Lebans AlternateColorDetailSection does not work on all pcs

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Linq Adams via AccessMonster.com

When apps run fine on one machine and not on another or run fine in one
version and not when run under a newer version, the first thing you have to
think about are missing references.

Here are Doug Steele's detailed instructions on how to troubleshoot the
problem:

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Any time functions that previously worked suddenly don't, the first thing to
suspect is a references problem.

This can be caused by differences in either the location or file version of
certain files between the machine where the application was developed, and
where it's being run (or the file missing completely from the target machine).
Such differences are common when new software is installed.

On the machine(s) where it's not working, open any code module (or open the
Debug Window, using Ctrl-G, provided you haven't selected the "keep debug
window on top" option). Select Tools | References from the menu bar. Examine
all of the selected references.

If any of the selected references have "MISSING:" in front of them, unselect
them, and back out of the dialog. If you really need the reference(s) you
just unselected (you can tell by doing a Compile All Modules), go back in and
reselect them.

If none have "MISSING:", select an additional reference at random, back out
of the dialog, then go back in and unselect the reference you just added. If
that doesn't solve the problem, try to unselect as many of the selected
references as you can (Access may not let you unselect them all), back out of
the dialog, then go back in and reselect the references you just unselected.
(NOTE: write down what the references are before you delete them, because
they'll be in a different order when you go back in)

For far more than you could ever want to know about this problem, check out

http://www.accessmvp.com/djsteele/AccessReferenceErrors.html

Just so you know: the problem will occur even if the library that contains
the specific function that's failing doesn't have a problem.

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mat

That's ok generic advice. But the lebans class that handles the
alternate colors does not use any special classes and there are no
missing references in the app as deployed.
 
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mat

The AlternateColorDetailSection at
http://www.lebans.com/alternatecolordetailsection.htm
is pretty neat on most pcs. But on a windows 2003 terminal server box it
does not seem to render the alternate backcolor, no matter what color I
set it to. The color depth is very good via RD on that box, so it's not
that the color can't be rendered.
Click to expand...
I've done some more testing and it's quite interesting. The class works
fine on winxp and vista. It does not work on another windows 2003 box, a
box which I'm not accessing via termial services (32 bit color depth!).
I can't imagine why the class would fail based on OS?
 
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