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Reset page destroys a good hours work

 		6/4/2008 12:25:43 PM
PHPRunner General questions
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 swanside author

Hello
I change the layout of my list page by right clicking abd changing the colors to the tables, borders text. If I then change a field in the choose fields table, or want to add a new link to another table, it tells my that the page may not display correctly and needs to be reset. If I do this, I loose all the colors and text and layouts that I have made.
Is there a way around this please?
Thanks

Paul.
J
 		Jane 6/5/2008

Paul,
you can edit your pages and don't reset it.
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 		swanside author 6/6/2008

Sorry Jane.

I dont see how.
I build my project. I then go back and add a custon view and when I go to the list page where the custom view needs to be It gives me a warning saying I need to reset the page. I can not see the custom view until the page is reset, then I have to edit the whole page again?
Thanks

Paul.
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 		ld_ski 6/6/2008

Hi Paul,
I had the exact same frustrating experience when trying to create a dashboard in the menu page. If any reports/charts/views are added that will be part of the final interface my work gets lost because the menu page (or any other page that was altered) needs to be reset to update with new info. HIGHLY FRUSTRATING and a serious limitation, and I hope there is a smart way around it.
Loredana
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 		Jane 6/7/2008

Paul, Loredana
unfortunately the only way to add new things to the edited page is to reset it on the Visual Editor tab.

We'll improve Visual Editor in the next PHPRunner version.
J
 		jskewes 6/9/2008

Hi Guys,

Prior to doing a rebuild of the page I believe you can make a copy of the .htlm page and then just dump it back into the directory after the build - no lost work. Just make a copy prior to the build.

I hope this helps.

/john

Hi Paul,

I had the exact same frustrating experience when trying to create a dashboard in the menu page. If any reports/charts/views are added that will be part of the final interface my work gets lost because the menu page (or any other page that was altered) needs to be reset to update with new info. HIGHLY FRUSTRATING and a serious limitation, and I hope there is a smart way around it.
Loredana
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 		dakk 6/9/2008

Make a copy of a css style directory (C:\Program Files\PHPRunner4.2\templates\styles) and rename it. find the css attribute name in the visual editor and edit the css element for the color changes. Make sure you select your new style on the "choose theme" phprunner page. It is described in the help file under stylesheets.
If you want to make structure changes without reset effecting it copy a layout directory rename it and make html structure changes. They will stay after a reset.
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 		mike_harman 6/20/2008

Probably not the best solution in the world - but I have written a VB program that updates my .htm with my changes after a build.

I normally use the phprunner visual editor to see what it looks like and then transfer the HTML code to my update program.

My program basically runs a search and replace on the built .htm files.

I assume something like this could be written in php.

I can reset my pages quite happily as I know my external program will update my pages afterwards