Xcelsius formatting problem.

[Former Member]

Hi Guys,

We are having a couple of problems with some formatting issues with our clients computer.

After we have finished creating our dashboard & save it, we open it up the next day and the object handles for resizing or moving the objects have gone haywire.

For example some Object handles are totally off the screen, others do not match the actual size of the object that they are supposed to.

Also when we change the font or size of the ticket on a label in the dashboard it does not change over when you prieview it.

We have figured out that if we open up the dashboard we orginally saved on our computer we have no problems, but when oped up on the clients computer it has these problems.

The client has the exactly the same software patches for Xcelsius and Excel as us.

Can anybody think of anything that may be affecting the clients computer to cause these problems?

Thanks you in advance,

Nick

[Former Member]

We have seen a lot of this problem in the past. I don't know why it happens but we have started using a work around. We build all of our text in PhotoShop and then export as a low res image. We load the image as a background and just place the other components on top. Works like an absolute charm. Formatting controls are much better in PhotoShop and you have zero issues with resizing. It has a side benefit of significantly reducing the number of components you have to use. On our last project we save about 400 text components using this approach and no grouping issues. I realize this may not be an options for everyone but it is best practice for us now.

[Former Member]

the flash player version on the client computer might be different from yours.

To find the version on flash visit the below link.

http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/

Here is the link to download the latest player

http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

[Former Member]

Are you opening the dashboard in xcelsuis software or using swf or pdf.

We have had issues with differnt version of adobe causing the dashboards to look very different

[Former Member]

We are opening the dashboard through Xcelsius itself.

What version of adobe was giving you probelms? And would you happen to know which one is the better to work with.

Cheers.