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Leave parent window restored when opening new window


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How do I leave a parent window restored (full-screen) when opening new window? Now when opening a new window with a small size, the parent window changes to something smaller.... You would have to restore the window once you close the current one...

I have a 'Record ID' that requires a value from a value list... But the value list is 3000+ items and is simply to slow. So I want a new window where a simple search is done, the data can be selected and OK can be clicked. But the parent window resizing makes the screen jump and it's confusing for the enduser. Why does this happen anyway?

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Opening new windows forces the current window to de-maximize. That's the way windows works on Windows. Only solution is scripting: custom menus are good for this.

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Any samples available? I now made a new layout with a as-you-type-search portal with a clickable result... Works nice.

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Can you get by with a simple Go to Layout...? No new window, just navigate away from the current layout and back to it.

I don't think you can have a maximized window and a non-maximized window on Windows. You could maximize all your windows on new window creation.

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That's what I did and it looks good... Same table with a portal. Portal has as-you-type filtering, very slick. The 'window' is just a png image in the back ground, not an actual window.

No more endless value list that takie a million years to load.

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There are solutions around that make re-size the window to fit the application window and make it look maximized.

IMHO once users find how useful multiple windows are in FMP (if the solution is designed take advantage of them) they'll never use maximized windows again.

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