Hi All,
I am using FMP7 under Windows and I have a need to press a script button and
open a new (second) window on top of the existing layout
1. I want to keep the initial layout visible and Maximised
2. The second window comes from a related record and is much smaller and
sits on top
I am having trouble using Related Record and New Window scripts to achieve
this - I keep getting the second window opening on top of a reduced initial
layout - What am I doing wrong

Regards Ron H.

Ron H. wrote on (8/31/2005):

This frustrated the bejeebers out of me as well, until I stumbled on the
idea that my initial layout had to be as large as possible without
actually being maximized.

Tips:

Create a development script to set global fields with the window's
coordinates (top, left, height, width). This allows you to play with the
size: drag to desired size and position and execute script until you get
it where you want it.

Make another script to position the window on startup, perhaps at various
other points just to make it's where you want it.

Matt

I would duplicate the layout1, make all fields non modifiable, and draw
on it a simili layout that would look like the layout2;
Remi-Noel

"Ron H." <ronald_h70 (AT) hotttmail (DOT) commm> a écrit

Given the multiple-window capability, why would you would go to that
length to fake it?

This doesn't even consider the effort necessary to maintain such a thing
if you want to change the original layout, requiring the secondary to be
redone as well.

Matt

Remi-Noel Menegaux wrote on (8/31/2005):

Try:

Set Window Title [Current Window; New Title: "Old Window"]
New Window [Name: "New Window", Height xx Width xx Top x Left x]
Go to Layout ["New Layout"]
Move/Resize Window [Name: "Old Window"; Height: 2000; Width: Width
1000; Top: 0; Left; 0]
Select Window [Name: "New Window"]

Also you can get good measurements for the new window by going to the
layout for the old window and making a test box of the size and
location for the new window. The Object Size option under the View
menu will tell you the info you need in pixels (click the measurement
units until you get to px).

-G

Try:

Set Window Title [Current Window; New Title: "Old Window"]
New Window [Name: "New Window", Height xx Width xx Top x Left x]
Go to Layout ["New Layout"]
Move/Resize Window [Name: "Old Window"; Height: 2000; Width: Width
1000; Top: 0; Left; 0]
Select Window [Name: "New Window"]

Also you can get good measurements for the new window by going to the
layout for the old window and making a test box of the size and
location for the new window. The Object Size option under the View
menu will tell you the info you need in pixels (click the measurement
units until you get to px).

-G

Unfortunately what you're describing is a Windows "feature". The
easiest way to get around this, on startup maximize your window then
use the Move/Resize Window command and set the Height to Get (
WindowHeight ) - 1. Do the same thing for the width.
Your window will be almost maximized but you won't have any more issues
with it just resizing on you for no reason.

FP wrote on (8/31/2005):

I like the simplicity of it, as well as eliminating the need to store
coordinates, but there is a very noticable double jump in the window,
first to maximize, another upon resize.

I don't see such a jump if I use a single Adjust Window step to the four
coordinates previously stored.

Matt

Matt Wills wrote:
One of the options in Adsjust Window is Resize to Fit which appears to
do this without the need to store coordinates.

--
Dan
Using
FMP7.03, WinXP SP2

Dan wrote on (9/1/2005):

That would work for the size, but you might still want to control the
position.

Matt