Hi Dennis, I didn't even imagine this problem ever happening to *me*, but it just did! I was answering a question on a newsgroup and playing around in Calendar mode - when I pressed Calendar, it then displayed "On my computer". I didn't take down detailed steps because I was not expecting this to happen. What I did do was (a) click Calendar (b) play around with filtering by category (c) press the Custom Views folder (d)open a Custom View (e) press Command-. (f) click another Custom View (h) see On My Computer.
Now, of course, no matter what I do I cannot get this to reproduce at all (and it was the first occurrence). It seems to me like many of the reports here involve Custom Views in different modes, so it sounds like it might be linked to there. It sounds like someone will need to use a copy of Snapz Pro <http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/snapzprox/> and record a video of what happens to eventually get "On My Computer" to isolate the steps. On 1/23/03 4:21 PM, "Dennis T Cheung" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm hoping that if enough people post their precise repro steps, a clearer > pattern will emerge. I can never get this problem to repro... That's > puzzling. > > > On 1/23/03 11:45 AM, "Dan Frakes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 1/23/03 1:51 AM, "Dennis T Cheung" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Could you provide a step by step list of actions to take that would cause >>> this problem to appear? >>> >>> Like: >>> >>> 1. Launch Entourage >>> 2. Click here >>> 3. click there >>> 4. etc etc etc >>> >>> Thanks. >> >> Dennis: >> >> As I've mentioned a few times in the past few months, it's not 100% >> consistent. For me, it happens most frequently when I click on a Custom Mail >> View, but it sometimes also happens when I click on a folder. (And every >> once in a long while it doesn't happen at all -- but that's rare.) >> >> What happens is: >> >> 1) Click on a Custom View or Folder. >> >> 2) Briefly see the contents of the Custom View or Folder (about a second). >> >> 3) Watch helplessly as the focus shifts back to top-level "On My Computer" >> (main window shows list of folders/Views) ;) >> >> >> Generally, immediately clicking on the same Custom View or Folder again >> causes it to stay selected. However, after the next mail check the problem >> returns. (In other words, it doesn't only happen the first time I click on a >> Custom View or Folder and then "fix" itself until I quit EvX.) >> >> I never have the Preview Pane open, but other people have reported that it >> also happens with the Preview Pane showing. >> >> Rebuilding the database and/or throwing away preferences doesn't fix the >> problem. >> >> The end result is fairly frustrating, as it usually takes two clicks on a >> Custom View or Folder, a couple seconds apart, before I can actually view >> that View or Folder. >> >> I've now counted five people on the list who have reported the problem: >> Myself >> Laurie Duncan >> Jason Buscema >> Rick Johnson >> Michael Collins >> >> (and possibly Eric Hildum, when Eric responded to the list I wasn't sure if >> he was describing exactly the same issue) >> -- Mickey Stevens (Microsoft MVP for Office:mac) PowerPoint FAQ featuring PowerPoint:mac: <http://www.pptfaq.com/> The Entourage Help Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
