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    Form disappears when saved?

    This borders on the bizarre!

    Last week, I added some data fields to a card stack in my A5V5 application. I started getting error messages that Field2 is missing. I tried creating a new Field2 and the machine froze. Then the thing worked; I just got the error message. Since we need those new fields to conduct business, I went ahead with network optimization and warned the staff that they would get this error message, click it off and proceed. BIG MISTAKE! As soon as we clicked the ENTER icon, numbers appeared at the lower left hand corner (as if something is updating). No matter what record we viewed when we began this process, that record was revised by the data entry process, instead of a new record being entered. After an entire business day of trying to correct this, I spent 9 hours on Saturday trying to recreate the card stack form. I had the revision working just fine by 7pm and decided I would wait until this morning (Monday) to quality check it and set the tabs. As soon as the tab orders were set, I saved the form and was ready to go to network optimize.

    Except that the form is missing except for the background color! When I click the edit icon, everything is there. When I save it, it disappears!

    Anyone have an idea where I went wrong? How can I get my work back?
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    #2
    Re: Form disappears when saved?

    There is a property for each item on a form which can be set as "hidden'. Don't know why it would happen but is it possible that each form object has this property set?
    There can be only one.

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      #3
      Re: Form disappears when saved?

      Stan--Great idea, but that's not it! None of them have the "hide" box checked. I even tried activating "hide" and saving and turning off "hide," but to no avail.

      And thanks--Beth

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        Re: Form disappears when saved?

        Originally posted by Beth Pape View Post
        Stan--Great idea, but that's not it! None of them have the "hide" box checked. I even tried activating "hide" and saving and turning off "hide," but to no avail.

        And thanks--Beth
        Can you attach a sample of the table and support files here? You could even attach a copy with all the data removed.
        There can be only one.

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          #5
          Re: Form disappears when saved?

          what would the file extension be? I cannot find it anywhere on my desktop or my server or anywhere in the Alpha program file. also, how do I attach it once I find it?

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            #6
            Re: Form disappears when saved?

            Originally posted by Beth Pape View Post
            what would the file extension be? I cannot find it anywhere on my desktop or my server or anywhere in the Alpha program file. also, how do I attach it once I find it?

            In the control panel, right click on the table or set name upon which the form is based. Choose zip. Note where the file is saved. Reply to this message. Scroll down below the "Submit Reply" button and choose Manage Attachments. You can browse to the location of the zip file and upload it there.
            There can be only one.

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              #7
              Re: Form disappears when saved?

              Thanks Stan.

              I think the forms are attached to this table and not the set.
              The forms that are problems are pub3 (it disappears when leaving edit) and the original one has the missing field is called publications. If they are not here, the file is MUCH bigger for the set.

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                Re: Form disappears when saved?

                Originally posted by Beth Pape View Post
                Thanks Stan.

                I think the forms are attached to this table and not the set.
                The forms that are problems are pub3 (it disappears when leaving edit) and the original one has the missing field is called publications. If they are not here, the file is MUCH bigger for the set.
                I was able to restore the form by

                Opening pubs3 in design mode
                Access control panel
                Create new, blank form
                Access pubs3
                Copy everything but the tabbed object
                Switch to new blank form, paste, arrange as needed
                Switch to pubs3
                Copy the tabbed object
                Switch to new form, paste
                Position tabbed object as necessary (don't worry about how it looks at the moment)
                Save new form as test, close
                Close pubs3
                Open test, should be like you want it, experiment as necessary
                When satisfied, delete pubs3, open test, save as pubs3

                I can send your table back to you but I had trouble with the production info browse (invalid field) when I was poking around, and I don't want to mess up your live application.
                There can be only one.

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                  #9
                  Re: Form disappears when saved?

                  You're brilliant!

                  Thank you for your help!

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                    #10
                    Re: Form disappears when saved?

                    Hey Stan, I probably should start a new thread for this but you've been great so far...

                    Everything went well last night. I set the network optimizer and left for much needed yoga practice. Came in late this am and heard from one person:

                    What's all the fuss about the Alpha program? Mine works fine, but nothing's different.

                    It seems his machine never got the first change (7.94), nor the new revision which is 7.95. On further inspection he is running 7.0! Since he is on the network and we have enough copies for everyone, why is his machine not hearing from mine when I optimize? Where do I go and what do I do to correct this?

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                      Re: Form disappears when saved?

                      Originally posted by Beth Pape View Post
                      It seems his machine never got the first change (7.94), nor the new revision which is 7.95. On further inspection he is running 7.0! Since he is on the network and we have enough copies for everyone, why is his machine not hearing from mine when I optimize? Where do I go and what do I do to correct this?

                      Not really sure what you mean.

                      You network optimizing has no effect on any other users. If you are the developer and have the database on a server, the users need to access the database on the server and network optimize their machines. After that they can refresh shadow to keep up.

                      I would guess that the one user with the old version is accessing either a local copy (entire database) of the 7.0 application or an older copy on the server. You can verify this by making some data change from that machine and observing the result in your 7.95 database. You can also examine the shortcut used to start the application from that machine vs the others.
                      There can be only one.

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