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    Report text has gone "invisible"

    Oh, it's there alright ... you can drag over where it should be, see the selection area and then copy & paste it into Notepad and it's there, but it is not being displayed in the PDF. Some, not all, headings show up, but they are very dim. Everything is fine in the report preview.

    This just started today. Shut down the computer last night, fired up everything this morning and I noticed it when checking out one of the reports. This is happening on the computer where A5 is running as well as two other computers on the same network. All browsers. The remote version on Zebrahost is working just fine. All was working as it should last night before shutting down. This is happening not only in the two projects that I am working on, but as well in the sample apps that ship with A5. It should be noted that some items are showing up, such as an images and some text in an HTML area, but the regular text fields have gone "all white" ... i.e. not visible. Wasn't doing anything out of the ordinary before shutting down, just working on some grid component tweaks (column heading alignments, etc.)

    Not sure if this is any help, but I also noted that A5 is not saving the new static images I updated today. Changed a logo that is being used on the grids and tabbed UI, saved it as the same filename, replaced it in the directory, shows up when viewing the localhost (live preview as well). But if I close the database and then re-open it, the previous version of the logo returns. I emptied the cache folder, and browser's caches to no avail. Did a shutdown and cold boot, ran the "repair" on the install, but still this is happening. Thought I would post to see if anyone has suggestions before I do an un-install / re-install.
    Last edited by 2ninerniner2; 05-05-2012, 05:14 AM.
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    #2
    Re: Report text has gone "invisible"

    Lyle,

    That is strange. My only wild guess would be to try changing the cell inline-style to a different font and see if it shows up. Or perhaps even a different colour.

    Stephen
    Alpha Anywhere v12.4.6.5.2 Build 8867-5691 IIS v10.0 on Windows Server 2019 Std in Hyper-V

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      #3
      Re: Report text has gone "invisible"

      I would have tried something like what you suggest if it had been only the one report and in only one project, but this is occurring in ALL reports in ALL projects, even ones I haven't touched (such as the samples that ship with A5). Along your suggestion, I created a new report in the one project, used the Genie and accepted all the defaults; looks fine in the Designer and everything shows up as it should in the Report Preview. Call it from a button on a grid or A5W page and the same thing ... "invisible"!

      Not to hijack my own thread, but "where abouts" in Canada are you (if you don't mind). I have been looking around for an A5 user group in my neck of the woods, but haven't found anything.
      Cheers!
      Lyle Chamney
      http://www.2ninerniner2.com/
      Websites rebuilt with WordPress
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        #4
        Re: Report text has gone "invisible"

        I'm in London, ON. A bit far for a get together I'm afraid.

        Were all your reports created with the report genie?
        Alpha Anywhere v12.4.6.5.2 Build 8867-5691 IIS v10.0 on Windows Server 2019 Std in Hyper-V

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          Re: Report text has gone "invisible"

          Only one was created with the Genie ... a test one for this issue. The others were from scratch with the Free form editor. But this is also occurring with ones that I didn't create myself, the ones that came with A5 behave this was as well.

          William's Coffee Pub across from Vic Park was my morning constitutional when I lived in YXU for 10 months back in '03
          Cheers!
          Lyle Chamney
          http://www.2ninerniner2.com/
          Websites rebuilt with WordPress
          http://goodcheapfastwebsites.com/
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            Re: Report text has gone "invisible"

            Update:

            Uninstalled A5v11 and reinstalled. Same issue.

            However, I have A5v11 on a second machine (second allowed install, same build) so copied the files over there and all works as it should ... and as it had done on the original machine until yesterday. After a removal and fresh installation, I am completely out of ideas.

            For the record, the machine where the issue is occurring is a one month old Lenovo laptop, Pentium B960 2.20GHz, 4GB RAM, Win7 Home Premium 64-bit

            The second machine, where all is working as it should, is a Win7 Home Premium 64-bit installation in Fusion 4 (4GB RAM allocated) running on a MacBook Pro, 8GB RAM (physical).
            Last edited by 2ninerniner2; 05-05-2012, 04:12 AM. Reason: more info
            Cheers!
            Lyle Chamney
            http://www.2ninerniner2.com/
            Websites rebuilt with WordPress
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            Complete, ready to install WordPress websites
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              Re: Report text has gone "invisible"

              Update: SOLVED!

              As is usually the case, it was a PICNIC issue

              The folder names were the same for both the project files and the web root files. As well, there was some "trouble" with where they were located. Created a new, different named web root location, published everything again to this new spot and now as is well again.

              I really do need to hit the wiki on how to properly structure the files/folders. Guess it's too many years/sites of Joomla! and WordPress muddling things up
              Cheers!
              Lyle Chamney
              http://www.2ninerniner2.com/
              Websites rebuilt with WordPress
              http://goodcheapfastwebsites.com/
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