I'm getting messages that this didn't get delivered to the list yet. As other posts seem to be coming and going properly I'm re-sending this. As this will almost certainly guarantee that the other one will be delivered about 10 seconds later I apologise in advance for the duplication.
Regards, Alastair. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alastair Burr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 6:09 PM Subject: Re: [RBASE-L] - Re: Criteria ForMyUnstablenessWithR:Base6.5++Build 1.862 > Looking - again - at the "documentation" and in case anyone is misled, I did > find in the "user" part and "building forms" that R:Base supports .BMP, > .GIF, .TIF, and .PCX in forms. Note the lack of JPG! > > It looks as if you need to go from clickable image to text button and back > to clickable image to be sure that the change is picked up - if you can't > see it change, of course. Maybe doing that also clears something out. > > The problem was that it didn't crash every time. Some days were worse than > others but I'd guess about 25-50% of the time it crashed without the 2 > second pause. Much less rarely it crashed even with the pause. Since > changing the buttons to text I haven't had a crash at all. As far as the PC > is concerned I'm doing everything now with W98SE that I was before with the > exception of having Crashguard running. > > Probably tomorrow I'll rebuild the database from a restore and the form from > scratch without any images. It will then be interesting to see what happens > when I put the images back on the form on a copy of the new database! I will > also try the fix that Javier got from RBTI which is for (unsupported?) JPGs. > > Regards, > Alastair. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "J.M. GRATIAS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 10:05 AM > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Criteria ForMyUnstablenessWithR:Base6.5++Build > 1.862 > > > Allastair : > > >> > Following Razzak's indication that the buttons on a form only work with BMP > images - contrary to all the documentation - I amended the form that seemed > to be giving me the most problems. > << > > I never used JPG buttons, but all the forms with which I had problem do > uses several BMP buttons (this remark is to look for the 'common > denominator'). > > > >> > Repeat for the other 4 buttons but the third one crashed R:Base when I > clicked on open. > << > > I had in the past to change my BMP buttons, and I remember having similar > problem. > I had to delete the 'old' buttons, save and exit the form, and then > re-enter the form and add the 'new' buttons. > > > >> > .... > Start R:Base with the app - still crashes. > Put the pause back in then give up and go to the pub - it's Sunday. > << > > In your case : > - the form crash EVERY time you use it (you can duplicate the problem), > - PAUSE FOR 2 before ENTER/EDIT USING fix the problem. > Is this correct ? > > What OS are you using ? > > J.M. GRATIAS, Logimatique >
