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Author Keep a copy of the production context in the report
Posted Monday, January 27, 2020 - Post #40267
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When generating a Narrative Report, the bottom of the first page shows a line like:
This genealogy report was generated by GenoPro® version 3.0.1.4 on 2019.5.22 using modified skin template {EN} Narrative Report (2018.03.09) with code base 2018.10.21 using saved profile SDBB - public.
Some thoughts about this:
(1)    This is interesting for GenoPro development because they immediately notice that an old version has been used and that it makes no sense to look into this until the user has upgraded to the latest version.
(2)    For my aunts and uncles this gibberish means nothing at all.  At the most they are interested in knowing when this report was generated, but it will take them some time to find out where that information is hidden in the sentence.

(3)    For me, this information is interesting but insufficient.  Let me explain.
Although I update my genograms frequently, I only generate a report once or twice a year.  By then I have already forgotten which options I need to select to get the result I prefer.  In average it takes me about a whole day to clean up errors, check the pictures, remove unwanted user defined tags etc.  And then I need to remember which title, options and profile I used last time in order to get the same result.

Last year I struggled with a hidden corrupted file in a hidden temporary internet folder.  The only solution was to delete my Windows account and to start all over again.  And yes, I have backups, but I still needed to re-activate all my applications and apply my personal settings.  And since my GenoPro profiles were kept in the user space of the Windows Registry, they were gone as well.

Fortunately I keep screen shots of most pages where GenoPro configuration parameters and options need to be filled in.  But it would help if a complete list of parameter setting would be kept in a separate page of the report.  Such a parameter page could then be linked to a button or text on the main page of the report for visualisation.

It would help in finding out which options and values were used during different tests, without the need of having to write down or copy every detail.  The session log file could be included as well.

And, since I’m at it, why not add a section with a summary (in XML maybe) at the bottom of the parameter page, which could be read by GenoPro (cut and paste) at a subsequent run.

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Forum Post Narrative Reports By Nand ( Monday, January 27, 2020 )
Forum Post You said you had backups. If your backup included your windows user... By genome ( Wednesday, January 29, 2020 )
Forum Post Interesting, thank you. I'll have a look at this. By Nand ( Sunday, February 2, 2020 )
Forum Post I've got a working prototype. It still needs some fine-tuning but it... By Nand ( Monday, February 10, 2020 )


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