[Gvsig_english] Severe editing issue in GvSIG 1.1.2

[Joanne Cook]

Dear List,

We have just come across a severe bug in editing attribute data in GvSIG 1.1.2. To reproduce this issue:

1) Load a shape file (I used a polygon shape file)
2) Start editing it, select a feature using the standard selector (so it goes yellow)
3) Open the attribute table and choose to move selected features to the top
4) Change a value in the attributes for the selected feature
5) Either use the cursor to move to a different value in the table, or select a different feature in your view WITHOUT SAVING YOUR CHANGES
6) You should find that the value of the attribute you edited gets carried over to the new feature, over-writing whatever value was there before.

The only work-around we have found seems to be to save the changes after every edit, but this involves stopping editing, agreeing to save changes, then starting editing again, which is very time-consuming.

This has been reproduced on several different pcs running windows and linux, and versions 1.1.1 and 1.1.2. However it does not appear in 1.9.

I understand that all development work is now focussed on 1.9 and 2, but this is a very severe bug and makes it very hard for us to currently recommend using GvSIG to either staff or clients, at a time when we are trying to do just that. As it has been fixed in 1.9, is there any chance of a backport of this fix to 1.1.2?

Many thanks

Jo

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Joanne Cook
Senior IT Support and Development
Oxford Archaeology (North)
01524 880212
http://thehumanjourney.net


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