Re: Resetting The Explorer Window - Tip

[Sujit Shah via 4D_Tech]

Thanks Allan

You are a wizard!

How on earth one is supposed to know this?

:-)



On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 2:20 AM, Douglas von Roeder via 4D_Tech <
4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote:

> Allan:
>
> Thank you for passing this along.
>
> It's very helpful.
>
> --
> Douglas von Roeder
> 949-336-2902
>
> On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 8:32 PM, Allan Udy via 4D_Tech <
> 4d_tech@lists.4d.com
> > wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Here's a quick tip if you suddenly loose the buttons at the bottom of
> your
> > Explorer window, as I did this afternoon -- I couldn't view method
> > Comments  (no Preview/Comments button), nor could I Add [+] or Delete [-]
> > methods etc -- those options were just not available to me.
> >
> > What to do when your development environment goes belly up... and when a
> > computer restart, software restart, and software reinstall don't solve
> the
> > problem?
> >
> > 1. Close the Explorer window
> >
> > 2. Hold the Shift key down, and
> >
> > 3. Select the menu item:   Design >  Explorer >  Methods
> >
> > This has the effect of 'resetting' the size and location of the Explorer
> > window, and thankfully, making the buttons at the bottom of the screen
> > 'magically' reappear.
> >
> > Spent over half an hour trying to find any info about this, and trying to
> > work out where my buttons and options had disappeared to.  Found the
> > solution above by luck, although you could say it was found because of
> > nearly thirty years of experience ;-)
> >
> > Hope this helps someone else sometime.  Still don't know where my buttons
> > went, or why
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Allan Udy
> >
> > Golden Micro Solutions Ltd, Blenheim, New Zealand
> > http://www.golden.co.nz
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Allan Udy
> >
> > Golden Micro Solutions Ltd, Blenheim, New Zealand
> > http://www.golden.co.nz
> >
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Re: Resetting The Explorer Window - Tip

[Douglas von Roeder via 4D_Tech]

Allan:

Thank you for passing this along.

It's very helpful.

--
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949-336-2902

On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 8:32 PM, Allan Udy via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com
> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Here's a quick tip if you suddenly loose the buttons at the bottom of your
> Explorer window, as I did this afternoon -- I couldn't view method
> Comments  (no Preview/Comments button), nor could I Add [+] or Delete [-]
> methods etc -- those options were just not available to me.
>
> What to do when your development environment goes belly up... and when a
> computer restart, software restart, and software reinstall don't solve the
> problem?
>
> 1. Close the Explorer window
>
> 2. Hold the Shift key down, and
>
> 3. Select the menu item:   Design >  Explorer >  Methods
>
> This has the effect of 'resetting' the size and location of the Explorer
> window, and thankfully, making the buttons at the bottom of the screen
> 'magically' reappear.
>
> Spent over half an hour trying to find any info about this, and trying to
> work out where my buttons and options had disappeared to.  Found the
> solution above by luck, although you could say it was found because of
> nearly thirty years of experience ;-)
>
> Hope this helps someone else sometime.  Still don't know where my buttons
> went, or why
>
> Cheers,
> Allan Udy
>
> Golden Micro Solutions Ltd, Blenheim, New Zealand
> http://www.golden.co.nz
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Cheers,
> Allan Udy
>
> Golden Micro Solutions Ltd, Blenheim, New Zealand
> http://www.golden.co.nz
>
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Re: Resetting The Explorer Window - Tip

[Ken Daniel via 4D_Tech]

Allan, thanks for the tip. It helped me. Ken

On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 11:32 PM, Allan Udy via 4D_Tech <
4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Here's a quick tip if you suddenly loose the buttons at the bottom of your
> Explorer window, as I did this afternoon -- I couldn't view method
> Comments  (no Preview/Comments button), nor could I Add [+] or Delete [-]
> methods etc -- those options were just not available to me.
>
> What to do when your development environment goes belly up... and when a
> computer restart, software restart, and software reinstall don't solve the
> problem?
>
> 1. Close the Explorer window
>
> 2. Hold the Shift key down, and
>
> 3. Select the menu item:   Design >  Explorer >  Methods
>
> This has the effect of 'resetting' the size and location of the Explorer
> window, and thankfully, making the buttons at the bottom of the screen
> 'magically' reappear.
>
> Spent over half an hour trying to find any info about this, and trying to
> work out where my buttons and options had disappeared to.  Found the
> solution above by luck, although you could say it was found because of
> nearly thirty years of experience ;-)
>
> Hope this helps someone else sometime.  Still don't know where my buttons
> went, or why
>
> Cheers,
> Allan Udy
>
> Golden Micro Solutions Ltd, Blenheim, New Zealand
> http://www.golden.co.nz
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Cheers,
> Allan Udy
>
> Golden Micro Solutions Ltd, Blenheim, New Zealand
> http://www.golden.co.nz
>
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