DefNO
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Blank rows displayed in portal before data using IWP
I have a form containing, among other things, two portals. One is 20+ rows, and the other is 6 rows.
When I access this form in FileMaker, everything looks fine, but when I access it via IWP, the first row of data in the portals is displayed on the seventh row. Thus, there are 6 blank rows before it. These rows cannot be edited, and from what I can tell, they are not caused by blank entries in the database.
In the largest portal, this is only an aesthetic problem, but in the smallest portal, it's a blocker. The first row where you can enter data is below the edge of the portal, so that no data can be entered.
Does anyone have any ideas what is causing this? If screenshots are needed, let me know
When I access this form in FileMaker, everything looks fine, but when I access it via IWP, the first row of data in the portals is displayed on the seventh row. Thus, there are 6 blank rows before it. These rows cannot be edited, and from what I can tell, they are not caused by blank entries in the database.
In the largest portal, this is only an aesthetic problem, but in the smallest portal, it's a blocker. The first row where you can enter data is below the edge of the portal, so that no data can be entered.
Does anyone have any ideas what is causing this? If screenshots are needed, let me know
Also, make sure you've installed the most recent updates to both the FileMaker application AND the web publishing engine.
This sounds similar to a bug that was fixed in the v3 update to the web publishing engine.
This sounds similar to a bug that was fixed in the v3 update to the web publishing engine.
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lesouef:
This did not work... The position of the text remains the same if I increase the heigth of the portal rows. It seems the text is somehow placed without relation to the portal itself, as if they were two different elements instead of a table containing text. In fact, at a certain row height, the border of a portal row was placed on top of the text.
billmercer:
I am using FileMaker Pro v3. As far as I can tell, the only separate update for the web publishing engine is for FileMaker server.
This did not work... The position of the text remains the same if I increase the heigth of the portal rows. It seems the text is somehow placed without relation to the portal itself, as if they were two different elements instead of a table containing text. In fact, at a certain row height, the border of a portal row was placed on top of the text.
billmercer:
I am using FileMaker Pro v3. As far as I can tell, the only separate update for the web publishing engine is for FileMaker server.
fm3?? v8.0.3 I guess.
any chance to have a look at the file?
any chance to have a look at the file?
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Yes, 8v3 :) Sorry about that...
I'll try to sanitize a copy as soon as possible for you. I would, however, prefer to mail them to you direcly.
I'll try to sanitize a copy as soon as possible for you. I would, however, prefer to mail them to you direcly.
ok, use:
serge dot lesouef at wanadoo dot fr
serge dot lesouef at wanadoo dot fr
DefNO, just so you're aware, the bosses at EE don't want you to use email for communication in EE questions.
I'm not worried about it myself, but someone else might take exception. Just so you know.
I'm not worried about it myself, but someone else might take exception. Just so you know.
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Yes, I am aware of this. I prefer to use email, not to exclude any experts from answering, but to exercise some control over who gets access to our companys "programs". If you would like a copy when I'm done sanitizing it, I would be glad to send it to you, too :)
DefNO, I understand, I personally have no objection in this case, I consider lesouef a friend. Just so you're aware of the possibility.
Also, something to bear in mind is that while you're not allowed to post your email address in a forum message, you ARE allowed to have an email in your EE profile, so anyone who wants to contact you outside of the EE forums can do so.
Also, something to bear in mind is that while you're not allowed to post your email address in a forum message, you ARE allowed to have an email in your EE profile, so anyone who wants to contact you outside of the EE forums can do so.
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Perfect! I could've been looking for a while without finding that one... (And indeed I have :) Thanks!
screens captures will only show the pb, but yr description is clear enough.
these pbs are common, there are due to elements position and size rounding errors made during the fm layout to html file conversion (filemaker cannot control the size of the elements which are generated by the browser like pull down menus), the field(s) of the 1st portal are probably to close to the top egde of the portal. Change the size to get the fields quite "far" from the portal egdes, and that should be ok. other quick way, duplicate the 2nd portal which works, then modify relationship and fields names to show data of the former 1st portal, to prove this is a positionning problem.
And if you can't succeed, post the file so we can take a look at it