Font becomes fat/jagged in base

[Koenea]

Hi,

I've created a large database-form in Base. I've experienced quiet a few little bugs on my machine (imac G5 ppc/patch 11/OSX10.3.9). Here are just a few.
- I've experienced a problem with the fonts used in label fields. Most of the label fields become more fat/jagged each time I move the mouse over a combobox. It's as if the anti-aliasing of the text gets darker each time you move the mouse over the combobox.
You can find an example here http://members.home.nl/paulvdweyde/
- When dragging and dropping (grouped) fields from one database form to the other in edit mode, the app very often just hangs or quits.
- Pasting/copying is also a problem. When I try to paste a copied item (lets say a field), the item doesn't appear at all or only appeares after a screen refresh (by yanking the bottom-right window corner or changing to preview mode).
- When resizing a label field, the field copies itself on top. Sometimes this isn't visible at first, but only after a screen refresh or changing to preview mode.
- The form says that it's read only, but can be changed (thank goodness)

My english is not quiet good enough to go deeper into the matter so I hope you find my information usefull.

And then there's still the file lock issue. The data base file can't be accessed when it's on a Apple file server, which makes it useless in a MAC-lan environment.
I would like to make a switch from M$ Offic€ to NeoOffice in our design company. But that's a problem has to be solved first.

Regards and keep it up

[OPENSTEP]

If possible, do you think you could file issues in our BugZilla bug tracking system for these? If possible, file one per issue that you've experienced!

Some of these are related to the fact that we turned on native widgets in forms and OOo itself isn't designed to do this. The ones that work right in X11 2.0.3 are most likely these.

Base also is one of the more buggy components of OOo itself, so these may be bugs in the underlying 2.0.3 version of OOo.

I myself do not use base or forms extensively so please be patient with me as I try to figure out what the problems are

First off, are you on Patch 11, or are you on one of the earlier patches?

[Samwise]

[pluby]

[Keanoe]

I'm not a programmer but merely an enthusiastic newcomer, so forgive me if I posted my findings the wrong way.

To answer your questions:
- I'm on patch 11, though I was using patch 8 and 10 when I created the database form. With patch 11 the jagged fonts still appear.
- The hanging occurs when dragging and dropping between two forms made from different tables, but both within NeoOffice. But I haven't tried this with the latest patch, so...
- The copying of label-fields seems to be resolved with patch 11. I just checked. For the record, it was actually added to the form.
-Making the data base network accessable would be more than welcome, not just for me. Why don't you just build it in
After all. NeoOffice should be a real Mac application.

Here's another one. When trying to select more than 2 items (with shift button) the drag and drop hand appears and it drops the 2 selected items at the position where the mouse is located at that time.
And another one. When switching from design- to preview mode (or back) the program also seems to hang (and the computer makes a lot of 'computing noise', the cooling fan is speeding up like mad). It could be because of the difficulty of the form I guess. (iMac G5 PPC/1.8 GHz/768 Mb/OSX 10.3.9) After 20 minutes or so the switch has taken place.

Thanx for your quick reaction.

[pluby]

[pluby]