I am experiencing a problem with data in rich text fields.
The editable field is populated with data - including tabs, different fonts, tables & sometimes attachments.
The document is saved.
The document is opened using a different subform with a computed rich text field to display the data without it being editable.
The document is again saved.
When the document is opened again much of the formatting of the document is missing. The data is squashed to the left of the page in some areas - it is generraly unreadable. Some tables have re-sized etc.
How can I prevent this from happening - fixing it is extremely time-consuming.
Thank you
Carole Bridges
Example:
This text was in a table - the table & font characteristics have disappeared
Computed rich text fields are evil. I don’t know any other way to describe it. They randomly (but usually) squish your data together in odd ways, they destroy doclinks, trash tables, smash sections and generally run amok. Most people wind up relying on editable tables and making them uneditable in one of a number of ways. One good way I describe in Rocky’s workaround, but there are other ways as well.