What is making my layouts disappear?

[Tripod]

This is weird. I converted an FM6 file to FMD7 (or it did) and now when I create a new layout, it's invisible (layout text and buttons) in any other mode. What gives? Am I doing something reallly stupid, or is this a bug or a font problem??? I can only see the layout in layout mode. Attached is a clone. Thanks

Tripod Clone.fp7.zip

[LaRetta]

Hey Tripod! What's the password?

LaRetta

[LaRetta]

I got in as Guest. You have no records in your file and no fields on your layout. Create a new record and place some fields on the layout.

[Ender]

Tripod, your layout is in Table View, but because there are no fields, the layout appears to be blank. Remember: in Table View, no graphics will appear.

[Vaughan]

The special case of "no records" is one that has caught me a few times.Global fields don't work if there are no records either, which means a script to create a new record that relies on global fields will break! The user then gets into a Catch-22 where they cannot create a new record because the new record script has broken!

[LaRetta]

I have also been caught by the 'disappearing calculation' when, in fact while designing, I was creating a single record and then deleting it. It took me hours to figure out that the calculation disappeared because I had no records.

That was a year ago, but I still get caught on these kinds of things every once in a while.

[Tripod]

Oh, this was table view! I actually had a large number of records before I cloned it, but I could not for the life of me figure out why I could not see the layout. I don't normally use table view, but I guess it's the default in 7.

Thanks a lot,

[kiwiora]

The one I like is inserting graphics into a hosted db, looks perfect. Close it down and go back into it they've disappeared... have to unhost it, add the graphics, then host again. I still forget this sometimes!