Create a new smaller window & leave old window max

[laker_42]

I am creating a script that will pop up a new window so I can see something on another layout. I want it to leave the previous window maximized so I can go back to it after closing the new window but I can't get it to do it. I tried the following:

Maximize window

Freeze window

New Window (smaller size)

Go to layout

This doesn't seem to work. This is probably something very simple but I haven't come across it yet. This is my first project in FMP 7.

Thanks!

John

[Fitch]

That looks like it should work. Can you be more specific about your actual script, and also what you mean by "doesn't seem to work."

[RalphL]

Rather than Maximize try Move/Resize Window on both windows.

[laker_42]

Ok, here is the script that I tried:

Adjust window(Maximize)

Freeze Window

New windows(Name: New Window; Height:380;Width:683)

Go To Layout(new layout)

When the new window is created, the previous window is resized instead of staying maximized. I would like the previous window to stay maximized and have the new window just pop up. The user does their thing in the new window and after they close it, the previous window is still maximized for them. I have seen this done at the FMP roadshow I attended several months ago but I never asked how they did it in details.

I did try to use the Move/Resize step instead. It will work but the window does not look as clean or neat as if the window was maximized.

Thanks!

John

[Vaughan]

For FMP (all versions including 7) on Windows OS, either all the windows are miximised, or none of them are. You cannot have one window maximised and another non-maximised window floating above it.

In FMP6 and earlier I designed my solutions to run with all windows maximised all the time. With FMP 7's multiple window management features I now ensure that NO windows are maximised. I keep them all restored.

[laker_42]

Thanks for the response Vaughan. That's what I needed to know.

John