Re: Referenced Canvasses, Boilerplate Text and the Vanishing trick

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>I 've found something very interesting in FORMS v 4.5.6.3.3., in regards to
>referenced canvasses and boilerplate text.
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>Called up the Worldwide support. They have reproduced this bug/feature.
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>I'm not 100% confident as to whether this is a bug. Could it be the fact
>that like any other referenced objects, you cannot make changes to refenced
>canvasses. The problem then is why does FORMS allow you to put in items/text
>in there. If this were a feature, there is a major hole in the object
>orientation in FORMS.
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This has alwas been a feature of Forms 4.5. You can place items on a referenced canvas (like fields and
buttons) because it is a property of the item. Boilerplate, on the other hand, has no properties (i.e. property sheet) and therefore can not be place on a referenced canvas.

Workaround...create your text as display items or non-base table items with default values!

Happy New Year!
Regards,
Powel Crosley

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