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    #1

    Repaint problems ?

    Please find attached Form1.jpg

    The super control navigation - on top -(VCR Mode) displays a blue box until the mouse is run over each control. I've used the repaint(), but to no avail. Any ideas why this may occur?

    Secondly, I have a child table on the form (Pieces - lower right hand corner as well as delivery). When a checkbox is selected upon enter mode checkbox does not display what is selected. However, if you leave the record and go back to it, the field displays whatever was selected upon entry. When the record is in update mode it works properly.

    Referential integrity (cascade/delete) is effective on all tables from the parent down.

    What am I overlooking here? Any advice is appreciated.

    Lar
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    #2
    Re: Repaint problems ?

    Hi Larry,

    If you could post a sample of your app here it would be easier to diagnose your problem.

    Copy your app to a new folder, from there delete personal data and zip it up.
    Regards
    Keith Hubert
    Alpha Guild Member
    London.
    KHDB Management Systems
    Skype = keith.hubert


    For your day-to-day Needs, you Need an Alpha Database!

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      #3
      Re: Repaint problems ?

      Keith,

      Thanks for the reply. I ended up changing my set to have fewer tables so that problem will be taken care of.

      As far as the super control (navigation) , I just took it off and will address these design elements after I finish the programming.

      However, in the top center you see the blue rectangle. That is how the navigation control appears when the form is loaded. If you take your mouse and "fly" over the individual controls, they appear... Hmmmm..... I will probably use the individual "goto next record", etc. when programming is finished.

      Again, thanks for the reply.

      Lar

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        #4
        Re: Repaint problems ?

        Hey,
        It is hard to exactly what might be causing your problem on this form but I think the super control is not working because you made a change to a visual property such as the font size or boarder style and then stretched it out too much or shrunk it to fit the form better (can you take a picture of the set in design mode and a picture of the set the form is based on ). Possibly might be an issue with the layers on the form. Try selecting the super control and then at the top tool bar select "Arrange->Bring to Front" , or the values that are supposed to appear cannot be calculated To test this simply delete the super control, then add a new one and add the action you want the super control to perform when it's used and then select "Arrange->bring to front" while the super control is selected.


        As for your other problem I am not sure I understand, a little to vague...but try instead of repaint use...

        Code:
        parentform.refresh()

'or

parentform.refresh_layout()

'or 
'use refresh and not repaint
parentform:[I]NameOFSuperControl[/I].refresh()

'or
'for the data not refreshing try a resync and then a refresh

parentform.resync()
parentform.refresh_layout()
parentform.refresh()

'you might want to try adding 
parentform.commit()
'above any of the code above so the data is saved on the form 
'and then it is refreshed/repainted etc...
'GOOD LUCK!
        give some of those a try.
        Lee Goldberg
        Software Development and Sales
        Shore Consultants Ltd.
        [email protected]
        www.shorecon.com

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          #5
          Re: Repaint problems ?

          Appreciate the reply.

          Re: The super control.. Tried that.. I reported it as a bug. I decided on a different set build that is simpler so I do not have those problems. I did however utilize those same suggestions you made to no avail.

          Best,

          Lar

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            #6
            Re: Repaint problems ?

            The xdialog supercontrol has a repaint issue as well (believe it happens in v10 too)The result looks just like the screen shot but at a different location is all---the {transparent} is supposed to let the form color show but at the bottom of an xdialog, between the "body" and the buttons, it will many times show what is Under the form (desktop or a form). I did not report this as I was able to utilize form buttons to control the xdialog output and so was a non-issue for me....and is being used in v9 so pointless.
            Mike
            __________________________________________
            It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.
            It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
            Henry David Thoreau
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              #7
              Re: Repaint problems ?

              Mike,

              Thanks and I thought such..

              Best,

              Lar

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