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You may sometimes see an error dialog:
If you click on Details you then see “breeze error: Error: Illegal construction – use ‘or’ to combine checks”:
This happens mostly when you first login and seems especially prevalent with the latest version of Chrome, version 33.
The message is a nuisance that poses no problems for your data: simply refresh the web page. We apologize for the inconvenience.
We are working hard to find the cause and fix it.
During a recent update to Chrome, Google introduced a built-in PDF viewer. Unfortunately, this does not have the control needed to properly print cage cards. There is a simple procedure to restore the previous behavior using Adobe Reader:
In the Chrome address bar, type chrome://plugins
Find a section that looks like this:
Disable the Chrome PDF Viewer and Enable the Adobe Reader so the settings look like this:
Done.
Note – there are always security considerations with browser plugins. Adobe Reader is widely used and from a trusted author. Nevertheless, you should take care to install recommended security updates for Adobe Reader as they become available.
