Text overunning text box with build 24

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I've had absolutely no problems with VSD for ages and now with build 24 I am experiencing text overruns.

The displayed website that has been problem free until the newest build now displays the text overrunning the text boxes in IE, Firefox, Safari and Chrome.

I tried merely cutting out the text and changing the pixel size then cutting out the repasted text and changing the new pixel size again and repasting once again. No change.

I guess I can try totally retyping all the text on the site but I don't know want to go to the trouble if it's unnecessary.

Has anybody else had this problem with the new build (build 24)?

The site is still readable but funky looking. I don't want to do any mods to any of the other sites unless I know what the solution is - what says the group?

The site is http://www.c-o-s-t.com/, it's been problem free display wise since I originally built it in 2008.
Redmond, OR - the High Desert
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Try removing those hard turns by putting each paragraph in its own text box.:)
I can't hear what I'm looking at.
It's easy to overlook something you're not looking for.

This is a site I built for my work.(RSD)
http://esmansgreenhouse.com
This is a site I built for use in my job.(HTML Editor)
https://pestlogbook.com
This is my personal site used for testing and as an easy way to share photos.(RLM imported to RSD)
https://ericrohloff.com
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I'll try that with one page on this site and see how that turns out but I have a slew of websites online that are generally imformational only and contain pages and pages of text. The prospect of having to cut some of those into individually boxed paragraphs is not a solution, but rather a month or better of night work to complete that type of fix.

There has to be an invalid or violated parameter that is causing this overrun. Last night I had limited success with the first repair attempt by eliminating individual pieces of colored text and BOLD inclusions - I'm guessing that the problem is related to the mixed text properties. I had no links in the text.

I've followed some of the threads related to the previous text indexing problems but I never experienced any of those until this last update.
Redmond, OR - the High Desert
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I've been able to contain the text to the size of the text box image within the page by reducing the formatted text box to approximately 95% of their original size and then aligning them to the left border of the box.

This works fine for this one website to correct the view on the user end but it makes it kind of a hit and miss process to actually put the page together.

Any input from those charged with the software engineering of VSD?
Redmond, OR - the High Desert
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Does it all look right in VSD? The html shows the div surrounding your text backing smaller than the div surrounding your text.
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No, it doesn't look right in VSD - I have to skew the text layout in VSD to accomodate the way the end user will view the output.

The text boxes are overlayed one over another to give the appearance of a border. I've never had a problem with that previously. The text box images appear fine in VSD, it's only the text that has to be skewed to influence the way it fits inside the box and the way the end user output will be viewed. With enough tinkering I can adjust the positioning of the text so as to look the same way it did with build 23.

The VSD output is no longer WYSIWYG, it now requires you to repeatedly adjust the text spacing and alignment within VSD to acheive the desired end user view.

I think the text alignment and font size were a problem alluded to in the earlier builds when I wasn't having a problem. I think there was a "test" version of VSD available to users that were having a problem. I didn't inquire about it since I wasn't experiencing any problems at that time.

This problem seems to exist the same way whether I am working on a file on my laptop or on my desktop - both XP with all the updates, both AMD processors.
Redmond, OR - the High Desert
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Assuming you mean the text backing by "text boxes" I can suggest making one image out of the two, and resizing it to accommodate all the text. Otherwise, I'd have to repeat the error on my own machine to see what's really going on - have you opened a support ticket?
Aren't you a little short for a Storm Trooper?
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On this particular website project in VSD I've for the time being cut the problem text out, then stripped all the text formatting, repasted the text and then reformatted the text as it was formerly.

The text now "fits" the text boxes with no overruns. I'll test another site tomorrow and see if I have the same problem. It would appear that the formatting properties didn't translate to the new build,...???

The project in VSD is WYSIWYG once again. I hope it isn't necessary for me to repeat this with ALL the projects I open up with the new build. We'll see....
Redmond, OR - the High Desert
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Mike wrote:
I hope it isn't necessary for me to repeat this with ALL the projects I open up with the new build.


Let's hope we all don't. ;)
Aren't you a little short for a Storm Trooper?
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I guess I spoke too soon. The current project that I was having problems with still overruns the text boundaries that are formatted within VSD. I guess I only viewed the "repair" with the preview option rather than checking it live online.

Still, all text is properly positioned within VSD but after I upload the files all the text overruns the formated text areas by about ~5% of the width,...always on the right margin. To "repair" it you have to go back to VSD and reduce the text area by about ~5% and then shift the formatted text all the way to the left margin of the allocated space. It's hit and miss positioning.

Once again no WYSIWYG - I'll open a support ticket I guess. Can't take the chance of opening any of the other text intensive projects with this build (build 24) for fear of having to reformat 75+ pages of text.:rolleyes:
Redmond, OR - the High Desert

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