PanX freezes when clicking outside active text edit object

[panaca]

This problem cannot be replicated always, but it happens randomly with enough frequency that we feel like we can almost replicated it. If the user is editing the content of a Text Edit Object and then clicks to the browser to lookup some content followed by a return to the active TEO, PanX has a high probability of freezing (eternal spinning beachball).

[CooperT]

You might be seeing the same problem I saw. I solved my problem by tuning off Auto Unlock.

Auto Unlock leads to freezes under some circumstances

I can cause PanX to freeze by doing this: Open shared DB. Autounlock in Database options set to 15 seconds. Open form with TEO’s linked to database fields. Click a TEO; focus ring shows the selected field. Click on another application. Do something. While the other other application is active, the Auto Unlock times out, and the record is committed (per the server log). Server saved the database (per the server log) Click back on the form with the TEOs. Click another TEO, and the beach ba…

[panaca]

Tom, thanks for the suggestion. That seems to solve the problem. Is this a known bug? Won’t turning off Auto Unlock be a problem is someone gets distracted and leaves a record locked?

[admin]

Thanks for the reminder – I thought I had put this into BitBucket, but I couldn’t find it so I added it now.

Client auto-unlock option causes freezes when used with Text Editor object