Table rows disappear when making edits

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sparklyfirefly
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Table rows disappear when making edits

Post by sparklyfirefly »

Hi all

My colleague and have experienced some worrying table behaviour. We are using Flare 2023 r2.

Sometimes, when we make edits to a table, one or more (could be several) of the rows at the end of the table simply disappear. Completely, without trace. The only way to get them back is to undo the edits.

I have noticed this in a file with multiple conditions, but my colleague did not have conditions in his.

We do think it might be something to do with tables breaking over the page as this has been a common theme.

I have had to resort to backups when this has happened and I didn't notice at the time. If I don't notice, and save the file, the rows are lost.

Has anyone else experienced this? Surely this would be a fairly major bug?

Thanks in advance
Laura
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Re: Table rows disappear when making edits

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Ouch! Did you report the bug?

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ChoccieMuffin
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Re: Table rows disappear when making edits

Post by ChoccieMuffin »

I'm guessing your primary target is PDF. I seem to remember coming across that bug years and years ago, and the way I got round it was to set the primary target to a web target (don't quote me on that - it was lots of years ago, so I might be misremembering). I can't remember if I ever logged a bug, but it was a MASSIVE pain if I didn't notice the rows disappearing on long tables.

Do log a bug, but in the meantime, setting your primary target to something other than a print target should help.
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sparklyfirefly
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Re: Table rows disappear when making edits

Post by sparklyfirefly »

ChoccieMuffin, thank you for that. I'll give that a go and see if it helps.
Laura
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