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    formating problems with runtime

    I have an application that I have created, and I am trying to run it under the runtime version, and a number of formatting issues come up when i run it under the runtime. The form i have creatied, has a number of fields that have been formated to be radio buttons or check boxes. yet when the application is run under the run time, no boxes show up, and instead of wrapping the options around, scroll down off of the field. What is going on with this?
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    Anyone have Any suggestions? I do not want to hand out my full version of my program, but why is runtime doing this, and how do i correct it? do i need to export stylesheets or something else

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      Don't know about others but I for one can't tell what you're talking about. Have no clue what "instead of wrapping the options around, scroll down off of the field" might mean.

      In general the runtime engine should run the app exactly like the full version. This assumes that both are running the same versions and builds of Alpha Five, on machines with similar hardware and operating systems. Some of what I think you're talking about may be due to hardware or operating system differences. Perhaps one machine has greater resources than the other? Different video display adapters? Different setting for video performance (hardware acceleration) ?

      If you're running the app on one machine (where both the full and runtime are installed) and you see these issues, I'd suspect a faulty installation of the runtime.

      -- tom

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        formating issues

        ok, let me explain furthing. if you define the length and width of a field on the screen to accomodate your options in a radio button field so that you have two colums of options, and thier check boxes next to them. Then i put it on the laptop it is to run on, and instead of getting two colums, i get the field the size that i defined it as, but instead of two colums i get one colum of selections, that will not fit in the height of the field defined, so they run off of the bottom where the user can not select them. The pc i created it on, has both run time and full ver 7. the laptop it is to be run on only has the runtime version

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          Sounds like the screen size and resolution are different. In other words, you developed the forms on a machine that has a different screen size and / or resolution than the lap top.

          Alpha's forms do not automatically re-size themselves when the resolution and screen size changes.

          If the app runs correctly using the runtime on the development machine, and the resolution or screen size on the laptop is different this is probably not a runtime issue.

          I have almost no experience using the anchor properties for controls and objects in a form layout. They were added in vers 6. Perhaps they can be used to configure your objects and controls to overcome the display problem you're having with the laptop.

          Hopefully, more experienced hands will chime in shortly.

          -- tom

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