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Having some problems with a5v5 beta

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    Having some problems with a5v5 beta

    Hi,

    I have an application I have been building in A5V4.5. When I tried using a copy in A5V5 beta, some of my filtered table lookups in different forms are misbehaving. After I make my selection, I have to click on the OK button twice in order to fill the field. Some of my other filtered table lookups are just fine. I can't distinguish any differences between the way I defined the lookups, so I don't know why some always require a double-click and the others always work with one click.

    Has anyone else noticed this problem? What steps should I take to try to determine the cause?

    Also, I have a dialog form to edit memos (while the memo editor is disabled). This doesn't work in the beta version either. I can open the form and I can get the cursor on the form, but I can't enter any information. Nothing that I type goes into the form. I borrowed this idea from Jerry Brightbill's "Memotest.zip" file that was posted on this forum in the past. When I opened his sample forms, the same thing happened. I could not enter any information into the dialog form.

    Thanks for any help!

    Sincerely,
    Robin Sculthorpe


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    RE: Having some problems with a5v5 beta

    Robin,

    If you are having a problem with something that works in v4.5 but not the beta and can establish a scenario that repeats the error, zip up a copy of the problem tables or database along with explicit directions on how to duplicate and send it to [email protected].

    I have tested the memo concept in V5 and have run into a problem that is not an a5v5 problemm, but is caused by a problem that existed in v4.5. V4.5 would allow you to do things that were slightly incorrect. V5 will not. I will post a corrected memotest.zip as soon as I can.

    Jerry

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      RE: Having some problems with a5v5 beta

      Robin,

      I have tested the memo test attached in A5V5 and it works correctly. Upzip the table and attach it to any database. The problem I was having was with a variation of this table setup.

      Jerry

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        RE: Having some problems with a5v5 beta

        Selwyn has often advised that before working on an app with v5 beta, make and use the copy. When you alter a form in v5, you cannot use it in v4.5. Perhaps you knew this and it may or may not have anything to do with your problem.

        kenn
        TYVM :) kenn

        Knowing what you can achieve will not become reality until you imagine and explore.

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          RE: Having some problems with a5v5 beta

          I have also had problems with filtered lookups in the beta, I don't think they are quite working yet.

          russ

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            #6
            RE: Having some problems with a5v5 beta

            There is another issue when using beta software. Since the program is constantly being changed and updated, be sure you are using the latest build version.

            Jerry

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              RE: Having some problems with a5v5 beta

              To all,

              Thanks for all your responses.

              I will download again to get the latest build to see if the filtered table lookups will behave any better. And if they don't, I will try to pare down my database size and zip it up and send to Selwyn.

              I will try out Jerry's new sample for the memo dialog. (Thanks to you, Jerry, for taking the time to fix it.)

              Yes, I did know to only use copies of my database with v5 beta, thanks, to previous messages on this forum! All of you have probably saved me from untold grief and also, probably, the cost of a bottle of Motrin!

              Thanks again!

              Sincerely,
              Robin Sculthorpe

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                RE: Having some problems with a5v5 beta

                Robin,

                Attached is a filtered lookup that seems to work fine in A5V5. I use a couple different methods for filtered lookups, including complex filters, and have not yet seen a problem, although I have not tested all of them.

                Jerry

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                  RE: Having some problems with a5v5 beta

                  Hi,

                  I think I have finally figured out why some of my filtered tablelookups pop up twice in the beta version. It happens with filtered lookups which use "popup on mismatch". When I make my selection, after hitting the "OK", the lookup pops up again and I have to hit "OK" again. This option worked fine in version 4.5. In the beta version, once I changed the option to "force closest match", the popup worked as I wanted it to. Is this probably a bug?

                  Thanks again for everyone's help.

                  Sincerely,
                  Robin Sculthorpe

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                    RE: Having some problems with a5v5 beta

                    Hi again,

                    I tried to duplicate my problem using Jerry's lookup example, but changing the option to "popup on mismatch" didn't cause the same problem in his example. There must be a combination of things going on that's causing the problem in my database.

                    Robin

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                      RE: Having some problems with a5v5 beta

                      Hi,

                      Actually, "force closest match" doesn't seem to be working completely correctly either. After I make my choice and hit "OK", a different value (not my chosen one) is getting placed in the field. I tried rebuilding indexes. Is this working in the beta version? It doesn't appear to be rebuilding.

                      Robin

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                        RE: Having some problems with a5v5 beta

                        Robin

                        Looking at other posts, it appears that there are still some lookup problems (bugs) in the beta version. If the problem still exists in the newest update (currently 1067) and you can create an example, zip up the example with instructions on how to duplicate the problem and send it to [email protected]. Perhaps the next build will fix your problems.

                        Jerry

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                          RE: Having some problems with a5v5 beta

                          Hi,

                          I zipped up an example of my application with a lookup table using the option "pop up on mismatch" and emailed it to Selwyn. He verified that the problem was a bug and would be fixed. Hurray!

                          Thanks again for all your suggestions.

                          Sincerely,
                          Robin Sculthorpe

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