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Scorebook Generator Images Not Updating or Generating Due to a Folder Permissions Issue

Potential Symptoms

  • Scorebook Generator images stop updating/generating mid-game or after a couple of innings.

Environment

  • Scorebook generator
  • 1 or more multiple output ports being used
  • Files being written over network

Cause

  • Folder security/sharing permissions preventing files from being written.

Resolution

  1. Open/press the Edit Configuration button for each port/output in scorebook generator to check where files are being written to.
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    • Be sure to only add the IP address of the computer that the folder is on and the name of the folder, nothing else.
    • Example \\192.168.0.220\SprayChart
  2. Go to the respective folder found in step 1 on the computer it is located on.
  3. Right-click on the folder, select properties and then check both the Sharing and the Security tabs.
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  4. Ensure the folder is being shared and the user "Everyone" has full permissions.
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  5. Verify the user "Everyone" has been added on the security tab and full control is given to all users.
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Work Around

  • Close and reopen Scorebook Generator.

KB ID: DD3392947

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