Thanks Tim, running MSC, and repairing the structure, fixed the problem
On Mon, 09 Jul 2018 19:32:34 -0500, Tim Nevels via 4D_Tech wrote: > On Jul 9, 2018, at 6:24 PM, Chip Scheide wrote: > >> when (re)opening a database all windows previously opened in the design >> environment are closed. >> what did I do, and how do I get 4D to leave all the design windows open? > > > Hi Chip, > > I can think of 3 things: > > 1) Remember that if the Option key is down when you are entering > Design ― however you cause that to happen ― will open with no > windows. This was a very long-time-ago fix for when you had a corrupt > method or form open. Going into Design it would try to open the > corrupt method or form and that would cause 4D to crash. So to get > around this you held down the Option key so that you could get into > Design and not crash. Then, if you were lucky, you could delete the > corrupted item and continue life. > > Classic example: You have an invisible button on a form that has the > “Standard Action” of “Design”. You assign a keyboard shortcut to > the button of "Command-Option-Y". So to drop into Design when the > form is displayed you just press Command-Option-Y. Notice that option > key. > > I had to change the shortcut on my 4D applications to Command-Shift-Y > to avoid the problem of no windows open in Design. I couldn’t press > Command-Option-Y and release the Option key before it got to Design > and closed all my previously opened windows. > > 2) 4D stores in the .4DB file the open windows and their location in > Design for each 4D user. They are not stored in a “prefs” text > files on disk somewhere. I know this because I work on a project with > multiple developers and we all connect to 4D Server with our own 4D > user account. Everyone gets their Design environment open windows > preserved when doing 4D Server Team Developer work. If I get a copy > of the .4DB file and put it to my local machine and open it and drop > into Design, all my windows reappear. > > So it could be structure file damage. Maybe MSC repair on the > structure file will fix the problem. > > 3) If you crash, or something goes wrong when you quit 4D, it will > not save the open window in Design information. > > Tim > > Tim Nevels > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Innovative Solutions > 785-749-3444 > > > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:[email protected] > ********************************************************************** --------------- Gas is for washing parts Alcohol is for drinkin' Nitromethane is for racing ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
