Mstn Connect Update 10 Enter Data Fields turning white

Hi,

In Microstation Connect Update 10, I am placing cells with "Enter Data Fields" in them.  When I enter information into an empty "Enter Data Field", it turns white.  When I edit an existing filled "Enter Data Field", it turns white. When I place a text with an "enter data field", it shows properly.  When I edit that text (edit single enter data field tool), the part of the text with the data field turns white.

This does not happen in Mstn V8i SS3.

Is there a setting that I am missing, or is this a bug?

--Thanks,
--Robert Arnold

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  • It appears this issue was not able to be reproduced in Defect Report # 940664.

    A new Bug Report # 661150 was raised for MicroStation CONNECT Edition 10.15.02.11 and was reproducible. This will be investigated by our development team for a fix in a future release.

    As a part of the investigation the developers have temporarily introduced a new configuration variable  _USTN_RESET_EDF_COLOR_TO_MATCH_ADJOINING_TEXT that can be used in the mean time to remedy this issue.

    Regards
    Andrew Bell
    Technical Support
    Bentley Systems

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  • Hi Andrew,

    Thanks for the clarification.  The response from the support tech to my SR was,

    "I have spoke with the developer on this issue and the variable "_USTN_RESET_EDF_COLOR_TO_MATCH_ADJOINING_TEXT" , this variable was added because the previous functionality was causing some breaking some other users workflows. So decision was made to allow the user to have the option be able to control this with a variable for the desired behavior they want. So while the default behavior was different in V8i; this is the behavior for this functionality going forward."

    This was in a response to a SR created for Mstn CE 10.15.02.11 and the response was on 8/24/2021.  It's good to know that someone changed their minds and this is only a temporary fix. 

    --Thanks,
    --Robert Arnold

  • So while the default behavior was different in V8i; this is the behavior for this functionality going forward.

    That's terrible!!!
    So basically, "it used to work one way before, but we bother to keep that, and we aren't going to fix it..."

    I too am glad to hear that the variable solution is a temporary fix. I don't use EDF often, but I still run across them in certain clients' files. I don't know what purpose it would serve to automatically change the color of an EDF; that sounds like a bug and not a "functionality".

    MaryB

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