ddreese Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 I have a layout with many fields that are non-editable. All the fields are formatted exactly the same, to make sure I used format painter. It's driving me nuts because when I go to different records, I get drop-shadowed looking borders around the fields where other records there is nothing! Here are some pics so you understand what I'm talking about: No borders: Borders: I even tried duplicating the layout. It's completely random and for someone who is as anal about the layouts as I am, it's driving me completely insane, I've already spent over an hour with this today. Please help! P.S. - It's dummy information, so don't worry about that Version: v6.x Platform: Windows 2000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andygaunt Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 Does this happen when scrolling through the records, or when you click into a field only on that record? You say it is completely random. Does it ALWAYS happen to record 3 in the found set above, when sorted in the same way? It looks like you have a pattern applied to the background of the layout. Have you tried using a solid color instead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitch Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 Are the fields transparent, or do they have the horizontal line pattern? Either way, I'm sure it's the pattern that's making it funky. Probably the differences in the data make the video card miscalculate a pixel. Use a solid gray is all I can say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddreese Posted March 26, 2004 Author Share Posted March 26, 2004 This is the only layout I'm having problems with, though. I do have a pattern applied to every other screen in the DB (probably 100+ screens) and this is the only one giving me problems. Yes, the problem is random. I can click into the record (I have a search results list of names, button to click into the above screen) and sometimes it will show correctly, others it will not. I'd gladly just take the pattern off the BG if I didn't want to keep things consistent throughout the DB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andygaunt Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 Have you tried recreating the layout? I am sure it is the pattern causing the problems and as Fitch says it could be the graphics card having problems refreshing the display correctly. Did you try switching the layout to a solid color for test purposes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyborgSam Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 Is it possible that various records were entered using different fonts/sizes? Fields with text can be formatted using the Format menu. I had a similar problem, turns out info was pasted into the field from another app, the other app used a different font... If so, you could make a script to go through records and for each field do a Copy/select and a Paste/select/No style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddreese Posted March 29, 2004 Author Share Posted March 29, 2004 That's a good idea cyborg, I'll have to try that. Thanks, guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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