Re: Cuts Off Left Side of "W" in Menus - More Bugs in FP 2003? by Kevin
Kevin
Thu Jul 21 06:28:41 CDT 2005
> And I still didn't get an answer on how to force FP to refresh files in
> the
> "_defined" directory. The program doesn't always refresh the files.
> Again,
> someone tell me with a legitimate answer why this isn't a bug in FP.
I believe you meant the "_derived" directory, right? What do you mean by
"refresh the files?" The files in that folder are generated by and
maintained by FrontPage, and you shouldn't be doing anything with them
directly, but only through FrontPage (meaning that only FrontPage should do
anything with those files, not that you should do anything with those files
using FrontPage).
--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
.Net Developer
The sun never sets on
the Kingdom of Heaven
"Michael Adams" <nomail@nomail.com> wrote in message
news:Q4Odndlnk9iAV0PfRVn-qg@speakeasy.net...
> And can someone tell me why this would NOT be a bug in Frontpage? So far
> all I have seen is a bunch of griping that it must be operator error or
> stupidity. That's uncalled for. Some people here need to chill. The
> same
> people seem to harangue anyone who asks a question here. For those that
> don't want to want to answer people's questions, then fine, don't answer.
> We don't need your smart*ss remarks.
>
> Let me clarify for everyone who thinks I'm stupid and it's operator
> error:
>
> (1) I can put one "W" with no following characters, or an entire word, it
> always cuts it off on the left. Doesn't seem like a padding issue to me.
>
> (2) The "W" is fine in preview, but is corrupted when FrontPage renders
> it
> into a menu graphic. Combined with the above, how can that be operator
> error? I can view the graphic in a paint program, and the pixels are
> missing.
>
> (3) Times Roman is fine.
>
> And I still didn't get an answer on how to force FP to refresh files in
> the
> "_defined" directory. The program doesn't always refresh the files.
> Again,
> someone tell me with a legitimate answer why this isn't a bug in FP.
>
> Michael
>
>
>
>
> "Murray" <forums@HAHAgreat-web-sights.com> wrote in message
> news:enEopdTjFHA.3164@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Ahh - I missed the deeper significance there. Call me 'Shallow Hal'!
>>
>> --
>> Murray
>> ============
>>
>> "Kevin Spencer" <kevin@DIESPAMMERSDIEtakempis.com> wrote in message
>> news:%239DBX6SjFHA.2444@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> >I was being facetious, Murray. Perhaps a bit too much so. It just
> irritates
>> >me when I hear someone assume it must be a bug in the software. Yes,
>> >this
>> >particular behavior is completely developer-independent,
>> >browser-independent, as far as I know, and may in fact be a bug in the
> font
>> >itself, for all I know. My point was that it is NOT a bug in FrontPage,
> and
>> >it is foolish to make that assumption without knowledge.
>> >
>> > --
>> > HTH,
>> >
>> > Kevin Spencer
>> > Microsoft MVP
>> > .Net Developer
>> > The sun never sets on
>> > the Kingdom of Heaven
>> >
>> > "Murray" <forums@HAHAgreat-web-sights.com> wrote in message
>> > news:%23rtRgkSjFHA.708@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> >>I don't think so, Kevin. I see the same thing in other programs, too.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Murray
>> >> ============
>> >>
>> >> "Kevin Spencer" <kevin@DIESPAMMERSDIEtakempis.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:udU08MSjFHA.3332@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> >>> Yeah, it's a bug in FrontPage. It's very similar to that bug in Word
>> >>> that causes text to be clipped when you print a page with your
>> >>> margins
>> >>> set wider than the printable area, and that bug in Access that cuts
> off
>> >>> text data that is longer than the size of the column. You would think
>> >>> after 30 years that M$ would make software that lets us be as
>> >>> ignorant
>> >>> as we want to be, figure out what we really want instead of taking us
> so
>> >>> literally, make all of our decisions for us, and read our minds all
>> >>> at
>> >>> the same time! Then we could all buy their software, do and know
>> >>> nothing, and get rich without working!
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>> ;-),
>> >>>
>> >>> Kevin Spencer
>> >>> Microsoft MVP
>> >>> .Net Developer
>> >>> The sun never sets on
>> >>> the Kingdom of Heaven
>> >>>
>> >>> "Michael Adams" <nomail@nomail.com> wrote in message
>> >>> news:Z7WdnT5DeLSsCUDfRVn-qQ@speakeasy.net...
>> >>>> If I use Arial 8pt font for my vertical menu in my theme, the
>> >>>> derived
>> >>>> files
>> >>>> for the menus have the left part of the "W" cutoff. It looks fine
>> >>>> in
>> >>>> the
>> >>>> design view. It falls apart when previewing in Internet Explorer,
> and
>> >>>> doesn't look any better when published. Then I looked in the
> "derived"
>> >>>> directory, and sure enough FP cut off the left part of the "W". It
>> >>>> doesn't
>> >>>> seem to do this with Times Roman. Is this another bug in Frontpage?
>> >>>> Anyone
>> >>>> have a work around, short of using a paint program to fix the cr*ppy
>> >>>> lettering FP creates?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Also, how does one manually referesh the derived files, when FP
> doesn't
>> >>>> do
>> >>>> it, even though you change the menus? Seems like another bug in
>> >>>> Frontpage.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Michael
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>
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