Honestly? Don't maximize your windows. It's sad -- stupid even -- but
if you're going to use pop-dialog windows, you are better off not having
ANY windows maximized. I usually make my windows as large as they can
go without actually being maximized. It's a complete waste of screen
real estate. It's completely ignorant of good app design. But that's
the way it is. It's been this way since the birth of FileMaker.

I'm sure it's not an easy fix for FileMaker, Inc., as they are aware of
the problem and they still haven't fixed it after all this time. It is
indeed difficult to find many Windows applications that DO allow you to
have one maximized window and another un-maximizd window...but those
apps ARE out there.


Gert Kok wrote:
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Howard Schlossberg (818) 883-2846
FM Pro Solutions Los Angeles, California

FileMaker 7 Certified Developer
Associate Member, FileMaker Solutions Alliance

An elegant, but hacky, is to create a duplicate layout to the original,
but slap a box and text field on it for letter entry. A.k.a. you're
pretending to have a second window, but just using layout elements to
simulate it. You can make it real pretty that way.

Kevin