Changes in Display?

[Craig Gaevert]

I'm having an odd (at least for me) problem with the window display of  
some databases since upgrading both the server (10.0.2 on OSXS 10.5.x)  
and my client OS (Mac OSX 6.1 w/ FMPA 10.0.3). DBs that I have not  
gotten into the layout view to modify some aspect, display as full  
page, i.e. from the left edge of the virtual sheet to the other. DBs  
that I have gone into layout view and tweaked no longer display to the  
edge, rather to the layout window (the white field as opposed to the  
gray margins), eliminating the left margin. In other words those files  
are displaying from .25", .25" instead of from 0,0. This display  
condition is consistent throughout the office clients (Macs and  
PeeCees). I've been scouring the menus looking for something that  
might have been accidentally set, but I'm not finding anything. My  
first suspect was page layout but it is correctly set (for an HP  
printer). What am I missing? or has something changed in FMP?

Craig Gaevert
Santa Rosa, CA

[Richard S. Russell]

Some javascript/style in this post has been disabled (why?)

On 2009 Oct 5, at 12:35, Craig Gaevert wrote:

I'm having an odd (at least for me) problem with the window display of some databases since upgrading both the server (10.0.2 on OSXS 10.5.x) and my client OS (Mac OSX 6.1 w/ FMPA 10.0.3). DBs that I have not gotten into the layout view to modify some aspect, display as full page, i.e. from the left edge of the virtual sheet to the other. DBs that I have gone into layout view and tweaked no longer display to the edge, rather to the layout window (the white field as opposed to the gray margins), eliminating the left margin. In other words those files are displaying from .25", .25" instead of from 0,0. This display condition is consistent throughout the office clients (Macs and PeeCees). I've been scouring the menus looking for something that might have been accidentally set, but I'm not finding anything. My first suspect was page layout but it is correctly set (for an HP printer). What am I missing? or has something changed in FMP?

Craig Gaevert

Santa Rosa, CA

Have you gone to the "View" menu and made sure there's a check mark next to "Page Margins"?

If you do that, the measurements in the "Info" box will be from the left and top margins of the PAGE, not from the left and top margins of the PRINTABLE AREA.

[Craig Gaevert]

Some javascript/style in this post has been disabled (why?)

First thing I checked. I can be in layout view with the page margins checked, but it does not carry through to BROWSE mode. If I display the text ruler in BROWSE mode, 0 is off to the left and not viewable nor scrollable, with the PRINTABLE area showing at .167 in this case. I have always setup my layouts with PAGE MARGINS checked.

On Oct 5, 2009, at 10:58, Richard S. Russell wrote:

On 2009 Oct 5, at 12:35, Craig Gaevert wrote:

I'm having an odd (at least for me) problem with the window display of some databases since upgrading both the server (10.0.2 on OSXS 10.5.x) and my client OS (Mac OSX 6.1 w/ FMPA 10.0.3). DBs that I have not gotten into the layout view to modify some aspect, display as full page, i.e. from the left edge of the virtual sheet to the other. DBs that I have gone into layout view and tweaked no longer display to the edge, rather to the layout window (the white field as opposed to the gray margins), eliminating the left margin. In other words those files are displaying from .25", .25" instead of from 0,0. This display condition is consistent throughout the office clients (Macs and PeeCees). I've been scouring the menus looking for something that might have been accidentally set, but I'm not finding anything. My first suspect was page layout but it is correctly set (for an HP printer). What am I missing? or has something changed in FMP?

Craig Gaevert

Santa Rosa, CA

Have you gone to the "View" menu and made sure there's a check mark next to "Page Margins"?

If you do that, the measurements in the "Info" box will be from the left and top margins of the PAGE, not from the left and top margins of the PRINTABLE AREA.

[Richard S. Russell]

Some javascript/style in this post has been disabled (why?)

On 2009 Oct 5, at 13:26, Craig Gaevert wrote:

First thing I checked. I can be in layout view with the page margins checked, but it does not carry through to BROWSE mode. If I display the text ruler in BROWSE mode, 0 is off to the left and not viewable nor scrollable, with the PRINTABLE area showing at .167 in this case. I have always setup my layouts with PAGE MARGINS checked.

OK, if you're working with a text block, double-click in it, then go to Format > Text > Paragraph and see where your indents are set. The likely culprit is a negative value in "First" or a mismatch between "Left" and "First".

If you're working with a field, same deal, except you only need a single click.

If neither of these work, I'm pretty much out of ideas.

[Craig Gaevert]

Might as well ignore this - Looks like a case of administrator error.

Craig

On Oct 5, 2009, at 10:35, Craig Gaevert wrote:

> I'm having an odd (at least for me) problem with the window display  
> of some databases since upgrading both the server (10.0.2 on OSXS  
> 10.5.x) and my client OS (Mac OSX 6.1 w/ FMPA 10.0.3). DBs that I  
> have not gotten into the layout view to modify some aspect, display  
> as full page, i.e. from the left edge of the virtual sheet to the  
> other. DBs that I have gone into layout view and tweaked no longer  
> display to the edge, rather to the layout window (the white field as  
> opposed to the gray margins), eliminating the left margin. In other  
> words those files are displaying from .25", .25" instead of from  
> 0,0. This display condition is consistent throughout the office  
> clients (Macs and PeeCees). I've been scouring the menus looking for  
> something that might have been accidentally set, but I'm not finding  
> anything. My first suspect was page layout but it is correctly set  
> (for an HP printer). What am I missing? or has something changed in  
> FMP?
>
> Craig Gaevert
> Santa Rosa, CA
>

[Geoff Graham]

Nah; I don't think so man...

You've got to come clean and confess what the problem was now, so that  
we can all point and laugh in your general direction; secure in the  
knowledge that none of us have ever done anything ignorant...

Geoff

On Oct 5, 2009, at 4:10 PM, Craig Gaevert wrote:

> Might as well ignore this - Looks like a case of administrator error.
>
> Craig
>
> On Oct 5, 2009, at 10:35, Craig Gaevert wrote:
>
>> I'm having an odd (at least for me) problem with the window display  
>> of some databases since upgrading both the server (10.0.2 on OSXS  
>> 10.5.x) and my client OS (Mac OSX 6.1 w/ FMPA 10.0.3). DBs that I  
>> have not gotten into the layout view to modify some aspect, display  
>> as full page, i.e. from the left edge of the virtual sheet to the  
>> other. DBs that I have gone into layout view and tweaked no longer  
>> display to the edge, rather to the layout window (the white field  
>> as opposed to the gray margins), eliminating the left margin. In  
>> other words those files are displaying from .25", .25" instead of  
>> from 0,0. This display condition is consistent throughout the  
>> office clients (Macs and PeeCees). I've been scouring the menus  
>> looking for something that might have been accidentally set, but  
>> I'm not finding anything. My first suspect was page layout but it  
>> is correctly set (for an HP printer). What am I missing? or has  
>> something changed in FMP?
>>
>> Craig Gaevert
>> Santa Rosa, CA
>>