Size of dialogue boxes

[Inky Phil]

I have only just noticed that a custom dialogue box can be dragged to a size other than what I thought was 'standard'

This has now thrown me a bit cos I want to use the increased space that is available to me but I am confused because I do not know what will happen to my other dialogue boxes. Will they adopt the new size that I have pulled out in the last message.

I have done a test and another new one does but an old one doesn't seem to.

Can anyone fill me in as to what is the norm re size of custom dialogue boxes?

Phil

[Matt Haughton]

I believe the size/position of dialog boxes are stored in the FM prefs on your local machine, so if you resize the custom dialog box this will be stored in YOUR prefs and not in the script or anywhere in the FM file.

These can be reset from the General Tab in FileMaker Preferences window.

This means that the size/position of a custom dialog displayed by a script is controlled by the size/position of the last custom dialog the user had open, if they've been messing about with the size/pos then all future custom dialogs will be that way.

I believe that's the functionality anyway

[Inky Phil]

Hi Matt. My trials had led me to those conclusions as well.

Thanks for getting back to me anyway.

Whereabouts in Lancs are you. I used to be proud to live in Lancashire until the powers that be decided that I now live in Merseyside. It was years before I changed my address. they managed to turn me into a Grumpy old man when I was in my mid twenties

Regards

Phil