Author: David Dahlem
Date: 12:20:23 12/11/00
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On December 11, 2000 at 11:51:31, John Merlino wrote: >On December 11, 2000 at 08:21:47, David Dahlem wrote: > >>I have a complaint about the way CM8000 handles layouts in the different rooms. >>For example, if i exit while in the gameroom, the next time i start Chessmaster >>and select the gameroom, the layout is the same as it was the last time i >>exited. Which is as it should be. But if i change to, say the tournament room, >>that layout is wrong. I get a mixed-up layout from my first attempts to setup >>the layouts and that has not been saved in the layout directory but somehow >>keeps recurring and i can't get rid of them. I have to load my preferred layout >>every time. I know this is minor but in my opinion, it shouldn't be necessary to >>load a layout when switching rooms. How do i get rid of these annoying layouts >>that keep reappearing? >> >>Dave > >When you load a layout, what you are loading is actually a file that contains >layout information for ALL rooms, not just the room you are currently in. So, >what you need to do is set up ALL the rooms the way you want them, and then exit >the program. That will save your own personal layout automatically, meaning that >all rooms will be just like you last left them. If you do this, you should never >need to explicitly load a layout again. > >Of course, just like you back up the data on your hard drive, it might be a good >idea to save your layout once you are sure that you have all of the rooms "just >right". Then if anything goes wrong, caused by either you or the program, you >can just load that "backup" layout and everything should be restored. > >jm Thanks John. I had no idea that loading a layout in one room would change the layouts in the other rooms. I followed your suggestion and hopefully my problem has been solved. Dave
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