8 Replies Latest reply on Nov 23, 2016 4:03 AM by user16545

Removing portal lines doesn’t remove lines between portal rows.

kessingb Apr 5, 2014 11:30 AM

Summary

Product

FileMaker Pro

Version

13.1 and 13.2

Operating system version

Mavericks

Description of the issue

In FM 11 when you set the lines in a portal to NONE all lines in a port disappear. When you do this in FM 13 all the lines in a portal disappear except the lines between port rows.

Steps to reproduce the problem

In FM 11 select the portal and set the line to none. All portal lines disappear. Do this in FM13 all lines disappear except the line between the portal rows.

Expected result

The lines between the portal rows would disappear like all the other lines.

Actual result

See the lines between portal rows doesn’t disappear.

Workaround

Create a portal in FM11 and set the lines to “None”. Convert the file to 13 and the portal stay correct. You can use the copy format tool to apply that formatting to other portals.

1. Re: Removing portal lines doesn’t remove lines between portal rows.

TSGal Apr 7, 2014 9:59 AM (in response to kessingb)

     Bailey Kessing:

     Thank you for your post.

     I am unable to replicate the issue. I also created a file in FileMaker Pro 11.0v4 and then migrated the file to FileMaker Pro 13.0v2 under Mac OS X 10.9.2 (Mavericks). The lines still do not appear.

     With the file opened in FileMaker Pro 13.0v2, go into Layout mode, select the portal, and check the border settings, and then check the field settings inside the portal.

     Keep me updated with any progress.

     TSGal
     FileMaker, Inc.
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2. Re: Removing portal lines doesn’t remove lines between portal rows.

philmodjunk Apr 7, 2014 10:28 AM (in response to kessingb)

Might this be an issue for one layout theme and not another? That might be something to check here....
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3. Re: Removing portal lines doesn’t remove lines between portal rows.

JeffSchaefer Apr 28, 2014 7:42 AM (in response to kessingb)

I am having similar behavior in FileMaker 13 v3. Operating system windows. Has anybody been able to fix this? I have my borders on my portal set 0.
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4. Re: Removing portal lines doesn’t remove lines between portal rows.

JeffSchaefer Apr 28, 2014 8:03 AM (in response to kessingb)

Edit: Create the portal in filemaker 11. update the file to filemaker 13. It will maintain the portal formatting without lines. If you create a portal in filemaker 13, then it seems that it will create lines in between each portal row no matter what.
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5. Re: Removing portal lines doesn’t remove lines between portal rows.

philmodjunk Apr 28, 2014 9:37 AM (in response to kessingb)

     Try as I might, I can't create a new FileMaker 13 file that reproduces exactly what you show in the screen shot. The following image shows different copies of the same portal with different appearance settings on a layout with the Enlightened theme selected. The red lines are field borders. The green lines are portal borders and the black lines shown in the far right example are portal row borders--which I can specify by selecting Portal Row in the inspector before selecting border options.

     And I can select or deselect any of the portal row borders individually or as a group. I can only get what is shown in the last screen shot if I first select the Portal, then select "portal row" from the uppermost drop down on the appearance tab and then enable borders for both the top and bottom of the portal row. But I can then easily deselect them.

     What did I do differently from you?
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6. Re: Removing portal lines doesn’t remove lines between portal rows.

JeffSchaefer Apr 28, 2014 9:43 AM (in response to kessingb)

I had missed that there is a new drop down to change between portal and portal row for the border lines. Thanks for the clarification!
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7. Re: Removing portal lines doesn’t remove lines between portal rows.

jameshea Jan 29, 2016 7:45 AM (in response to kessingb)

Formatting portals

Portals and Portal Row formatting attributes are now managed through the Inspector. The link above walks through the steps to fully format either a portal or the portal rows.

Hope this helps.

James
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8. Re: Removing portal lines doesn’t remove lines between portal rows.

user16545 Nov 23, 2016 4:03 AM (in response to kessingb)

This occurs if layouts from older Filemaker versions are converted into Classic layouts in recent Filemaker versions.

Create a dummy layout in any other theme than the classic theme.
Format your portal without lines.
Copy that new style (eg with Format Painter) to the portal in the classic theme layout.

Or better, create a new layout in a new theme, but that's more work of course.
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