topic Re: Save/Open history in Installation & update

Save/Open history

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 12:57:02 GMT

Does anyone know if there is a way to see an ArchiCad solo-file history?

I mean as in a TW-file you can open the .txt file to see when
the file has been opened/saved. Might this info be extracted from a solo-file?
If so, how?

I'm asking because a user at the office claimed she had saved before
leaving the office and the day after all her work was gone.
Is she telling the truth (major bug in AC) or did she
forget to save (major bug at office)?

Re: Save/Open history

TomWaltz — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 13:11:57 GMT

You could install a key logging software and compare it or you could hook up Apple Remote Desktop to a DVR and record their actions all day long, but I do not know of anything inside Archicad that would do that.

Re: Save/Open history

Barry Kelly — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 02:29:04 GMT

The problem is the file that you are looking at that obviously wasn't saved won't have any information in it about a save that didn't happen/work - even if you could get that information.

There could be a good chance that she did save the file but maybe to a different location.
Do a search of the system to see if anything comes up.
This happens occationally in our office.

Barry.

Re: Save/Open history

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 08:47:49 GMT

TomWaltz wrote:
You could install a key logging software and compare it or you could hook up Apple Remote Desktop to a DVR and record their actions all day long, but I do not know of anything inside Archicad that would do that.

I've got 45 users to track so recording their actions seems a bit
over the top

Barry wrote:
The problem is the file that you are looking at that obviously wasn't saved won't have any information in it about a save that didn't happen/work - even if you could get that information.

True, silly me, but still it would be nice to view the history of a file.
For instance to see if there been any clashes with backups.

You create the file on day 1, work on it on day 2 and "save" at end of day 2,
open the file at day 3 and all day 2 work is gone.
Then you look at the file info and it states that the file is created at
day 1 and last saved at day 3.
If I then could view a history I could see if the file was saved at the end of day 2 or not.