Hi there, Maybe I missed something but I'm just searching for an option to control the amount of data "Strip Charts" will use on my disk. In 2003 I've got an answer from William W. Fisher (see Question 2 below). He mentioned that a feature will be there in 4.05. Now we are at 4.2.4... Is it already there and I'm to dump to find it? Or is it still missing?
Thanks in advance for any answer. J. Br�ndlle am 08.04.2003 23:19 Uhr schrieb William W. Fisher unter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > There are two ways that InterMapper can log its chart data to disk. > The first is built-in and immutable; the chart data for each data set > is always stored in "InterMapper Settings/Chart Data". If you have > multiple charts showing the same data set, there is only one data file > that is shared among all the charts displaying that data. > > The second is optional; you can request that a particular chart record > its data in a tab-delimited text file, located in "InterMapper > Settings/InterMapper Logs". This is the log file that you create when > you look in the "Log File Parameter Setup". > > Question 1: How do I figure out which data file is used for which chart > data set? > > There is no easy way. However, for a particular data set, can you can > locate the data file as follows: double-click a chart to open the > "Chart Options" dialog, then double-click the particular data set under > "Legend Color & Text:". You will see a dialog named "Edit Legend Color > & Text". Hold down the command-key and click in the title bar. You > will see a popup menu showing the path to the disk file storing this > data. All chart data sets from the same map file are stored in the > same subfolder of the "Chart Data" folder. > > Question 2: How do I control the data in InterMapper Settings/Chart > Data? > > Unfortunately, you cannot control the size of the data files from > within InterMapper. The data for each data set is continuously appended > to the data file. There is no way to specify that values older than a > certain period should be thrown away. I will address this in version > 4.0.5. > > Question 3: How do I set the time to save the chart values to disk? (so > I don't lose a lot of chart data when the machine crashes?) > > The implementation of the chart data files tries to limit the number of > writes to disk by storing the most recent data points in a buffer. If > the machine crashes, you will lose the data points in this buffer which > is only emptied when it is filled. This means that you may lose up to > 1024 data points. I will address this in version 4.0.5. > > Bill Fisher > Dartware, LLC > http://www.dartware.com -- ____________________________________________________________________ List archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/intermapper-talk%40list.dartware.com/ To unsubscribe: send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
