Joe, Dave can answer definitively on this, but I got the impression that he is dealing with non OOTB code...which in that case, should be custom, not base with an overlay...but I may be mistaken
On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 11:55 AM, Joe D'Souza <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > Overlays was one of the first thing I wanted to ask when I read your > original email but thought I’d wade through the list in case someone > already pointed that out..**** > > ** ** > > You mentioned you want to stay away from overlays. Any specific reasons > why?**** > > ** ** > > Personally I feel it’s a great tool, and not using it might eventually get > you to a spot where it might be very hard for you to reconcile your system > to a state where they are actually useful, in case you’ll eventually do > decide to use overlays.**** > > ** ** > > I see only pros to leveraging the use of overlays, the only con being they > can be a pain in the rear sometimes (especially with the 7.6.04 version) > with some of the ‘extra’ steps you need to do in order to even implement a > small change. But those steps are worth the few extra seconds / minutes you > spend on them I think.**** > > ** ** > > Joe**** > > ** ** > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Shellman, David > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 15, 2013 1:41 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Question concerning Attachment Pool field > **** > > ** ** > > Dale,**** > > ** ** > > LJ also noted he reproduced the issue with 8.1 Dev Studio against an 8.1 > server.**** > > ** ** > > Dave**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Dale Jones > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 15, 2013 1:00 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Question concerning Attachment Pool field**** > > ** ** > > ** **** > > David, > > Did you create an overlay for view, each Attachment field , Attachment > Pool, the destination Page and Tab? > > May want to try in Base Mode. > > May want to try in a Dev Studio version with the same version as Server. > (Rule of thumb is newer versions of Dev Studio will try to introduce > features that Older Version of ARS server will not be aware of and not know > how to handle.) > > Take Care**** > > ** ** > > Dale Jones**** > > DCS**** > > Raleigh, NC**** > > 919-523-6034**** > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [ > [email protected]] on behalf of Shellman, David [[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 15, 2013 12:39 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Question concerning Attachment Pool field**** > > ** **** > > Tried that. You get a message that the form types do not match.**** > > ** ** > > Dave**** > > > On May 15, 2013, at 12:24 PM, "Julie Sellers" <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > ** **** > > Dave, > When you export a form it creates two items for import, the base form and > the overlay (indicated by the form name with a '.o' extension). > Could you not export the data, export the form, and then only import the > base form (basically deleting the overlay)?**** > > Just a thought...**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > ------------------------------ > > *From:* "Shellman, David" <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 15, 2013 10:57 AM > *Subject:* Re: Question concerning Attachment Pool field**** > > ** ** > > ** **** > > Mark,**** > > **** > > If someone could verify it’s a version issue or if it’s an issue that also > exists with 7.6.04 that would be great.**** > > **** > > We went through several discussions with Jason Miller before we upgraded. > He was assured by Dev Studio developers that using a newer version is > backward compatible.**** > > **** > > We needed to upgrade to 8.1 to get us out of a corner that we had been > painted into with 7.6.04 Dev Studio. 7.6.04 had several shortcomings once > an “unmodified” form had an overlay added. Since the forms were home grown > from previous versions of the AR System we decided to go to convert them to > “custom” forms. 7.6.04 Dev Studio does not have the ability to delete an > Overlay which needs to be done before converting.**** > > **** > > **** > > **** > > *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Brittain, > Mark > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 15, 2013 10:19 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Question concerning Attachment Pool field**** > > **** > > ** **** > > Hi Dave,**** > > **** > > The general rule has always been to use the same version of the > admin/developer tool as the server version. So there might be something > with the 8.1 developer that is not compatible.**** > > **** > > Mark**** > > **** > > *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Shellman, > David > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 15, 2013 9:51 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Question concerning Attachment Pool field**** > > **** > > ** **** > > I’m seeing something odd with Developer Studio. Not sure it’s me or > something with Dev Studio.**** > > **** > > Using 8.1 Dev Studio against a 7.6.04 server (Windows app server running > on Oracle).**** > > **** > > **** > > We have a form that has two Attachment Pool fields on the form. I’m > attempting to move the fields to a Tab on a page field. Drag and Drop > doesn’t seem to allow me to move the fields there. On a regular field, I > can right mouse click and use the Move field option. 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