Windows: New window adjusts old window

[David Jondreau]

I'm trying to call up a floating window for a cross platform solution. A simple New Window, Pause, Close Window when users selects a Continue button.

It's fine on a Mac where non-maximized windows are the norm, but on a Windows (via Parallels) it seems that a the New Window script step "Adjusts" the original window and resizes it.

I'm not familiar with Windows' window management. Am I barking up the wrong tree here or can I get a floating window over a maximized window in Windows?

[David Jondreau]

And to clarify...

I like floating windows for two reasons:

One it gives the user a sense that the place they're in is temporary and once they click Continue or Cancel, they'll be back where they started from.

And two, it's a simple way of preserving the tab panel.

[comment]

See if this helps:

http://www.fmforums.com/forum/showpost.php?post/179233/

[Vaughan]

Window management with FileMaker has never been cross-platform consistent. Basically, in WindOS, all windows must be maximised, otherwise all windows must be restored. So it's not possible to have a little window floating over a maximised window.

The work-arounds are to: 1) never have floating windows and keep all windows maximised; or 2) never have maximised windows but make them *look* maximised by sizing them to fill the available application window space (but they'll still have their own title bars).

Yes, it sucks.

[Mikhail Edoshin]

To me the best solution is not to use maximized windows under Windows. I normally make my main window slightly smaller than the available screen space (about 50 pixels less at both dimensions). This makes it simple to open and manipulate multiple windows.

[David Jondreau]

Thanks all. There seems to be consensus that this is the best way to do it. Don't think I like it, but that's why I use an  :wink2: