Too many files open

General
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I’ve veen bitten twice in the last two weeks because I had two instances of a regatta file open at the same time. Made a correction to one, posted it, then later closed it and didn’t realize I had another version still outstanding.

Can we fix the system so only one data file cane be open at the same time? I don’t see any particular utility in allowing two instances.

BTW, I was shocked to see in the archives that someone had this problem back in 2003! Aren’t we all aging gracefully?!

Thanks,

jrc

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Hi John,

Sailwave does warn you when you have the same file open, it’s been there a long time - Colin added that

With one file open

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With the same file open twice

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You get a big RED warning around the Windows Menu item

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There are sometimes you want to open the same file twice and even more where you want a different program to be able to access it - so locking it is not feasible
Just look for the Red block and if you see it, be careful

Hope that helps

Regards

Jon