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  • 1.  Working on Mapinfo on different computers

    Posted 02-21-2023 00:34

    How do you recommend working with tables when you have multiple computers/users in your office? I have tables stored on dropbox (local, not cloud) and have found that working on them in in the dropbox folder is very unstable; the program locks up/freezes alot. I have been saving my table on the hard drive, doing my work, then saving a copy back on dropbox when I finish but this is a pain and major hassle; and it still freezes just not as often. I go from home to office computer and this is not fun. What works for others? Version 15.0.3 32 bit



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    Mary Wilks
    CAROLINA PRECISION CONSULTING
    Rocky Mount NC
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  • 2.  RE: Working on Mapinfo on different computers

    Employee
    Posted 02-21-2023 02:18

    Hi Mary

    I have found the exact same pains that you mention. It seems Dropbox locks a file when it changes, preventing MapInfo Pro from accessing it. I have run into these issues when creating new tables and editing existing tables.

    as I don't need to share my tables with Dropbox, I have just moved them out of Dropbox. I know that isn't a solution for you.

    Have you tried pausing the Dropbox sync while working in MapInfo Pro?



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    Peter Horsbøll Møller
    Principal Presales Consultant | Distinguished Engineer
    Precisely | Trust in Data
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  • 3.  RE: Working on Mapinfo on different computers

    Posted 02-21-2023 23:39

    Peter can the tables be stored in onedrive? I would like a way to backup my work and be able to access it on multiple machines. Dropbox i think is really the problem. Greg at tech support told me today maybe putting my tables in sql server would help but i have no idea how that works. Would be a very big learning curve I think. I will try the new version and see if it works better. Thank you



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    Mary Wilks
    CAROLINA PRECISION CONSULTING
    Rocky Mount NC
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  • 4.  RE: Working on Mapinfo on different computers

    Posted 02-22-2023 03:57

    Hi Mary

    MapInfo can access data from OneDrive but that would require that the data gets synced to your local computer.

    Good as a backup store but not as a work area.



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    John Ievers
    CDR Group
    Hope Valley, United Kingdom
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  • 5.  RE: Working on Mapinfo on different computers

    Posted 02-22-2023 03:32

    I work from home a lot so connect remotely to my work PC. Ten years ago I used to have a local copy of MI and the various base maps and layers - and made sure I kept the versions synchronised, but Remote Desktop connections are much better and easier to set up than they were then, so this set up works well for me now. 



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    Steve Oram
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    PTES
    London
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