Alan: I'm also encountering some peculiar things in Build 72. Jim is away till Tuesday, but I will make sure he is aware of your problems (and mine) ASAP. ...
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Kathe Robin
m_robin@...
Apr 1, 2000 5:04 pm
Howard: Under Build 72, I deleted two switching trains. When I went to check their detailed schedules, all the schedules for ALL of the trains had been...
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Howard R. Garner
hrgarner@...
Apr 1, 2000 7:17 pm
Not yet! I will back up the data and try this tomorrow. Got plans for tonight. Howard...
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Alan Anderson
kaprod@...
Apr 2, 2000 12:01 am
Question #1: In Operations, I select 'Update Yards.' and I get an error 364, Object Unloaded error. Program exits Questions #2: My date shows up as Wednesday,...
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Kathe Robin
m_robin@...
Apr 2, 2000 12:09 am
Howard: Thanks for quick response. In detail: 1. I deleted Train #84/85 2. I deleted Train #86/87 3. I changed the start time of Train 82/83 from 6:00 AM...
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Kathe Robin
m_robin@...
Apr 2, 2000 2:02 am
Howard: Did some more examination of data. Data archived evening of 3/26 has all schedules OK. Data archived evening of 3/28 some schedules are missing, some...
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Mark Nolan
dmnolan@...
Apr 2, 2000 3:36 am
I think Jim as solved #3. Jim and I spent 8 hours railfanning today. Then we came back and spent more time working on Protrak. He had a new build on a CD...
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Brian A. Keay
keay@...
Apr 2, 2000 9:47 pm
Hi Jim I to am having problem when deleting files with version #72. I deleted one customer and one of my "yd" 's dissapeared. When I deleted a second customer...
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Kathe Robin
m_robin@...
Apr 3, 2000 4:08 am
It would certainly be quite nice and highly appreciated if Jim would supply the chat group with the file names which contain detailed train schedules. [That's...
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Alan Anderson
kaprod@...
Apr 3, 2000 5:28 am
I don't know if I'm using ProTrak improperly or if my setup is just wacky but I'm still having difficulty with these areas in addition to what I have already...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Apr 3, 2000 12:44 pm
... Brian, The yard was still there, if we are seeing the same thing. Your yard was probably the last 'customer' on your online customer list. If so, if you ...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Apr 3, 2000 12:44 pm
1. #1: My hidden staging is fairly low due to unalterable space ... 2.#2: I can't change Train #1 throttle assignment from 12 to 6. I get a ... Alan, 1. Not a...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Apr 3, 2000 12:44 pm
3. Ah yes...713. What we know is that: 1) The professional installation program "InstallShield" does install 10 DLLs/OCXs used by ProTrak properly on all...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Apr 3, 2000 12:44 pm
Max, The train "time at station" schedules files are in the \RS directory for each railroad. The "Manual.###" files are the original data for the schedules, in...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Apr 3, 2000 8:02 pm
FYI, the ProTrak for Windows demo disks should be in the mail tomorrow. I'll let you all know. Jim...
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Robert McCord
rbtmccord@...
Apr 4, 2000 4:07 am
Does this mean you are sending us new ones :)...
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Brian A. Keay
keay@...
Apr 4, 2000 2:06 pm
Hi Jim, Your are correct that the yards were last on the list when they dissapeared, but when I further checked under "yards" they were deleted from this file...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Apr 4, 2000 11:22 pm
... John Q A ProTrak Sampler CD was mailed to you today. Jim...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Apr 4, 2000 11:22 pm
... Alan, Well if none of the other experts around here are going to get up off their duffs for you, here goes... It looks to me that what are doing is making...
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Brian A. Keay
keay@...
Apr 5, 2000 11:14 pm
Hi, I am trying to understand how ProTrak determines which staging track it will send f"oreign road" empty cars. I have 7 staging tracks at each end of the...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Apr 6, 2000 12:10 am
Brian, ... ProTrak first looks at the railroad name attached to a staging track. Then it looks at the Railroad list (Amber??.###)and works from the car's...
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Brian A. Keay
keay@...
Apr 6, 2000 2:10 pm
Hi Jim, Thus, I should pick a different "to railroad" for every stagging track to allow for a wide variety of routes for emtpy cars to be returned to their...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Apr 6, 2000 9:27 pm
... owners. ... Brian, That is one way to choose railroads for staging tracks. Another is to look at prototype maps of the railroad system, as found in The...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Apr 6, 2000 9:29 pm
... Yes. You need to specify a train for each spot - EXCEPT: If the spots/tracks have the same trackname, and are for the same industry (by name) then ProTrak...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Apr 6, 2000 9:45 pm
... Max, As I mentioned in a private note, the Edit: Delete function for "Train Jobs" was not correcting the schedules to match (in all previous builds). The...
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pioneerzephyr@...
Apr 7, 2000 9:47 am
Jim, Please send copy of PT Demo CDisk to: BILL RYS 23 East Talcott St. Dunkirk, NY 14048-2835 Many thanks, BILL CB&Q "Everywhere West" ... time the ... send...
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Stan Jones
sjones@...
Apr 7, 2000 11:09 am
... All (most?) railroads published routing guides that gave the routes from that railroad to locations off the line. I just happened to grab an Erie guide for...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Apr 7, 2000 3:18 pm
Alan reports, ... Defasco, Ada = Defasco, Adams Mine, Defasco= Dominion Foundary And Steel Co. Defasco, She = Defasco, Sherman Mine You see the full names when...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Apr 7, 2000 3:18 pm
... Bug: Corrected. Jim...
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Jim Moir
moir5sdr@...
Apr 7, 2000 3:19 pm
... In previous versions of ProTrak any changes in units assigned to a train were not saved. This was deliberate as it has been "traditional" to carefully...
