Try wrapping that data set creation call in a dabo.ui.callAfterInterval() instead of calling it immediately. And don't call ipdate() from inside a stack called by update() either.
Paul > On Oct 11, 2013, at 9:19 AM, John Fabiani <jo...@jfcomputer.com> wrote: > > Hi guys, > > I'm still dealing with the flashing issue. To refresh everyone when adding > some data to a table a flashing starts on only some windows computers and the > problem goes away if a new profile is created. But it can return and there > does not seem to be an obvious cause. > > The users are reporting that it happens after adding data to a grid. The > grid uses a dynamic DataSet - set to a method call to retrieve data. In the > method I retrieve data via a simple select statement. But I have discovered > the method to retrieve data is called in excess of 31 times (stop counting). > Therefore, the grid.update() is being called a lot - something is wrong. > > I have every call to an "update()" enclosed in a dabo.ui.callAfter() which is > suppose to prevent multi-calls. So is there a way to determine what (why) is > the root cause of all the update() calls? Of course my suspicion is there is > a loop happening and that is root cause of the flashing. > > below is the code for the grid. Please note the update() method - is that > the wrong way to update the grid data? > > > class RestitutionLineItemGrid(dabo.ui.dGrid): > > def afterInit(self): > super(dabo.ui.dGrid, self).afterInit() > #self.super() > self.RegID = 'res_grid_id' > self.HeaderFontBold = True > self.MovableColumns = True > #self.DataSource = self.Form.getGlTransData() > self.DataSet = self.Form.getGlTransData() > > self.addColumn(Name="dateid", Order=10, DataField="gltrans_date", > DataType="string", Width=40, Caption="Date", > Sortable=True, Searchable=False, Editable=False, > HorizontalAlignment = 'Center') > > col = dabo.ui.dColumn(self, Name="amount", Order=20, > DataField="gltrans_amount", > DataType="string", Caption="Amount Rec", > Sortable=False, Searchable=False, Editable=True, > Expand=False, HorizontalAlignment = 'Center') > > ... > > def update(self): > try: > self.DataSet = self.Form.getGlTransData() > #super(dabo.ui.dGrid, self).update() > except: > pass > > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: Dabo-users@leafe.com > Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users > Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users > This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/5258251c.6010...@jfcomputer.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: Dabo-users@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/2c7bc157-313c-4719-b374-ea241f4b1...@ulmcnett.com
