Custom Color Setup

[Courtney]

I apologize if I'm posting in the wrong folder, but this seemed closest.

 

I know that when I set up custom colors and then log out, those colors are not maintained. I created a layout that has samples of each color that I need to use regular in other layouts, however I'm having a hard time with how to add those back to custom colors each time I log in. (I feel like this is a REALLY dumb question, and I've just come back from a vacation, so I'm probably just missing it.)

 

I can add the first color to the first custom color box by right-clicking it on my layout, opening the "other color" selection under fill color, and then choosing "Add to Custom Colors". But when I then try to add the second color, it overwrites the first color with the new color. I am aiming to have 16 custom colors in the palette to work from without having to add the new color each time I change colors. Is my only choice to input the RGB values to get all the custom color boxes filled?

 

Thanks for any guidance!

[Lee Smith]

Hi Courtney,

 

It’s unclear to me what your problem is. It sounds like a corrupted file, but I would like to see the your coding that you’re talking about. Could you attach a copy of your files.

 

If you don’t know how to attach a copy of file to a reply, just follow the steps you’ll find here.

[Courtney]

This is across all my files, so I don't think it's file-specific. I'm pretty sure it's user error in some way. Maybe a better question for me would be "is there a best way to quickly restore a whole set of custom colors when beginning a new FileMaker session?"

[Lee Smith]

I find these type of problems are solved quicker if we can the files. 

 

Are these globals fields on a served database?

 

Have you tested these files on a different machine and or system?

 

I’m not a Windows user, so I’m not sure what is and isn’t compatible with XP? 

[Courtney]

From reading other posts, I believe this is a Windows "color picker" issue. It looks like Mac lets you save your custom colors from session to session and Windows does not.