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  • October 11, 2012 at 20:25 #4686

    Bas
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    How often does RF check for external updates to a .ufo? And can this be also called by a script?

    October 12, 2012 at 11:47 #4687

    frederik
    Keymaster

    Only when the app is becoming active, so from switching to Prepolator to RoboFont will check for external updates on all open documents.

    October 15, 2012 at 09:23 #5138

    Bas
    Participant

    We’re experiencing trouble working with multiple people simultaneously on the same .ufo (using Dropbox). RF doesn’t always notify external updates in .ufos. If person 1 saves a .ufo, person 2 doesn’t get a notification. If person 2 later on saves his .ufo, all modifications of person 1 are gone.

    Sometimes a notification appears in RF, but only after a couple of minutes. Isn’t the update instant?

    October 15, 2012 at 09:38 #5139

    frederik
    Keymaster

    RoboFont only checks for updates when the app becomes active.
    In this case you arent switching to an other app and back. But the file get modified externally… while RoboFont is the active app.

    Have to think about a proper solution.

    January 14, 2013 at 23:19 #5337

    Bas
    Participant

    version 1.4: “optimizing external changes (like when a UFO is stored in a dropbox folder and changed when RoboFont is active)”

    What did exactly change on this issue?

    January 15, 2013 at 10:37 #5339

    frederik
    Keymaster

    RoboFont checks now also for updates while RoboFont is active. So if one is changing and saving a UFO in a dropbox folder, an other designer that has the same file open will get an update notification.

    January 15, 2013 at 10:39 #5340

    Bas
    Participant

    Okay, handy. So how often does RoboFont check for external updates?

    January 15, 2013 at 15:42 #5349

    frederik
    Keymaster

    RoboFont gets a notification for the OS if something changed, so it’s pretty fast

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