Adjust window issue...

[Deep Thought II]

hi all... when i use the "Adjust Window" script step, it adjusts all opened windows within Filemaker.

is it a way to make it adjust only the active window? thanks...

[raymanj]

Well this script step, for me, only affects the front most window. I am doing this on Mac OSX 10.3 Filemaker v7.2

I have never seen, what you said, before. I don't see how you could be doing it wrong too. It may be a bug or a corrupted file. I really don't know what is going on though.

[Paulr81755]

I have encountered the same problem. I am waiting to see if anyone has a solution.

[KurtW]

I am on XP and have never had this happen. I don't have FM near me right now, so I may use the wrong term or script step name, but there are steps that allow you to first make a specific window active.

Make sure you name all your windows and you can return focus to them in a script via their name.

Again, sorry, I am not near FM now so can't be more specific. Will try later.

Kurt

[Deep Thought II]

hmm i'll try that~ thanks

[ctls]

Yeah, when you choose Adjust Window[], you can specify "Current Window" or give a "Window Name".

I guess you would have figured that out by now.

[ctls]

Oops, its actually Move/Resize Window[] which gives that option. Sorry about that.

[Brewser]

I am having problems with this as well. If the user sets the screen to full screen. I have a script that opens another window and as soon as you open the window in the script the main window will become a window instead of full screen. I can't figure out a way around this. I want the screen to stay full screen if the user want it that way.

[Deep Thought II]

yes... that's exactly the same thing happening to me. if u have a background window at maximize, a newly opened window using Adjust or Move/Resize script will adjust/resize every window opened!

Any workarounds?

[MoonShadow]

DeepThought said... when i use the "Adjust Window" script step, it adjusts all opened windows

Adjust Window needs to have a Window selected first. It will work on the selected window. But even if selected, it will not remain Maximized.

Brewser said... user sets the screen to full screen. I have a script that opens another window and as soon as you open the window in the script the main window will become a window instead of full screen.

Give up Maximizing your windows if you plan to using multiple windows; because, once a window has been created (or subsequently placed) in an unmaximized state, all windows will fall into the same state.

I suggest instead that you 'manually' maximize your windows to take full advantage of the window area (you will still lose some real estate) but it eliminates all of the window-handling problems. I have a 'Full-Window' script which sets all windows full accordingly.

Something like:

Move/Resize:

Height - Get ( WindowDesktopHeight ) - 4

Width - Get ( WindowDesktopWidth ) - 4

Distance from Top and Left both at 0

I then select and move/resize (after creating a new Window) subsequent windows. You can not mix Maximized windows and windowing. Strange as it sounds.

[Deep Thought II]

thanks for pointing this out... although i have no idea why it will make the maximized window fall into a different state, but a simple script should be able to go around this :-)