Black results screen Director 15.4.1

Hi All,

I have a strange occurrence at a client.

They search for documents in eB and then the results screen is black.

 

I have never come across this before.

I was on the users computer this morning and did a few searches and I didn't get the problem, but she now gets it.

Any ideas?

 

 

  • which OS is the Client ? Screenshot looks like windows7 ? What version of eB?

    Could it be you do not get the screen due to login credentials? were you logged in as yourself when you did not see the issue?

    If the credentials do not seem to be linked to the issue, I sould suggest uninstall/reinstall of client. I have never seen this behavior either.

                                          

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  • Hi Roberto,

    It is Windows 7 and I requested Director to be uninstalled and reinstalled and I have found out that another user got the same thing as well.

    Both users have usernames and passwords in the system with rights to created documents etc.

    Is there a specific permission that could cause this or could it be related to the Director installation where the eb.presentation.wpf dll and Microsoft.mshtml dll causing the issue?

  • Just to let you know Roberto I'm on Windows 7 now and have never seen this before in Director :( sorry guys. Good luck!

  •  Hello

    I've seen black screen in Director before and in my case it was related to audit topic, if more than 2000 entries in audit topic was created  eB Director 15.5 just displayed black screen, and in version 15.4 crashed because of huge amount of RAM Director started consuming.

     I’ve did some digging regarding the black screen in Search and I’ve found that there is a bug raised in V15.5.  I could not replicate this issue on 15.4 as in V15.4 Director was crashing instead of displaying black screen.

    Let us know is that the same issue you are having if not let us know all detailed steps how to replicate it and what version o eB you are using.

    1. In eB Director go to Search section and execute a quick search for all documents ( use wildcard * as search criteria)
    2. Verify, the documents found are displayed in separate 'Results for Documents' window (Search Results.png is attached)


    3. In the top of the same window press Auto Hide button
    4. Verify, the results are hidden.
    5. Change the quick search object from Documents e.g. to Change Requests with the same criteria (*). Press ENTER.
    Verify, 'Results for Change Requests' window opens, but it is black - no results are displayed. You need to restart eB Director, if you want to see the correct search results.

    Cheers

    Gintautas



  • Hi Gintautas,

    This is a new installation of V15.4.1 with approximately 62 documents in the system.

    The black screen is also intermittent, I am at the client next week and I will do some tests on their machines.

    At the moment it is limited to two users who are using HP machines.

    Regards

    Neil