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

[Murali krishna]

Hi Percy,

Thank you!

As you mentioned, we better use 1.6 version for composing the maps till the
issue is fixed in 1.7.

Cheers!!
Murali Krishna Gurram


On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 4:47 PM, percy langa <percylanga at gmail.com> 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 <
> 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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