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Bug Fixes in Helix 6.1.3
Bugs fixed in 6.1.3 since the last Preview Release

These are problems that are either new to this release or were never documented before. They are grouped by category, sorted by approximate subcategory and importance.

Because of the length of this list, only the summary is presented. If you have questions about an entry, please notify technical support and we will expend the description.

Because these summaries are taken directly from the reports filed by engineers and testers, the wording varies significantly. Regardless of working, all of these bugs are fixed.

The "R#" or "BZ#" refers to the bug's entry in our internal bug tracking system.

Application Level Fixes

Numerous instances of crashing

Full Keyboard Access On causes crashes (BZ#621)

Create Universal Builds (BZ#1099)

Registration dialog fails to convert input to upper case

Enablement dialog fails to convert input to upper case (BZ#904)

Test for PPC version running on Intel (BZ#726)

Warning dialog for unsupported OS (BZ#866)

Engine Can Not Open a Converted Collection (BZ#56)

Helix can open collections in the trash from the "Open Recent" menu (BZ#1016)

Open Recent command should be dim when a Collection is Open. (BZ#844)

Password enters but is not seen (R#6393)

Why? Message can contain garbage (BZ#861)

Garbled characters in "feature not yet ready" dialog (R#6481)

Cuctom Color Preferences do not work as expected (BZ#1105)

Some processes should ignore default Dialog Delay (BZ#912)

Processing Alert Dialog Says "Sequence" (R#6206)

Close All order is backwards (BZ#620)

Show Clipboard Window Does Not Display Clipboard Contents (BZ#981)

Amerpsand in the name of a sequence or hier menu doubles in menu (BZ#948)

High-ASCII characters are messed up in menu bar (BZ#952)

Ampersand (&) in menu titles aren't respected (BZ#815)

Hierarchical menus inserted in main menu bar (BZ#828)

AEEA Selector 112 fails with single record (Leopard only) (BZ#920)

Restores the original limitation of one open Apple Event process per licensed seat (BZ#979)

Printing Fixes

Printed output is fuzzy (BZ#711)

Page Scale sometimes defaults to huge scale (Page Setup) (BZ#748)

Printing >128 pages results in multiple (128 page) print jobs being spooled (BZ#150)

Cancel Printing -> Records Keep Spinning By (BZ#507)

Page Boundary Issues (BZ#633)

Page Boundary Issues (Drawing Order) (BZ#634)

Multi-page template prints blanks for all but first page (BZ#965)

Text in buttons (CMR) doesn't print. (BZ#637)

Non-printable buttons (CMR) print (BZ#636)

Non-printable Checkboxes and Radio Buttons print (BZ#646)

Pictures do not always print (BZ#967)

Data rectangles over background label picture do not print (BZ#787)

Printing controls (radio, checkbox, CMRs, popups) appear as if in non-frontmost window (BZ#647)

Some print jobs make Engine hang (BZ#788)

Printing messes up conditional sequence timing (BZ#944)

Sequence Fixes

Sequence fails when Helix moves to the background (BZ#924)

Close, Close All, Delete All not properly enabled when called via sequence. (BZ#476)

Specific instance of sequence failure (BZ#666)

Sequence fails, but only in background. (R#6286)

Copy & Paste can fail in sequences (R#6557)

Enter from menu fails to trigger default sequence (BZ#542)

Static Enter from sequence does regular Enter (BZ#997)

Conditional Sequence runs too many times: Fixed Point trigger (BZ#1034)

View Fixes

Cursor (Pointer) does not change when hovering over hot spots (BZ#806)

Page Up, etc. keys don't work (BZ#604)

Date (is less than) query sometimes includes undefined values (R#6417)

Sequence fails when Helix moves to the background (BZ#924)

Window sized to include some of off-page area only includes one scroll button (BZ#680)

Lookup to Global fails to update open views (R#6107) (BZ#708)

Button Name display inconsistencies (R#6153) (BZ#709)

Mixed Style Label rectangle mangles styles (R#6542)

Rectangle visibility on Last Page fails for one page view (R#6609)

Pages sometime fail to display (BZ#1001)

Keyword Field Issues (BZ#830)

Invalid highlighting issues (multiple) (BZ#896)

Paste Records progress dialog contains garbage (BZ#911)

Resizing view redraws excessively and fails to detect mouseup (BZ#1062)

Entry Views Only

Form Time is cached excessively (R#6546)

Fields highlight on view open (BZ#586)

Editing multiple records forgets active field (BZ#611)

Issues with single field views (BZ#612)

Default Button highlight on Enter (BZ#613)

Focus Issues cleared up (BZ#624)

Button updating is broken when checkbox toggles (BZ#631)

Keep Value not working in specific cases (R#6577)

Window closing on data entry (R#6395)

Odd validation failure involving an "or" statement (BZ#1108)

Custom format of flag field with default abacus has incorrect display until touched (R#6300)

Some lines do not use correct fonts, some lines do not use correct alignement (R#6211)

Unexpected horizontal scroll on tabbing to a field below (BZ#770)

Index corruption: Default field + Option 1 post (BZ#900)

Keep Values do not 'keep' when used in an all inert relation (BZ#841)

After delete, next record is not shown (BZ#1010)

Default Button fails on entry views (BZ#845)

Can not choose undefined in a three way radio group (BZ#917)

Tabbing through last field crashes: 10.4/PPC only (BZ#926)

Tabbing (now) jumps over combo boxes (BZ#932)

Enter is enabled while typing into inert field (BZ#936)

Styled text retains formatting when pasted into a plain text field (BZ#718)

Specific case: Deleting a record makes Engine non-responsive (BZ#963)

Clear Form clears Keep Values (R#6503)

After Clear Form, non-keep value field data remains visible (R#6528)

Keep Value: Shade Default ignored after Clear Form (R#6519)

Selecting Refresh from menu clears the form (R#6553)

Refresh command not honored on cleared entry view (BZ#769)

List Views Only

Lists not displaying all records in Relations containing > 32K records (BZ#976)

Option key to open query window (BZ#662)

Outer Abaci on a list display as undefined (R#6506)

Record Selection Extended Randomly (BZ#1023)

Auto-open view doesn't close after record creation (BZ#649)

Clicking toolbar widget on list crashes (BZ#659)

List Doesn't Show Records After Second Page (R#6483)

Abacus text, lookup field, on list, text changes to just a 0 when page is clicked on (R#6430)

Sort Order needs to be fully disabled when unavailable (BZ#771)

Specific instance of lookup failure (BZ#843)

Buttons set to be visible only on first page 'appear' on subsequent pages (BZ#972)

Cannot display list containing documents (BZ#1053)

Cosmetic Issues

Combo box text field placement off by 2 pixels (BZ#675)

Background of control rectangles is always white (BZ#677)

Window (Background) Color Not Quite Right (BZ#628)

Rectangles containing pictures fill with bright green (BZ#635)

White rectangles around labels and checkbox text in group boxes (R#6142)

Inconsistent Display of Popup Menus in Data Rectangles (R#6191)

Subform Fixes

Subform list doesn't create extra pages (R#6567)

Specific subform index fails (BZ#808)

Double click subform record fails (BZ#946)

Buttons on subforms are inaccessible (BZ#1022)

Scroll bars don't work or absent on forms containing subforms with lists over 2 pages (R#6559)

Form Tiles on a subform fail (+ Word Wrap Off = No Display) (BZ#804)

Queried dynamic popup on view with a subform is out of sync (R#6584)

Popup Menu Fixes

Dynamic Popup corrupted when source data changes (R#6198) (BZ#735)

Dynamic popup, yields no text after a CR in data value (R#6490)

Dynamic Popup is empty if filtered by contents of another dynamic popup (R#6496)

Dynamic popup only displays first item (R#6516)

Custom Format does not override the field value in a Dynamic Popup (BZ#974)

Combo box popup placement mis-aligned (BZ#736)

Combo box popup with CR in link does not return full value (R#6523)

Popup menu doesn't honor New Line (in the Data Value) (BZ#716)

Combo box popup text box style not respected (BZ#642)

Popup value not replaced with new default (R#6285)

Queried dynamic popup on view with a subform is out of sync (R#6584)

Dependent popup is empty (BZ#763)

Undefined popup menus start at the bottom (BZ#768)

Dynamic popup returns garbage value (BZ#657)

Popup Anomalies (BZ#629)

Find operation while popups are calculating causes an error (BZ#958)

Specific instance of popup sorting error (BZ#959)

Choosing the 'undefined' option from popup should not override default (BZ#970)

Popups don't respect Non-Printable setting (BZ#644)

Dynamic popup in a window opened by a sequence crashes (BZ#630)

Inappropriate view refresh when clicking popup (BZ#906)

Quick Query Fixes

Cannot paste into quick query (R#6598)

Quick Query Not Accesible in Small, Fixed Width Views (BZ#483)

Find Capability Lost On Quick Query Change (BZ#506)

Edit menu does not work with Quick Query search field. (BZ#535)

View sizing incorrect when restoring Classic Quick Query (BZ#756)

Premature Why message during Quick Query date entry (BZ#774)

Quick Query -> Find issues (BZ#859)

Semi-defined Quick Query crashes (BZ#916)

Quick Query + Form Query: Use also is touchy (BZ#975)

Form Query Issues

Opening an Open Query "Rectangle" Crashes Engine (BZ#749)

Date in Form Query fails on Intel (BZ#954)

Form Query crashes with Full Keyboard Access On (BZ#961)

Quick Query + Form Query: Use also is touchy (BZ#975)

Document Field Fixes

Documents cannot be imported (R#6358)

EPS documents do not show preview (R#6502)

Documents can be corrupted during upload (BZ#871)

Cannot click to select picture or document field (BZ#956)

Document to Picture: external documents return 'format unsupported' (BZ#957)

Cannot display list containing documents (BZ#1053)

Picture Field Fixes

Data entry for picture data type not implemented yet (BZ#526)

Picture fields vertical alignment is centered (BZ#755)

Can't tab out of a picture field (BZ#757)

Picture fails to scale for some reason (BZ#764)

Pictures don't always display on Intel (BZ#732)

Can't delete picture field data (BZ#913)

HxClassicPictureCompatibility is over zealous (BZ#929)

Pasting a picture fails (BZ#955)

Posting Fixes

Inert Field on Posting Entry Form Doesn't Clear on Static Enter (R#6504)

No feedback when triggering "Post Selection" (R#6174)

AutoOpen posting fails to fill in posted data on specific view (BZ#982)

Styled Text (& Font Panel) Field Fixes

Conditional Style ignored for Styled Text (BZ#1074) (R#6562)

Styled text field dynamic popup menu does not put text in the field (R#6569)

Styled text fields are not 'undefined' when data is deleted (R#6591)

Font/Style panel should only be accesible for Styled Text (BZ#537)

Add Shift-CMD-T to the Fonts menu item (BZ#915)

Font Panel is now modal (BZ#609)

Clicking a white square in the Font panel crashes Helix (BZ#720)

Client/Server Only

PORT resource value ignored (BZ#903)

Server does not show dialog when building indexes (BZ#729)

Various 7202, 7203, etc. errors fixed (BZ#625)

Login Dialog does not default username when username security off (BZ#682)

Parital Scroll Wheel Support (BZ#686)

Engine OS X Can Not Open a Converted Collection (R#6119) (BZ#707)

Server Info Grids not creating scroll bars for large list (BZ#753)

Export Stats... in "Client Information" crashes Server (BZ#809)

OS X Client requires extra node to log in (BZ#940)

Collection Buffers in OS X Client (BZ#953)

Logged Out list fails to capture (or display) data correctly (BZ#977)

Server is full dialog is missing the number (BZ#991)

Classic Client Fixes

Client loses connection to remote server (R#6363)

About Helix Client Classic contains misleading information (R#6505)

Pasting a large picture could result in Fatal Damage (R#6456)