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Kinship Analysis software for field workers in Anthropology and Bible translation
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Can't get new suggestions #14

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 8 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. I finished entering terms for the Claire MQL dyads (there are currently ten 
people represented). 
2. Before adding in anymore people I decided to 'get new suggestions'. I never 
got beyond this point in Nairobi, so I was interested to see if this now works 
- also so that I could test Gary's latest modifications to this part of SILKin. 
Unfortunately, when I hit 'get new suggestions' an error message appeared. 
Seems to be something to do with date format? See screen shots attached 
(learning module failure 1 & 2). The error message that came up was longer than 
my screen so I had to take two screen shots for the one message.
3. I decided to try again with my Harflett tree, but no success. Screen shots 
of this error message also attached (2nd module failure pt 1 and pt2)

I'll stop experimentation for the moment until I receive further 
feedback/instructions.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by idani_na...@yahoo.co.uk on 9 Nov 2011 at 12:26

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GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
The screen shots will make this MUCH easier to diagnose. Thanx!

Original comment by garymorr...@verizon.net on 10 Nov 2011 at 9:01

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
The problem is that I mistakenly included an old set of domain theory files 
(.thy files) in the ZIP, instead of the latest set which uses only universal 
dates.

All old copies have been eradicated. A new ZIP of the correct files has been 
sent to Sharon.

Original comment by garymorr...@verizon.net on 11 Nov 2011 at 3:00

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
I followed your instructions sent directly to me, i.e. decompressed zipped file 
and moved the DT files into right place, replacing old files.

I then relaunched SILKin, selected a silk file (Claire MQL), and tried to "Get 
New suggestions".

This time, no error message came up. There was some apparent chuntering (ie 
something seemed to be happening). The chuntering stopped, then nothing. During 
the chuntering, the 'Editing: Claire MQL.silk' text at the very top of SILKin, 
shifted slightly to the right. When chuntering stopped, it shifted back to the 
left.

So, problem solved in terms of eliminating the error message, but still no new 
suggestions...

okay, I think I've just realised that the new suggestions don't actually appear 
automatically in a separate window - for some reason, this is what I was 
expecting. I went and reread the Suggestions section in Help and the fact that 
the suggestions don't automatically appear is implied by the following phrase:

"You can review the Suggestions immediately or later.- this is what I was 
expecting."

Maybe it would be good to add something to the Help section explaining this 
more explicitly.

Having realised that there was no pop-up window, I went to "Act on Suggestions" 
and, sure enough, there is a list of suggestions :-)

So, it seems that this particular problem (eliminating error and generating 
suggestions) has been resolved.

Original comment by idani_na...@yahoo.co.uk on 14 Nov 2011 at 9:33