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    Blank drop down on terminal server 2012

    We are moving to terminal server 2012. We are finding an issue with drop down fields on forms. About 50% of the time, the drop downs open and are blank. Pressing F5 populates the drop down.

    Has anyone ever seen this before?
    Alpha 5 Version 11
    AA Build 2999, Build 4269, Current Build
    DBF's and MySql
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    Ron Anusiewicz

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    Re: Blank drop down on terminal server 2012

    Have you tried sending a refresh to the control in its OnActivate event?
    Robin

    Discernment is not needed in things that differ, but in those things that appear to be the same. - Miles Sanford

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      #3
      Re: Blank drop down on terminal server 2012

      I was hoping that some one else has seen this before I started programing some kind of work around.
      Alpha 5 Version 11
      AA Build 2999, Build 4269, Current Build
      DBF's and MySql
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      Ron Anusiewicz

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        Re: Blank drop down on terminal server 2012

        Ron, I have definitely seen it before but it was a long time ago and on Citrix rather than TS and may even have been on A5V5. It was very annoying. ultimately, I got rid of (almost) all drop down field rule lookups and replaced them with form events and lookup buttons. It was the only fix that worked consistently and was a big effort for an annoyance that should have been fixed by Alpha. It introduced a slight increase in user interaction but, since it worked, the complaints stopped.
        Finian

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          Re: Blank drop down on terminal server 2012

          Thanks Finian. What's kind of weird is if I log in to the server directly and run the application, the drop downs work fine. When we have trouble is when we open up a virtual machine connection. Then about 50% of the time, the drop down is blank and we have to press F5.
          Alpha 5 Version 11
          AA Build 2999, Build 4269, Current Build
          DBF's and MySql
          Desktop, Web on the Desktop and WEB

          Ron Anusiewicz

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            Re: Blank drop down on terminal server 2012

            Maybe someone can enlighten me as to what the difference is between setting the lookup drop down using the table field rules vs entering the lookup drop down using the field rules editor at the form level.

            I have the lookup set at the table level, yet when I check the field rules lookup at the form level, nothing is selected. I'm wondering if the lookup at the form level may fix the problem.
            Alpha 5 Version 11
            AA Build 2999, Build 4269, Current Build
            DBF's and MySql
            Desktop, Web on the Desktop and WEB

            Ron Anusiewicz

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              Re: Blank drop down on terminal server 2012

              Finian, The method you ended up with, did you do that to mimic the drop down? Or did the default browse option not work either.

              Robin, Tom Cone and I tried a number of ways to deploy the F5 key and nothing we tried would work.
              Alpha 5 Version 11
              AA Build 2999, Build 4269, Current Build
              DBF's and MySql
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              Ron Anusiewicz

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                Re: Blank drop down on terminal server 2012

                I use form level field rule lookups when I want to fill a field with one value but display a different value to the user.
                One thing I noticed when doing this is that you have to be sure to not only check the dropdown box but also select
                dropdown for the position.

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                Which you probably already know - but I didn't! And of course it may not help with this particular problem but
                thought I would mention it.
                Robin

                Discernment is not needed in things that differ, but in those things that appear to be the same. - Miles Sanford

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