Flicker with screen resize

[Daniel Shanahan]

When I resize my FMP window the web viewer/SuperContainer goes black and white (white is the background color of the layout), causing it to flicker. It's a bit annoying. Is there something I can do to stop it?

Thanks.

[Smef]

Are you resizing the web viewer when you resize your FMP window? If so, this is filemaker refreshing your web viewer as you resize the window. When filemaker refreshes the web viewer the contents of the web viewer are reloaded, as if you had hit the reload button on your browser. Black is the color of the java applet as it is initializing, and cannot be changed.

[Daniel Shanahan]

Thank you for your reply, Smef. The web viewer is not resized (nothing selected in Position/Autosizing). The flicker still exists.

Is there a way to resize the FMP window without refreshing the web browser?

[Smef]

Is this happening for you on windows or mac? I know that FMP on windows does not have buffering like FMP on Mac, and so I would expect this behavior there, but I see that your specified OS in your profile is Mac.

[Valentin]

Daniel

I did a quick test and it looks like it's an issue with Java applets displayed in FM webviewer in general, I'm assuming that there isn't much we'll be able to do to fix it. In fact I tested in Safari as well and applets flicker there as well.

One solution is to switch to "style=noapplet" mode.

[Daniel Shanahan]

Thanks, Valentin. Are there any downsides to switching to "style=noapplet"?

[Valentin]

The applet can respond several events: drag n' drop (incoming only), double-click, right/control-click

Besides drag n' drop, other functionality can be replaced or supplemented with scripting using the Companion plugin, when using FM Pro of course.

Another approach to think about is to use the "noapplet" style when webviewers are in read-only mode, mainly list views, and then use the applet when uploading.

[Daniel Shanahan]

Thanks, Valentin.