john9210 Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 I'm using FM 11 Advanced on Windows Vista. The screen frequently "blinks" while in layout mode. That is the picture (screen) goes blank and instantly refreshes. This happens even when I'm not doing anything. It's quite annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesducker Posted July 10, 2010 Share Posted July 10, 2010 Are there other users connected to the database? Frequent unnecessary redrawing of the screen has always been a minor irritation in multi-user environments... James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Søren Dyhr Posted July 10, 2010 Share Posted July 10, 2010 Portals based on some sort of calc' dependent key fields and those with sorting tied to the rendering are the worse here! Unstored calc's and summary fields should be avoided by and large in any of the layouts supposed a users frequent interaction. But here you're talking of being in layout mode, the throughput is based either networked or some sort of inferior harddrive cacheing. Most of which could be read here: http://help.filemaker.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5874/~/optimizing-network-performance-for-shared-databases --sd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john9210 Posted July 10, 2010 Author Share Posted July 10, 2010 No, no one else is using the database. It's on a stand alone desktop computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Søren Dyhr Posted July 10, 2010 Share Posted July 10, 2010 Thats strange since you are on a version which actualy works with Vista: http://www.filemaker.com/downloads/pdf/filemaker_versions.pdf But it's also known as a pretty fat cat to swing, with lots of going ons not fully catered for by the user, unless you seriously have sat down a day or so and trimmed all the bell and whistels down to a more decent level, the people in Redmond Washington have a "One size fits all" approach to the services they might think is needed. One of the best sites to obtain guidance for this trimming process, which I only can urge you to perform is: http://www.blackviper.com/WinVista/servicecfg.htm If you have been there, done that - is a purchase of more ram the next thing I would think of. --sd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcooney Posted July 10, 2010 Share Posted July 10, 2010 "pretty fat cat to swing", lol! What? That's a new one for me. Then again, my jazz knowledge is wanting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Søren Dyhr Posted July 10, 2010 Share Posted July 10, 2010 By the (it's) tail I mean : --sd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comment Posted July 10, 2010 Share Posted July 10, 2010 I guess it ain't over until the fat cat swings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Søren Dyhr Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 NIce one! What I actually paraphrased was the british expression ... Hardly room to swing a cat http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=463941 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8201900.stm --sd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 I'm using FM 11 Advanced on Windows Vista. The screen frequently "blinks" while in layout mode. That is the picture (screen) goes blank and instantly refreshes. This happens even when I'm not doing anything. It's quite annoying. These glitches are often associated with the video card acceleration. Try updating the driver or adjusting the acceleration down a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTominator Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 NIce one! What I actually paraphrased was the british expression ... I am reminded of this usage of the expression (by a British author). There was a sort of gallery structure in the roof space which held a bed and also a bathroom which, Fenchurch explained, you could actually swing a cat in, "But", she added, "only if it was a reasonably patient cat and didn't mind a few nasty cracks about the head []." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Søren Dyhr Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 :waytogo: --sd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john9210 Posted July 13, 2010 Author Share Posted July 13, 2010 I checked the driver. It is up to date Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Søren Dyhr Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 I wondered if it would be possible to make a symbolic link between host and guest OS in a VirtualBox session (should be possible) ... if it is? Would I try to install Windows 7 in the guest OS department pulling filemaker from the host. Startup and see if the flickering has gone ... and you have BTW scrutinized all services in Vista for their irrelevance to you use? --sd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john9210 Posted July 13, 2010 Author Share Posted July 13, 2010 I thought I would add some more info. The refresh problem is not unique to FM 11 Adv. I had the same problem for sometime with FM 9 Adv running on Vista Home Basic. It happens on both my laptop and desktop computers (either version of FM, running on Vista Home Basic). So, I suspect a Vista issue? When a file opens to the browse mode, after 5 seconds or so it screen refreshes (what I call “blink”). If I switch to layout, the screen frequently refreshes while I am working and is very annoying. I’ve increased the cache to 100Mb (from the default 64) with no apparent effect. I tried removing a calculation field from the layout with no apparent effect. There are no summary fields on the layout. I haven’t tried to trim services ala Blackviper yet. I wonder if it is really worth the effort to try this. Anyone have thoughts or suggestions on this? john9210 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Søren Dyhr Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 I have no way to verify the info give here, but it certianly makes you think: http://www.crn.com/software/198702242;jsessionid=5KEUZJAELGCXRQE1GHRSKHWATMY32JVN?pgno=1 --sd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcooney Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Soren, Last night watching Marx brother's Monkey Business, Groucho says, "that's a fat cat to swing." Funny, huh? Barbara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Søren Dyhr Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 I've just seen that entire movie is on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPoEHDQZqcQ I'll poke into it later! --sd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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