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    Jorgen Andersson
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    At my company we're using a third party web based survey application. A function for one of our surveys is that the respondent can download a pdf containing all the responses for archiving purposes. If we add a tooltip with more than 512 characters to any of the questions, the pdf turns brown! :doh:

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      At my company we're using a third party web based survey application. A function for one of our surveys is that the respondent can download a pdf containing all the responses for archiving purposes. If we add a tooltip with more than 512 characters to any of the questions, the pdf turns brown! :doh:

      Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello

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      Lost User
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      A tooltip is not documentation. If it doesn't fit in a single sentence, it is too long. TL,DR; no.

      Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^][](X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett)

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        A tooltip is not documentation. If it doesn't fit in a single sentence, it is too long. TL,DR; no.

        Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^][](X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett)

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        Jorgen Andersson
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        The customer is a government agency. We've already pointed that out. :sigh:

        Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello

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          The customer is a government agency. We've already pointed that out. :sigh:

          Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello

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          Same rules apply, even if it was the Queen. The limit is not there to annoy the customer, but because a long tooltip is ineffective. Tell them they need help and that you can provide it (at a certain fee). As they do need help.

          Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^][](X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett)

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            At my company we're using a third party web based survey application. A function for one of our surveys is that the respondent can download a pdf containing all the responses for archiving purposes. If we add a tooltip with more than 512 characters to any of the questions, the pdf turns brown! :doh:

            Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello

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            Bernhard Hiller
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            An interesting dependency. Can you also inject Bad Code (TM) into the pdf with that trick?

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              An interesting dependency. Can you also inject Bad Code (TM) into the pdf with that trick?

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              Jorgen Andersson
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              I'm not going to try, the solution is shaky enough as it is, but has been decided on by someone that has been chosen by the Peter Principle[^]. But I have a theory on how it happened. Global variables in JavaScript. spit

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                Same rules apply, even if it was the Queen. The limit is not there to annoy the customer, but because a long tooltip is ineffective. Tell them they need help and that you can provide it (at a certain fee). As they do need help.

                Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^][](X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett)

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                Jorgen Andersson
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                You've never had a government agency as a customer have you? :)

                Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello

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                  You've never had a government agency as a customer have you? :)

                  Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello

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                  So, you'll be drawing transparent perpendicular lines in the form of a cat? :laugh:

                  Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^][](X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett)

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                    I'm not going to try, the solution is shaky enough as it is, but has been decided on by someone that has been chosen by the Peter Principle[^]. But I have a theory on how it happened. Global variables in JavaScript. spit

                    Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello

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                    Nagy Vilmos
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                    JavaScript - making our lives miserable one little bug at a time.

                    veni bibi saltavi

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                      I'm not going to try, the solution is shaky enough as it is, but has been decided on by someone that has been chosen by the Peter Principle[^]. But I have a theory on how it happened. Global variables in JavaScript. spit

                      Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello

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                      Brisingr Aerowing
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                      Link fail.

                      What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???

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                        Link fail.

                        What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???

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                        The wiki link bug hits again. Fixed.

                        Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello

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                          So, you'll be drawing transparent perpendicular lines in the form of a cat? :laugh:

                          Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^][](X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett)

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                          You can: How to Solve the Seemingly Impossible Perpendicular Line Problem Presented in "The Expert"[^]

                          Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                            You can: How to Solve the Seemingly Impossible Perpendicular Line Problem Presented in "The Expert"[^]

                            Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                            :laugh:

                            Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^][](X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett)

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