I am deploying a system which uses FMP as a front-end for a
centrally-served MySQL database. There is some housekeeping to do
after the file is opened and before it is ready for use.
So, I put up a splash screen to fill the interval (which is variable
depending on the user's connexion speed) until things are ready for
use. This works fine on the Mac where I am doing the development, and
also on the first 2 Windows XP machines that I have installed it on.
However, on the 3rd Windows XP machine, the splash screen disappears
shortly after appearing, and the user is treated to confusing views
of the various "all_fields" layouts while the housekeeping scripts
proceed.
I've explained it to the user and she is willing to live with it, but
despite meaning an extra site visit for me, I'd like to get the
cosmetics the way I intended!
The installation of FMP has been the same on all the Windows
machines, and the same FMP file has been installed on each one, so
I'm assuming it's something pre-existing on the machine that is
causing this unwanted behaviour. I am not a Windows person, so I
don't know if there is some clever setting that allows this sort of
change in FMP's behaviour.
Here's my opening_actions script:
Allow User Abort [ Off ]
Go to Layout [ "locals_splash_screen" (locals) ]
Enter Browse Mode
Show/Hide Status Area [ Hide ]
Freeze Window
Pause/Resume Script [ Duration (seconds): .1 ]
Perform Script [ "set account locals" ]
Perform Script [ "set start time" ]
Perform Script [ "set date globals" ]
Perform Script [ "download value lists" ]
Perform Script [ "update all global contacts" ]
Perform Script [ "find user's home layout, go to it and set layout
name & user ID in locals" ]
Show/Hide Status Area [ Show ]
Refresh Window
Allow User Abort [ On ]
Perform Script [ "check and review my reminders" ]
None of the called sub-scripts contain a Refresh Window step - if
they did, the symptom would appear on all machines anyway.
Any ideas what could be causing this?
I suppose I may be forced to temporarily install FMP9 Advanced on the
user's machine so I can run the debugger.
regards
Rowland
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