PowerBook display - fade & tint over time?

I recently got a Apple Cinema Display 20" for my PowerMac, but also to use with my PowerBook. Side-by-side, the Apple Display is MUCH brighter -- more than I expect would be reasonable. I also notice that the Cinema Display has bright whites, whereas my PowerBook has a sepia/pinkish cast. Whether using the standard caliberation or tweaking my own, I can't seem to find a white point that seems white.
I've thought that the PowerBook display wasn't near as brilliant as I remember when I first got it, but the side-by-side comparison has me thinking that my nagging doubts might have some basis in reality. Something that I should take up with AppleCare, or just something I should live with?

I agree, I am absolutely sick of getting the run-a-round from apple concerning my PB17. My LCD was replace because of dark spots and failed DVI Port. The replacement LCD still has dark spot, It has Dead Pixels (where my original unit had zero) but more frustrating is that the replacement LCD has a nasty yellow/green hue that can't seem to be calibrated out. The Contrast and Color are terrible. Many telephone calls to apple including this notebook being sent in for this color issue 3 times. They say there is nothing wrong. When I look at 17" notebook models from other manufactures, I don't see these issues. This has been in so many times for repair that they should just give me a new unit. In the 20 weeks that I have owned it, I have been without it due to repair issues for 6 weeks and now I am waiting for box to ship it back again for this color hue on the monitor. The most recent return to Apple for repair yielded nothing except for 1 week of down time, and a written report stating that they feel the color issue is from "software corruption" Because of this, I formatted the hard disk drive and did a fresh O/S install only to find that the nasty yellow/green color hue is still present. The unit is scheduled to go back to apple again for this color issue as soon as a box arrives for transport. This is completely uncalled for, especially at the price of this product. I agree that suit should be considered. I know this is happening to others but Apple treats my issue like I am the only person having issues.

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Any way to display dorpdown menu over quick time player

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ITunes sync bug causes space on iPod/iPhone to be gradually lost over time

This topic pertains to iTunes for Windows version 10.1.1 and most likely all prior versions. At the time of this writing 10.1.1 is the latest version.
I have clearly identified a bug with the procedure iTunes uses specifically to copy Music over to the iPod and iPhone units. A detailed description with steps to reproduce follows, but first the summary: Space is gradually wasted by iTunes erroneously copying certain tracks twice! The 2nd copy is not recorded in the itunesDB file, and space wasted on these duplicate tracks is counted under "Other" in the iTunes capacity screen. It is impossible to ever retrieve this space from the portable device without doing a factory restore on the Summary screen, which of course will also wipe out all your Apps, Videos, Photos, Music, etc at the same time. Hardly an ideal workaround!!
Details:
When several tracks are to be copied to the portable device; either an iPod or an iPhone, and I have successfully reproduced this on both an iPod nano 5th Generation and an iPhone 4, sometimes a track is accidentally copied twice while, one of the selected tracks isn't copied at all. The user will notice when this occurs, that during their sync, one of their songs just seems to be missing. Syncing again will then copy the track which was missed during the last sync, but unfortunately, the 2nd copy of the track that was erroneously duplicated remains. The track which is duplicated appears in the hidden folder on your iPod file system as both the AAAA.mp3 filename structure and the <track name>.mp3 file name. Oddly enough, when this bug occurs, the itunesDB does not associate to the AAAA.mp3 like it normally would, but to the <track name>.mp3 and the AAAA.mp3 file is just wasted space on your device which cannot be recovered without manually deleting this file (a task which is impossible on an iPhone without hacking the device).
It is easy to reproduce this. This is very obvious if you start with an empty, new iPod. Sync a bunch of tracks to your iPod (the more the better), in fact this cannot happen if you only sync 1 track at a time, then check to see if the number of tracks is equal to the number of tracks that should be there. i.e. did the sync seem to just miss 1 or 2 tracks?
Make sure "Enable disk mode" is checked for your device, and browse to (Drive Letter):\iPod_Control\Music\ and you will eventually find that exact number of files which have actual track names instead of the standard AAAA.mp3 type filename. Next, in iTunes, remove ALL songs and any other forms of audio (such as podcasts), from the device. Your music folder techincally should now be empty, but as you browse through the hidden Music folder in the device, you will stumble upon a couple of files that remain. These are the orphaned files I've been talking about.
The effect:
Over time, with repeated additions and removal of songs from one's device, these files accumulate. The iPod owner, none the wiser, will start to wonder why "Other" in the iTunes capacity display is continuing to grow. I was highly suspicious after cleaning out my iPod entirely, that "Other" was still showing 1.6GB!! I browsed through the filesystem wondering why which led me to discover tons of various music files in the music folder which shouldn't have been there (after all, iTunes shows no music stored on this device).
The Fix:
Some sort of bug is causing this erroneous duplicate copy to be generated, and then the database to actually reference the erroneous copy instead of the AAAA.mp3 copy. One workaround iTunes could actually build in some sort of enumeration function that scans all of it's internal F## folders in the Music folder looking for these orphaned files, and simply erase them if they are not contained in the itunesDB. Pushing out this type of behavior into a new iTunes release would also fix the problem for all the people who've already racked up GBs of wasted space as that space would suddenly become available again for apps, tracks, and other files.

Two steps forward - one step back.
Thanks to insight from others here I enabled disk use and went to [drive letter]/iPod/control/music
There I saw a long list of folders called F00, F01, F02 etc.
In my case there were 49 of them with roughly 400 files in each folder.
The bulk of the files were named ABCD.mp4 down to ZYXW.mp4.
In each of the fifty folders were, as predicted above, a handful of song files labeled as such - ie borntorun.mp3 or iseered.mp4
I opened each and every one of the folders, deleted the files with real names and synced the pod.
On my 120 GB the yellow "other" fell dramatically, down to under 1 GB. Which is under 1% of the total. Not great but acceptable.
So far, so good.
Now that I had fresh space I set about adding new songs to the pod.
Imagine my disappointment when I rechecked the F00 to F49 folders and saw that song name files had crept back in. Not as many, and I was able to delete them quickly and keep "other" under 1 GB. But still. It's like having crab grass or rodents.
Is there any hint that iTunes might address the underlying cause?
In the gripping process of deleting four or five files from each folder I noted that some specific files came up again and again. Just for laughs I'm going to delete and re-add those songs in case that helps.

Amount of key presses a user makes over time - BPM

Hi,
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So far i have this:
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        frame.pack();
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        scrollPane.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(375, 125));
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        getContentPane().add(button, BorderLayout.PAGE_END);
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        //Do Nothing
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}But i get errors when i try running it:
"Exception in thread "Timer-1" java.lang.RuntimeException: Uncompilable source code"
It doesnt seem to like me parsing int to string here:
String s = Integer.parseInt(i); Any ideas? or if youve got suggestions on another way to do it it'd be much appreiated.
Thanks!

Korvanica wrote:
It doesnt seem to like me parsing int to string here:
String s = Integer.parseInt(i);
Yikes, you've got that bit of code backward, there partner.
You use Integer.parseInt to parse a String into an int, not the other way around.
If you want to change an int to a String, do
String s = String.valueOf(i)or you can use the various formatters out there.

Is ther a way to speed up a Mac? Mine has gotten slower and slower over time. When memory comes close to full would that have an effect on performance? Is there a way to determine unused programs/software to remove and free space?

Is there a way to speed up a Mac (similar to de-fragging on a PC)? Mine has gotten slower and slower over time.
When memory/disc comes close to full would that have an effect on performance? How should I determine what programs/software to remove and free space?

Things You Can Do To Resolve Slow Downs
If your computer seems to be running slower here are some things you can do:
Start with visits to:     OS X Maintenance - MacAttorney;
                                  The X Lab: The X-FAQs;
                                  The Safe Mac » Mac Performance Guide;
                                  The Safe Mac » The myth of the dirty Mac;
                                  Mac maintenance Quick Assist.
Boot into Safe Mode then repair your hard drive and permissions:
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions Pre-Lion
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer.
Repair the Hard Drive - Lion/Mountain Lion/Mavericks
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the Utilites Menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD disk icon and click on the arrow button below.
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported, then click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the main menu. Select Restart from the Apple menu.
Restart your computer normally and see if this has helped any. Next do some maintenance:
For situations Disk Utility cannot handle the best third-party utility is Disk Warrior; DW only fixes problems with the disk directory, but most disk problems are caused by directory corruption; Disk Warrior 4.x is now Intel Mac compatible.
Note: Alsoft ships DW on a bootable DVD that will startup Macs running Snow Leopard or earlier. It cannot start Macs that came with Lion or later pre-installed, however, DW will work on those models.
Suggestions for OS X Maintenance
OS X performs certain maintenance functions that are scheduled to occur on a daily, weekly, or monthly period. The maintenance scripts run in the early AM only if the computer is turned on 24/7 (no sleep.) If this isn't the case, then an excellent solution is to download and install a shareware utility such as Macaroni, JAW PseudoAnacron, or Anacron that will automate the maintenance activity regardless of whether the computer is turned off or asleep. Dependence upon third-party utilities to run the periodic maintenance scripts was significantly reduced since Tiger. These utilities have limited or no functionality with Snow Leopard or later and should not be installed.
OS X automatically defragments files less than 20 MBs in size, so unless you have a disk full of very large files there's little need for defragmenting the hard drive.
Helpful Links Regarding Malware Protection
An excellent link to read is Tom Reed's Mac Malware Guide.
Also, visit The XLab FAQs and read Detecting and avoiding malware and spyware.
See these Apple articles:
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          OS X Lion- Protect your Mac from malware
          OS X Mountain Lion- Protect your Mac from malware
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Troubleshooting Applications
I recommend downloading a utility such as TinkerTool System, OnyX, Mavericks Cache Cleaner, or Cocktail that you can use for removing old log files and archives, clearing caches, etc. Corrupted cache, log, or temporary files can cause application or OS X crashes as well as kernel panics.
If you have Snow Leopard or Leopard, then for similar repairs install the freeware utility Applejack. If you cannot start up in OS X, you may be able to start in single-user mode from which you can run Applejack to do a whole set of repair and maintenance routines from the command line. Note that AppleJack 1.5 is required for Leopard. AppleJack 1.6 is compatible with Snow Leopard. Applejack does not work with Lion and later.
Basic Backup
For some people Time Machine will be more than adequate. Time Machine is part of OS X. There are two components:
1. A Time Machine preferences panel as part of System Preferences;
2. A Time Machine application located in the Applications folder. It is
    used to manage backups and to restore backups. Time Machine
    requires a backup drive that is at least twice the capacity of the
    drive being backed up.
Alternatively, get an external drive at least equal in size to the internal hard drive and make (and maintain) a bootable clone/backup. You can make a bootable clone using the Restore option of Disk Utility. You can also make and maintain clones with good backup software. My personal recommendations are (order is not significant):
1. Carbon Copy Cloner
2. Get Backup
3. Deja Vu
4. SuperDuper!
5. Synk Pro
6. Tri-Backup
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on backup and restore. Also read How to Back Up and Restore Your Files. For help with using Time Machine visit Pondini's Time Machine FAQ for help with all things Time Machine.
Referenced software can be found at MacUpdate.
Additional Hints
Be sure you have an adequate amount of RAM installed for the number of applications you run concurrently. Be sure you leave a minimum of 10% of the hard drive's capacity as free space.
Add more RAM. If your computer has less than 2 GBs of RAM and you are using OS X Leopard or later, then you can do with more RAM. Snow Leopard and Lion work much better with 4 GBs of RAM than their system minimums. The more concurrent applications you tend to use the more RAM you should have.
Always maintain at least 15 GBs or 10% of your hard drive's capacity as free space, whichever is greater. OS X is frequently accessing your hard drive, so providing adequate free space will keep things from slowing down.
Check for applications that may be hogging the CPU:
Pre-Mavericks
Open Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder. Select All Processes from the Processes dropdown menu. Click twice on the CPU% column header to display in descending order. If you find a process using a large amount of CPU time (>=70,) then select the process and click on the Quit icon in the toolbar. Click on the Force Quit button to kill the process. See if that helps. Be sure to note the name of the runaway process so you can track down the cause of the problem.
Mavericks and later
Open Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder. Select All Processes from the View menu. Click on the CPU tab in the toolbar. Click twice on the CPU% column header to display in descending order. If you find a process using a large amount of CPU time (>=70,) then select the process and click on the Quit icon in the toolbar. Click on the Force Quit button to kill the process. See if that helps. Be sure to note the name of the runaway process so you can track down the cause of the problem.
Often this problem occurs because of a corrupted cache or preferences file or an attempt to write to a corrupted log file.

When playing any audio the audio quality on my Thunderbolt display steadily worsens over an hour period and becomes garbled. Restarting the media player fixes it. Does not occur when MacBook Pro is undocked.

When playing audio/video on my MacBook Pro docked to Thunderbolt display the audio quality steadily worsens until it is garbled beyond understanding. I don't know if it occurs when using the MacBook undocked. It takes about an hour to become noticeable and steadily worsens. Simultaneously when the computer speaks the time this is also gargled. As the problem develops it sounds like there is a static halo around each spoken word.

Hi GeoChester,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
I understand that you are experiencing some sound issues on your Mac that worsens over time. In this situation, the first troubleshooting step that I would recommend would be to reset your computer’s PRAM. To do this, please follow the instructions in the following attached article.
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SSRS Report for Incidents/Work Items Created or Closed over time

I'm curious if anyone has developed a custom report based off the DWDataMart that displays the count for creation of incidents or other work items over time or work items that are closed over time.

Hi Jon,
There is a blog, which talks about in detail regarding SCSM reporting,
http://scug.be/scsm/2012/04/10/working-with-scsm-reporting/
However related to your queries please refer to this,
http://blogs.technet.com/b/servicemanager/archive/2010/04/23/how-to-create-a-custom-report-and-display-it-in-the-console.aspx
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Charting Over Time

I'd like to create a form that a person might submit several times over the course of a year. It doesn't appear there is an option in the summary report to create a chart over time (like a line chart tracking the values of an answer over several dates).
I realize I could export to Excel and create a chart, but my goal would be able to have a summary report for people who don't know how to create charts in Excel.
We use different forms for our Veterinary Practice. We'd like to create a form for clients who have pets in declining health or have a particular issue we are tracking. The client would go to the form, enter their last name and pets name (we can filter the reports easily that way), and then enter numeric rating values for things like "mobility" or "appetite." Over the course of days, weeks, or months, it would be great to see a chart that displays the change in values over time to notice downward or upward trends in health.
I know there are probably other ways to do this outside of FormsCentral, but I'm trying to keep things simple (especially for non-technical folks who may need to retrieve data).
Any other suggestions outside of FormsCentral would also be welcomed, but I'm wondering (from staff) if there are any plans to expand some of the summary reporting/charting capabilities?
Thanks,
Ryan

Currently the reporting ability you seek are not supported in Formscentral. As you have noted your best option is to do this work in something like Excel.
Andrew

Plotting amplitude of one spectral peak over time

Hi,
I am trying to create a VI where the DAQ continually aquires, plots and saves a waveform in millisecond timeframe (which is already done in this instance), then takes that waveform, finds a specific peak (most likely the first one), and plots the amplitude of that peak over time (30+ minutes, one point every scan that is obtained). Essentially, I have a very fast detector attached to a Gas Chromatograph, and I want to select a single ion and monitor the amplitude of that ion. I can plot the waveforms over time and do this in post processing, but what I would like to do is have the "slow" plot continuously update and display as it moves through time. Attached is the VI this will go into, using IMS Software V1.3.vi, the subsection is the "GC Mode" it seems like I should be using the "peak detect.vi.", but I am unfamiliar with how this works, and so I do not know how to show a continuously updating graph or pull the amplitudes out and plot them. Thank you for your help,
<>< Eric
Solved!
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Eric-WSU wrote:
i get an amplitude over time plot, but it does not appear until after all of the iterations have stopped
I have not looked at your VI (because I am in a previous version of LabVIEW), but this is probably because your graph is outside of the loop.
Here is how you can get a graph of the peaks (all of the peaks, per iteration):
Or if you only wanted a certain peak (and how that peak changes over many iterations):
Message Edited by Cory K on 01-21-2009 05:51 PM
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Chart Top 10 Items over Time

I'm attempting to create a chart that displays the top 10 of an item over time. The problem I'm having is that if I create a chart that is on change of the item first (with top 10) and time second, it gives me the top 10 items for each time slot. If I do on change of time first and item (with top 10) second it gives me the top 10 over the whole period but the time sorting gets all hosed up because it's grouping and sorting by item prior to time. I've tried all variations of swapping series groups, changing sorting order and sorting and nothing has worked. I can't find much guidance on this in my book either. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

-- Do the Group Sort expert or whatever you are using to get the values you would need for chart, might have to use multiple formulas for X, Y and Z axes...
--Join each axis value and make an array, use a Shared Array Variable and assign these values to variable
--Split this Array in your sub-report and make chart on the values you received from main report.
-- This will be much simpler and best way to approach creating chart(s)

Simple Line Chart - Values over time

A simple line chart displaying a set of values over time would seem to be a very easy report to design. I'll be darned if I can see how to design it. Can anyone shed some light?
I have provided links to a report and a spreadsheet which is the report datasource. My actual report will use SQL Server as its datasource. I am providing ths excel based example for the sake of protability.You will need to set the datasource location after saving the files to your hard drive.
I can get the lines to draw properly, what I cannot figure out is how to specify the datetime values for the x axis. The column I would like to use on the x-axis is called DerivedLoggingTime.
I'd also like to get control of the logarithmic algorithm used to formulate the y-axis values. I am not always happy with the values that the log algorithm comes up with.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
[Link to report|http://www.usol.com/~joe/linechart.rpt]
[Link to spreadsheet|http://www.usol.com/~joe/AnalysisResults.xls]
Another discovery while working on this report - our database will be SQL 2008 and we are making use of the datetime2 datatype. CR appears to be treating this datatype as text. So when working with the SQL based datasource, I had to cast datetime2 columns as datetime in order for CR to see the columns as datetime instead of text. This is fine in this instance because the granularity of the datetime values for this particular report does not require datetime2, but that will not always be the case. CR will need to recognize the new datatype.
Edited by: Joe Sytniak on Jul 17, 2008 5:37 PM

Hi Joe,
The Date Axis Line Chart of the Numeric Axis Type Chart, can be used to display data on a regular interval of days, Months and Years. The information displayed can unfortunately not be more granular that days.
This type of chart is generally used when the data is recorded on irregular intervals in the database, and to make sense of the information stored it needs to be displayed at regular intervals.
Since the data stored in your data source seems to be stored every 4 minutes, it will not be necessary to use this type of chart. I will suggest to use the regular line chart instead.
To create a line chart using your date time field and value:
1. Select "Chart" under the menu "Insert"
2. Insert the chart on your report in the desired section.
    ( Group Header # 3 in your case. )
3. In the "Chart Expert" window, under the tab "Type",
    change the chart type to a line chart by selecting "Line" in
    the "Chart Type" list.
4. Under the tab "Data", add the database field that contains the Date Time information under the "On change of" list.
(In your case, add the "DerivedLoggingTime" database field)
5. To display the data for each minute, select the database fields you just added under the "On Change of" list, and
click on the button "Order". In the "Chart Sort Order" window,
select "For each minutes" in the "Section will be printed" drop down list, then click "OK"
6. Add the field you want to display the value in the "Show Value List", then click "OK"
Now it will display a line chart as desired, but since there is a lots of data point on your chart, the x axis date time labels will overlap each other. To avoid this situation, I will suggest to skip labels.
To format a chart to skip labels:
1. In the "Preview" tab of the report, select one of the x axis label, and right click on it. In the contextual menu, select "Group (X) Axis Options..."
2. In the "Group (X) Axis Settings" window, under the tab "Layout", check the option "Skip Group Labels" and set the value to 15 for example.
Now, it will display the date time label at every 15 data point.
As for your question on how get control of the logarithmic algorithm used to formulate the y-axis values, we unfortunately do not have much control over it other than:
- Entering static values, or
- Checking or Unchecking the option "Use Logarithmic scales"
The above options are available on the y axis. To change those options:
1. In the "Preview" tab of the report, select one of the y axis label, and right click on it. In the contextual menu, select "Group (Y) Axis Options..."
2. In the "Group (Y) Axis Settings" window, under the tab "Scales", you will see the following options:
- Minimum Values
- Maximum Values
- Use Logarithmic scales
I will suggest to check the option "Use Logarithmic scales"
Finally, as for the issue you discovered where SQL Server 2008 data type DateTime2 is converted to a string in Crystal Reports 2008, it is important to note that SQL Server 2008 hasn't been released yet, therefore it has not been tested in Crystal Reports 2008. Once SQL Server 2008 is released, I will suggest to test it again using the ODBC driver provided with this new version.
At this point I am assuming that this is happening because it is a new data type and an unknown data type get converted to string.

Custom workflow for Over Time

Hi All,
I have a requirement for Over time workflow. There is no standard workflow is there for this. FC asked me to develop a screen for over time in which Reporting manager will enter the employees overtime details, when he clicks on submit button it should go for approval to DGMs inbox. If DGM approves the OT then it go for Time office where they may change the OT data or they may approve the OT.
My issue is I have created the entire flow through modulepool. I have developed the screenand program etc.,. when RM submits I am triggering an event and then WF starts. Now when the DGM receives the workitem how can I display the second screen which are having the approval Rejection and Change buttons appears, how can I write the logic inside the BO Method to call the 2nd screen?.
Can anybody please guide me how to complte this WF.
Regards.
Srija.

Hi,
We also had the same requirement, we handled the same using Module Pool Programming and Workflow.
My Understanding: Imagine you need to call the Module Pool program to get approval for the OT.
Steps:
1. Place one work item in DGM's Inbox, when DGM double clicks the work item, write a method to call the same module pool in display or Change mode as per your requirement.
2. Now, in Step 1 use Import / Export Memory ID's.
In BOR Object Method, before doing CALL TRANSACTION <ZXYZ>. You need to Export one Memory ID say M1 with value "X"
In PAI of the appropriate module pool screen you need to IMPORT data from Memory ID into one variable say WS_M1.
3. Create two buttons on the screen keep them in invisible mode, (just check the property of the button element).
Now, write the code like IF WS_M1 equal to 'X', loop at screen, and make the two buttons visible, if control coming from workflow task, if there are more elements to control it is easy to use groups for screen elements.
4. Now, in PBO of the same screen, capture the ok_code of the Approve or Reject button, raise appropriate events, update data base.
5. Make sure your BOR method is asynchronous, other wise if the manager clicks cancel or F3 then task will disappear.
Pls let me know if you need more info.
Regards,
Mohan Vamsi

Slow Performance Over time, Drawing Access Forms

we've been using a small access database for almost a year now, written from scratch using only Access 2013
over time drawing of one of the forms slows right down, once the form is draw its fine, but if you switch to a different form at the top then switch back it draws slow, maybe 7-8 seconds compared to the usual 1 second, sometimes it can work all day no problem,
sometimes after an hour it starts drawing the form slow, the only way to cure it is to restart the machine.
Logging off and logging back on doesn't cure it, only restarting it, it does get restarted every night automatically as an attempt to help the problem
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I'm a bit of a loss, its not a huge issue, but just an annoyance, when I get time I'm tempted to try recreating the form from scratch, but there is a lot of VBA code behind it, before trying that just wondering if there are any suggestions to improve performance?
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I think you would benefit from a code review by a strong Access developer. What you are describing is not normal and may be caused by systematic programming choices.
-Tom. Microsoft Access MVP
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the form out
I had this 'slow' behaviour constantly with the NVidia card in one of our machines, even on new blank databases.
I'm not even sure if this is linked to the form I've made or not, its just the only reason I notice it is that it's frustrating to use.
Is this code review idea something that people volunteer to check or is it a paid service?

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Noname,
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