A further bug in X7 to add to the list.
I have a page which splits a single form into sub-forms for use in mobile sites with individual parts placed in panels in a slider. It works perfectly well in X6. It needs some JQuery code to assemble the form parts for submission etc..
In X7 the last panel sub-form had a combo which had become corrupted on import and although it could be accessed via the objects tab it refused to be displayed as anything other than a blob whatever alterations were made to it. I replaced it with a new version and the page functioned correctly. So appears X7 doesn't like some X6 form elements for starters.
However since there is some JQuery code which handles the form sub-parts I wanted to look at it to see if anything could be pruned. A quick jab at Alt-S and X7 crashes and restarts.
Removed the new combo, still crashes. I then removed a date picker and Alt-S worked OK.
Made a new date picker and tried again. Crash.
Removed date picker and put the new combo back.Works.
Now tried a new page with a new form with just a default date picker. Crashes with Alt-S.
So the current state of play seems to be that if X7 gets a sniff of a date picker it will crash following Alt-S.
I may try later exporting a single page with a form and datepicker to see what X7 actually produces by way of HTML. i.e. do Serif's beta testing for them yet again.
I had rather hoped to be more positive about X7 at least as far as new sites were concerned but if it can't handle a single new form properly so I can look at the HTML it produces then the outlook seems pretty bleak.
Incidentally I started to be offered the opportunity to 'discover unsaved work' in large quantities after several crashes even when X7 was closed manually and restarted. The record is now up to 11 "sites" saved and re-offered with appropriate tabs when X7 restarts. Even refusal doesn't seem to work. Only way to avoid this incessant offering following crash and restart is to not have another crash by the looks of it! Nuff said.
John B
I have a page which splits a single form into sub-forms for use in mobile sites with individual parts placed in panels in a slider. It works perfectly well in X6. It needs some JQuery code to assemble the form parts for submission etc..
In X7 the last panel sub-form had a combo which had become corrupted on import and although it could be accessed via the objects tab it refused to be displayed as anything other than a blob whatever alterations were made to it. I replaced it with a new version and the page functioned correctly. So appears X7 doesn't like some X6 form elements for starters.
However since there is some JQuery code which handles the form sub-parts I wanted to look at it to see if anything could be pruned. A quick jab at Alt-S and X7 crashes and restarts.
Removed the new combo, still crashes. I then removed a date picker and Alt-S worked OK.
Made a new date picker and tried again. Crash.
Removed date picker and put the new combo back.Works.
Now tried a new page with a new form with just a default date picker. Crashes with Alt-S.
So the current state of play seems to be that if X7 gets a sniff of a date picker it will crash following Alt-S.
I may try later exporting a single page with a form and datepicker to see what X7 actually produces by way of HTML. i.e. do Serif's beta testing for them yet again.
I had rather hoped to be more positive about X7 at least as far as new sites were concerned but if it can't handle a single new form properly so I can look at the HTML it produces then the outlook seems pretty bleak.
Incidentally I started to be offered the opportunity to 'discover unsaved work' in large quantities after several crashes even when X7 was closed manually and restarted. The record is now up to 11 "sites" saved and re-offered with appropriate tabs when X7 restarts. Even refusal doesn't seem to work. Only way to avoid this incessant offering following crash and restart is to not have another crash by the looks of it! Nuff said.
John B