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Inconsistent screen painting
Posted by Pub Question on March 26th, 2006

I have areas on my web page that do not paint correctly. Boxes of
inconsistent colour display. If you hit refresh or move to another page and
back again it sometimes corrects. It was suggested that it might be my
graphics card but I don't beleive that is the problem. My drivers are up to
date and it happens to other people's computers with new high end graphics
cards. It does not happen when viewed in Firefox (recognizing that maybe
people don't want
to discuss FireFox behaviour :-))
The area that does not paint correctly seems somehow related to the inserted
textboxes or menu items as it is primarily to the right of my header text box
and below my menu boxes but to the left of a contact box and horizontal menu
item.
Any ideas welcome.

Posted by Rob Giordano \(Crash\) on March 27th, 2006

Pub primarily produces pages for IE only...in other browsers the results are
sometimes "interesting"


"Pub Question" <PubQuestion@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:63F1F0CE-74F1-48B9-82E3-022380134629@microsoft.com...
|I have areas on my web page that do not paint correctly. Boxes of
| inconsistent colour display. If you hit refresh or move to another page
and
| back again it sometimes corrects. It was suggested that it might be my
| graphics card but I don't beleive that is the problem. My drivers are up
to
| date and it happens to other people's computers with new high end graphics
| cards. It does not happen when viewed in Firefox (recognizing that maybe
| people don't want
| to discuss FireFox behaviour :-))
| The area that does not paint correctly seems somehow related to the
inserted
| textboxes or menu items as it is primarily to the right of my header text
box
| and below my menu boxes but to the left of a contact box and horizontal
menu
| item.
| Any ideas welcome.
|


Posted by Pub Question on March 27th, 2006

But in fact it behaves better in Firefox than IE. In IE the painting of the
background is inconsistent between pages and in some pages not good at all.
If I refresh sometimes it clears but not always.
Any ideas?

"Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote:

Posted by Rob Giordano \(Crash\) on March 27th, 2006

hard to tell without seeing the web


"Pub Question" <PubQuestion@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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| But in fact it behaves better in Firefox than IE. In IE the painting of
the
| background is inconsistent between pages and in some pages not good at
all.
| If I refresh sometimes it clears but not always.
| Any ideas?
|
| "Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote:
|
| > Pub primarily produces pages for IE only...in other browsers the results
are
| > sometimes "interesting"
| >
| >
| > "Pub Question" <PubQuestion@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
| > news:63F1F0CE-74F1-48B9-82E3-022380134629@microsoft.com...
| > |I have areas on my web page that do not paint correctly. Boxes of
| > | inconsistent colour display. If you hit refresh or move to another
page
| > and
| > | back again it sometimes corrects. It was suggested that it might be
my
| > | graphics card but I don't beleive that is the problem. My drivers are
up
| > to
| > | date and it happens to other people's computers with new high end
graphics
| > | cards. It does not happen when viewed in Firefox (recognizing that
maybe
| > | people don't want
| > | to discuss FireFox behaviour :-))
| > | The area that does not paint correctly seems somehow related to the
| > inserted
| > | textboxes or menu items as it is primarily to the right of my header
text
| > box
| > | and below my menu boxes but to the left of a contact box and
horizontal
| > menu
| > | item.
| > | Any ideas welcome.
| > |
| >
| >
| >


Posted by Pub Question on March 27th, 2006

www.flyfishfiji.com is the web site I appreciate the help

"Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote:

Posted by DavidF on March 27th, 2006

Are you using a master page for the background? If so, that is probably the
problem...master pages and web publications don't play well together.

DavidF

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Posted by Rob Giordano \(Crash\) on March 27th, 2006

strange the way pub uses a bg color and a bg image...a different image file
for each page even though they seem the same.


"DavidF" <Nope@nospam.com> wrote in message
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| Are you using a master page for the background? If so, that is probably
the
| problem...master pages and web publications don't play well together.
|
| DavidF
|
| "Pub Question" <PubQuestion@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
| news:421910A6-7F1F-4314-821E-9D4123E25E2B@microsoft.com...
| > www.flyfishfiji.com is the web site I appreciate the help
| >
| > "Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote:
| >
| > > hard to tell without seeing the web
| > >
| > >
| > > "Pub Question" <PubQuestion@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
| > > news:0438C242-0605-4ACC-94D2-C7B14B2E2AB5@microsoft.com...
| > > | But in fact it behaves better in Firefox than IE. In IE the
painting
| of
| > > the
| > > | background is inconsistent between pages and in some pages not good
at
| > > all.
| > > | If I refresh sometimes it clears but not always.
| > > | Any ideas?
| > > |
| > > | "Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote:
| > > |
| > > | > Pub primarily produces pages for IE only...in other browsers the
| results
| > > are
| > > | > sometimes "interesting"
| > > | >
| > > | >
| > > | > "Pub Question" <PubQuestion@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
| message
| > > | > news:63F1F0CE-74F1-48B9-82E3-022380134629@microsoft.com...
| > > | > |I have areas on my web page that do not paint correctly. Boxes
of
| > > | > | inconsistent colour display. If you hit refresh or move to
| another
| > > page
| > > | > and
| > > | > | back again it sometimes corrects. It was suggested that it
might
| be
| > > my
| > > | > | graphics card but I don't beleive that is the problem. My
drivers
| are
| > > up
| > > | > to
| > > | > | date and it happens to other people's computers with new high
end
| > > graphics
| > > | > | cards. It does not happen when viewed in Firefox (recognizing
| that
| > > maybe
| > > | > | people don't want
| > > | > | to discuss FireFox behaviour :-))
| > > | > | The area that does not paint correctly seems somehow related to
| the
| > > | > inserted
| > > | > | textboxes or menu items as it is primarily to the right of my
| header
| > > text
| > > | > box
| > > | > | and below my menu boxes but to the left of a contact box and
| > > horizontal
| > > | > menu
| > > | > | item.
| > > | > | Any ideas welcome.
| > > | > |
| > > | >
| > > | >
| > > | >
| > >
| > >
| > >
|
|


Posted by Pub Question on March 27th, 2006

Well I took the hints and changed the background to one that didn't have a
gradient. That seems to have fixed it - I guess the lesson is not to get too
fancy. Thank you both

"Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote:

Posted by DavidF on March 27th, 2006

I noticed that too. That is why I wondered if the OP was using a master
page. I just checked the updated page and can't spot the bg image anymore?
Perhaps that was the image produced by asking for the gradient?

Publisher in general produces at least one, and sometimes several copies of
images on each page, regardless of whether that image is used again on
another page. That is one of the main reasons for the code bloat with Pub
2003.

DavidF

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Posted by DavidF on March 27th, 2006

Thanks for the feedback. Pub 2003 has problems with gradients with print
documents, so I am not surprised that it is an issue with a web document.

DavidF

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