MapInfo Pro

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

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?

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

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

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?

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

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