http://groups.yahoo.com/group/purplepen/ Purple Pen Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:49:03 GMT Chris Roberts http://groups.yahoo.com/group/purplepen/message/147 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/purplepen/message/147 Our club organises a series of events each winter, 10 each year, run on simplified street maps in urban areas. The control features are all street furniture Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:14:05 GMT Eric Bone http://groups.yahoo.com/group/purplepen/message/146 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/purplepen/message/146 I drafted a set of courses in Purple Pen using a GIF file as a background map. I just changed the map file to a more up-to-date OCAD file, but the OCAD file Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:59:43 GMT johnm_leics http://groups.yahoo.com/group/purplepen/message/145 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/purplepen/message/145 Someone has suggested that Controls might show sometimes but not always. Haven't investigated circumstances but do seem to recall that it has worked in the Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:53:21 GMT Alan Philip http://groups.yahoo.com/group/purplepen/message/144 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/purplepen/message/144 I agree completely with this request. It certainly would have helped me for my last event. Alan Philip ... appears empty but when ... the controls correctly. Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:52:23 GMT Alan Philip http://groups.yahoo.com/group/purplepen/message/143 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/purplepen/message/143 I used Purple Pen for the first time for a two day event recently. I ran into a couple of problems. The first, which I have already talked about, is the Sun, 31 May 2009 17:25:25 GMT johnm_leics http://groups.yahoo.com/group/purplepen/message/142 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/purplepen/message/142 When I select the "All Controls" tab the Control Description box appears empty but when I select any of the other Course tabs the Control Description box lists Sun, 31 May 2009 17:16:39 GMT johnm_leics http://groups.yahoo.com/group/purplepen/message/141 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/purplepen/message/141 I recently tried to send 7 course files to my network printer. After some time I got a message back saying that the printer was not responding and I noted that Sun, 31 May 2009 17:01:21 GMT johnm_leics http://groups.yahoo.com/group/purplepen/message/140 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/purplepen/message/140 Something to add to the wish list. In the UK the British Orienteering Federation guidance suggests that the preferred font for control numbers on the map is Sun, 17 May 2009 04:30:15 GMT Alan Philip http://groups.yahoo.com/group/purplepen/message/139 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/purplepen/message/139 Thanks for your help, Kevin. Purple Pen is indeed much easier to use than OCAD. If I had been more observant I would have seen the shortcut for Add Control. I Thu, 14 May 2009 14:19:14 GMT Kevin Haywood http://groups.yahoo.com/group/purplepen/message/138 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/purplepen/message/138 Alan,  Purple Pen is a great tool for creating your courses. I find it much easier to use than OCAD. Play with it a while and you may find the functions are Thu, 14 May 2009 05:53:14 GMT Alan Philip http://groups.yahoo.com/group/purplepen/message/137 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/purplepen/message/137 I am trying Purple Pen for the first time. I happen to be doing a two day event. This means that many control numbers will be used on both days in different Sat, 25 Apr 2009 16:32:21 GMT peter@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/purplepen/message/136 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/purplepen/message/136 If you are unabled to find a fix please send me (peter@...) the OCAD file and the Purple Pen file and I will take a look. If you have a later version of Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:32:09 GMT Kevin Haywood http://groups.yahoo.com/group/purplepen/message/135 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/purplepen/message/135 Since the exported OCAD files only have the controls in them, the original OCAD map is opened as a template to display both course and map. Do you have the Sat, 25 Apr 2009 08:08:36 GMT marychawk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/purplepen/message/134 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/purplepen/message/134 ... using a map in OCAD7 to test. When I tried to do a real project and "created an OCAD file" the file had controls but no map showed. The only difference I Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:39:24 GMT richard.lavine http://groups.yahoo.com/group/purplepen/message/133 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/purplepen/message/133 I just started using purple pen. Everything worked fine when I tried using a map in OCAD7 to test. When I tried to do a real project and "created an OCAD file"