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FM12: Sliding Repeating Fields

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Sliding of repeating fields seems to have changed in version 12?

Background

v11:

Layout has several clones of a repeating field, each showing a different repetition of the data.

i.e.. myRepeatField[1..1], myRepeatField[2..2], myRepeatField[3..3], ... , myRepeatField[16..16]

All are set to slide up and reduce enclosure.

Result is white space is removed as expected.

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v12.0.1:

Recreated layout in new project. Not converted from 11.

Layout has several clones of a repeating field, each showing a different repetition of the data.

i.e.. myRepeatField[1..1], myRepeatField[2..2], myRepeatField[3..3], ... , myRepeatField[16..16]

All are set to slide up and reduce enclosure.

Result is white space is not removed on myRepeatField[2..2], myRepeatField[3..3], ... , myRepeatField[16..16]

Only myRepeatField[1..1]

myRepeatField[1..16] works ok. Just not the other field setups? Used to?

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WTF? can anyone else duplicate this?

Of course I have a project fully developed on this technique in 11 that has now changed in 12.

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So in FM12 (12.0 v1 Mac), define a field that repeats 10 times.

Add that field to a layout and designate the object to display only [1..1] of the repeats.

Add another iteration of the field to the layout and designate the object to only display [2..2] of the repeats.

Make these slide-up.

The second iteration fails. Sometimes even to render at all.

Making the object display [2..3] of the repeats seems ok. It's only with the singletons.

( I use this technique for a complex form that requires info between the repetitions. Worked great for everything before v12 )

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Maybe 12.0 v2 fixes this? Downloading now....

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No fix for this in 12.0 v2 for Mac Lion, downloaded today.

If you designate a repeating field to show one repetition, starting with anything other that the 1st, the system fails to slide correctly.

I will test Windows and iOS next.

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FM Go for iOS v12.0.4 on iPad 2 has same failure.

FM Go for iOS v11.0.1 on iPad2 works fine.

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FMPro 12.0 v2 for Windows XP sp3 has same failure.

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I found a work around.

Using text blocks with merge fields, like this:

<<myRepeatField[1]>>

<<myRepeatField[2]>>

These will slide and shrink correctly and will render correctly too.

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