My occurrences are not limited to Custom Views. I've had it happen with online accounts and with folders & subfolders off of "My Computer".
-- Cheers, Peter > From: Mickey Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 20:14:57 -0600 > To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: My two "outstanding" EvX issues > > 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/> -- 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/>
