[Qgis-user] QGIS 1.7 (Print Composer) stability issues (Win XP)

[percy langa]

Hi Murali,

I think a work-around was discussed on the list a few ago? I also found that
the New Symbology has performances issues on the Printer Composer.

I am happy with 1.6.

Cheers,
Percy

On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Murali krishna <
murali.krishna.gurram at gmail.com> wrote:

> hi,
>
> This was the problem even I encountered with Symbology option and Print
> Composer. Especially the problem we face with the white band when we place a
> legend is very frustating,. In fact, you can not compose a map with legend.
> I think, the issue need to be resolved as soon as possible.
>
> Regards,
> Murali Krishna Gurram
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 2:23 PM, percy langa <percylanga at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey all,
>>
>>
>>
>> My experience with 1.7 has been good and really bad.
>>
>>
>>
>> I really like the new features, especially the ability to
>> switch between Old and New Symbology. The trouble started with Print
>> Composer. First, it was Legend issues (a white band appears at the top of
>> the Legend, extending to the top of the Composer). After a bit of
>> troubleshooting (I switched off all the layers in Map View and switched them
>> on again, one at the time), the Legend was almost working again (but really
>> slow). The 'white band' would only be present if certain layers were added
>> to the Map View.
>>
>>
>>
>> Secondly, and the most critical issue, is that QGIS crashes when I save
>> the Print Composer as an Image (tiff). 'Save as PDF' works fine.
>>
>>
>>
>> So, after a few crashes yesterday, I re-installed 1.6 and I am happy
>> again.
>>
>>
>>
>> Funny thing is, a few months back, before 1.7 stable was announced, I had
>> both 1.6 and qgis-dev working fine. Hopefully I'll spend a bit more time
>> troubleshooting the 1.7 issues.
>>
>>
>>
>> Machine: Win XP, Service Pack 3
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers and keep up the great work,
>>
>> Percy
>>
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