Buttons that work...sometimes :S

[Rich S]

I have a very simple script (in FM8) that when users launch a runtime solution they're taken to a main screen where there are four buttons for them to click on to take them to other layout screens. (The four scripts are very simple: "Go to Layout..." and that's that.)

Frequently, and I don't know why, when the users launch the runtime solution and are presented with the main screen, they'll click on any/all of the four buttons and nothing happens. However, if they go to a different layout then come back to the main screen's layout, the buttons work. There's no rhyme or reason when this happens; sometimes everything works, other times not.

Any ideas what could be causing this?

Ciao,

Rich

[Inky Phil]

Any chance you can post a clone of your file?

Phil

[Rich S]

Hi, Phil, and thanks for responding.

I already handed-off the project to someone else, but I'll upload a heavily stripped-down version of the file tomorrow.

Cheers,

Rich

Edited October 24, 2006 by Guest

[Rich S]

Sorry for the delay, folks: I had a bad reaction to a new medicine and it put me out of commission for a while.

I found the source of the problem...sort of: in the layout (called Main), I have a Container field (Main_Photo) that holds an image and on top of that are four buttons that direct users to another screen. The buttons work fine if you don't accidentally click on the screen shot. Even though Main_Photo in the Button Setup command is defined as "Do Nothing", if you accidentally click anywhere on the screen other than on the buttons then the buttons inexplicably are disabled; go to another layout, come back to Main, then click on any of the buttons and they'll work again.

The temporary workaround I have for the problem is to define Main_Photo with a button assignment that, when (accidentally) clicked, it will Go to Layout (Main), i.e., the same layout that Main_Photo sits on. I get a momentary screen color reversal (like a color negative film image) but at least the buttons still work.

If anyone has a "cure" for this issue I'd appreciate it. Thanks!

Edited October 30, 2006 by Guest