topic Re: Problem with ISS files from before 8.1 V2 in Installation & update

Problem with ISS files from before 8.1 V2

TomWaltz — Mon, 02 Aug 2004 20:40:54 GMT

Is there any reason .ISS files created before the latest Archicad V2 service pack would fail to work with the new V2 service pack?

When we start the Interactive Schedule -> Preview... or -> Settings, it works as long as only new (since the service pack) .ISS files are present. If any files from before the service pack are present, Archicad crashes.

Since we have probably 2 dozen ISS files, I'd rather not rebuild them all. Is there some known problem/fix for this?

Re: Problem with ISS files from before 8.1 V2

Karl Ottenstein — Tue, 03 Aug 2004 00:00:28 GMT

TomWaltz wrote:
Is there any reason .ISS files created before the latest Archicad V2 service pack would fail to work with the new V2 service pack?

When we start the Interactive Schedule -> Preview... or -> Settings, it works as long as only new (since the service pack) .ISS files are present. If any files from before the service pack are present, Archicad crashes.

Since we have probably 2 dozen ISS files, I'd rather not rebuild them all. Is there some known problem/fix for this?

Hi Tom,

I haven't seen this behavior ... and you did use the Import feature to bring the old *.iss files in? Hmmm.

One workaround is hidden in the notes from my talk at ACUWest that you have (page 8 / slide 44). Open a file that uses the schedule that you want. Select the schedule and edit the settings via IS ... and click the Duplicate button. This will create a new *.iss file with all of the same settings as the placed schedule. Ideally, this lets you recover an *.iss file that you accidentally destroyed. In your case, it should let you recover the settings that AC doesn't seem to want to read? All 20 of them?

Let us know if that works...

Karl

Re: Problem with ISS files from before 8.1 V2

TomWaltz — Tue, 03 Aug 2004 02:11:19 GMT

One workaround is hidden in the notes from my talk at ACUWest that you have (page 8 / slide 44). Open a file that uses the schedule that you want. Select the schedule and edit the settings via IS ... and click the Duplicate button. This will create a new *.iss file with all of the same settings as the placed schedule. Ideally, this lets you recover an *.iss file that you accidentally destroyed. In your case, it should let you recover the settings that AC doesn't seem to want to read? All 20 of them?

Funny, that's exactly how I ended up working around the problem. I just didn't get a chance to post my results.

I tried to Import Settings, and to Set Location, both caused crashes. To test further, I copied a single ISS file into the Default location in the Add-ons/Standard/ directory. Sure enough, just one file was all it took.

So, I opened and old file, duplicated a schedule that existed, and it worked fine. Most of our standard iss files are based on 6 originals, with slight variations, so I should be able to re-create them pretty easily.