Douglas Staas wrote:
Attached is my newest binder cover Draw file. It prompts the user for a "client
logo" and it displays the image in 4 locations. Sometimes all 4 locations are
updated, sometimes 1, sometimes 2, 3 or ever zero. When less then 4 locations
are updated, you can save the file, close it, reopen it and magically all 4
locations show the correct image. What's going on here? I'm running the same code with the same input and getting different results.
... actually, it looks like the attachment is too large for this list.
In general, attachements are highly discouraged. Assume that I add a 1MB
attachemt and send my email. Many people will recieve this one MB
attachement. The majority do not care to see the attachement. Many of
the people use a dial-up connection. So, most mailing lists
automatically remove attachements. The preferred method is for you to
host the document somewhere and then provide a link to it.
That said, there are many possible reasons for this particular problem.
Sometimes, I have found that making some very simple rediculous change
causes the problem to go away. Without looking at the macro, this is
very difficult to say. I can think of a few things off hand that MIGHT
cause the problem.
You create the object in such a way that the SAME object (or some shared
portion is the same) is used in all places. When you save the document,
only a reference is saved, and on opening, an entirely new copy is
properly created for each object. I had this really strange problem
while using arrays and strings. It turned out that I was storing a
reference to a string each time that I added it to the array . When I
was finished, every instance had the same value because they all
referenced the same variable instance. It was very strange indeed.
If possible, create the smallest simplest macro that demonstrates the
problem, and then if the macro is short, simply add it here. If not,
then create it in a document such that it can demonstrate the problem
and then post the document and send a link to the list.
--
Andrew Pitonyak
My Macro Document: http://www.pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt
My Book: http://www.hentzenwerke.com/catalog/oome.htm
Info: http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php
See Also: http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html
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