribers who have edited their file in Notepad need to upload manually? And a notice on the manual upload page to say that such a new file exists? And perhaps a "Click here" to automatically download / install it? First access to the revised list should trigger a warning notice / audible signal to avoid typists who don't always look at the screen using out-of-date keystrokes and then having to make lots of changes when Verifying, even if a notice appears after the download to say that it has taken place. -- Anne ---- Archer Barrie <Barrie.Archer@uk.fujitsu.com> wrote: > 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 working with an out of date version of this information.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

Anne, I think that giving the warning when the user next starts transcribing is a very good idea. It had been suggested we give the warning when the file is downloaded but I think your suggestion is better. I don't understand your reference to manual download. We do not believe that users have ever been advised to edit the districts file. Even if they had I am not sure why they would need to manually download it. In fact, with the way the system will probably work, the file would be available for download but do we need to advertise this? Barrie > -----Original Message----- > From: anne.cruise1@ntlworld.com [mailto:anne.cruise1@ntlworld.com] > Sent: 15 February 2009 09:16 > To: freebmd-scratchpad@mailman.aldigital.co.uk; > freebmd-syndicates@rootsweb.com > Cc: Archer Barrie > Subject: Re: Revised district lists for WinBMD > > Hi! > > a couple of thoughts: > > Does the file need to exist somewhere with instructions for > manual download as (after reading mails on editing files) I > believe that transcribers who have edited their file in > Notepad need to upload manually? And a notice on the manual > upload page to say that such a new file exists? And perhaps a > "Click here" to automatically download / install it? > > First access to the revised list should trigger a warning > notice / audible signal to avoid typists who don't always > look at the screen using out-of-date keystrokes and then > having to make lots of changes when Verifying, even if a > notice appears after the download to say that it has taken place. > > -- > Anne > > > ---- Archer Barrie <Barrie.Archer@uk.fujitsu.com> wrote: > > 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 > >