I've got a script that creates a new window for someone to enter a search criteria, and I set it to just be like a small pop-up window. However, when I'm viewing the main part of the database in full screen, it always switched to only a partially expanded view when I run the script with the new window.

Is there a way to get a new window to open up on top of a window and keep the bottom window in full screen viewing mode?

Thanks.

I have seen this mentioned in a number of posts and I think the answer is No you cannot keep the main window maximized - as soon as you open a new pop-up window the background window restores. There are a couple (probably many more) options. One is to make the back ground window as large as possible but without maximizing, This will of course leave a standard window border around it. Another possibility in your situation is to use a Custom Dialog box to get the search criteria and then script the search. This is a bit limited as you can only enter values into three fields but for many searches that is enough.

The best solution that I have seen so far is to Maximize the window, then Move/Resize Window, using Get(WindowHeight) and Get(WindowWidth) for the height and width before you open any new windows. Once a new window is closed, Maximize the main window again.

This has recently been discussed on the FSA TechTalk list, but by my reading the results were inconclusive because this does not prevent the window from becoming un-maximised and displaying window title and scroll bars. It does stop the window from significantly changing size though.

So the answer is still "there is no way to have a mixture or maximised and un-maximised windows."