Hi Stuart Any specifics on the changes that should be made, or would they be obvious to one of my P++ conversant buddies?
Will On Mar 7, 2008, at 8:05 AM, Stuart Rogers wrote: > Whites wrote: >> Hello All >> Using FM 7.1/7,2 on Win XP sp2. >> I'm able to resize any dialog box in FM to any arbitrary size - >> even much larger or smaller than the active region within the >> dialog. (I'm not being very descriptive here.) Say the active >> region (entry fields, lists, etc) is 2 x 3. I can extend the >> dialog to some absurd size, say 7 x 9, leaving large ugly blank >> areas to the right and bottom of the active area. >> My recollection was that this did not happen back on FM5.5 on the >> Mac, but seems to be current standard misbehavior on the PC. This >> happens on two different PCs, one running 7.1 the other 7.2/ >> Just an aesthetic thing, but annoying. >> Can this be fixed in some configuration file? > > Hi Will, > > I can't speak for the situation on the Mac past or present, but > what you need to do on a PC is download ResourceHacker and make > permanent changes to FM's dialog boxes by modifying fmdlg.dll in > the fminit folder. > > http://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/ > > (You will, of course, remember to back up fmdlg.dll first, won't > you...) > > > -- > Stuart Rogers > Technical Communicator > Phoenix Geophysics Limited > Toronto, ON, Canada > +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 > > srogers phoenix-geophysics com > > I'll stop saying Microsoft is arrogant when > Windows stops saying "Welcome" and instead asks "May I?" > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ There's the right way and the wrong way. Then there's my way - which is like the wrong way, but faster. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
