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

[percy langa]

Thanks Andreas. I thought the devs would have already spotted a number of
these bugs.

Will give 1.7.1 a run as soon as it is available.

Cheers,
Percy

On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Andreas Neumann <a.neumann at carto.net>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> QGIS trunk (qgis-dev) already has fixes for most of the print composer and
> PDF export issues.
>
> It is mainly a matter of releasing QGIS 1.7.1 - I don't know the plans for
> the next bugfix release.
>
> Andreas
>
> On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:41:45 +0200, percy langa wrote:
>
>> typo: "I think a work-around was discussed on the list a few WEEKS
>> ago?"
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 1:17 PM, percy langa  wrote:
>>
>>  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 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 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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