Re: Disappearing Palettes
Thanks, Stuart, now I remember Workspaces--and even a fairly recent discussion about the .fws and .cfws files--but couldn't put them together. I will set this up and hope I don't have to use it often. :-) Typically, running Windows under Parallels is no different, it's just more challenging for us Mac folks to figure out where stuff is (and why it doesn't work like a Mac). --Karen At 12:00 PM -0500 4/24/12, Stuart Rogers wrote: Karen, FM keeps track of your open palettes etc. in Workspace files with the extension .fws or .cfws. It sounds like something got fried in whichever .cfws file you last used. The best way to restore your palettes is to set up the interface the way you like it and then save it as a custom workspace. Then when things go haywire (or you've just managed to move everything around for various reasons), you can choose Reset from the workspace menu and everything will be restored. (Assuming the .cfws file is OK.) (The .fws and .cfws files are in the WorkSpaces folder within fminit; you may find more than one instance of the fminit folder; I'm not sure how Parallels, Macs, etc. work this out.) HTH, -- Stuart Rogers On 23/04/2012 3:04 PM, Karen Robbins wrote: Hello Framers, I use Frame 9 (9.0p255) in Windows 7 via Parallels 6 on a Mac. I keep many palettes on-screen in one or two floating blocks. This morning I opened an existing Frame document and all palettes were missing. Multiple attempts at opening a palette with a menu item (such as FormatCharacterDesigner) or key combo (such as CTRL+D) also failed. After several tries and restarts (both Windows and Frame), clicking through the menus did begin to reveal some of the palettes. I am not sure if all are directly accessible from menus. What might cause this to happen? Is the best way (only way?) to restore disappearing palettes simply to call all of them from menus again? thanks, Karen ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Disappearing Palettes
I've had similar problems with FM10. Sometimes the problem is that objects are appearing behind other objects (usually a document window, sometimes another pod) instead of coming to the front. Try resizing the document window or moving it around to see if there are things hiding behind it. Eventually I gave up on using floating windows and pods due to the many bugs. On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 12:04 PM, Karen Robbins karendes...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Framers, I use Frame 9 (9.0p255) in Windows 7 via Parallels 6 on a Mac. I keep many palettes on-screen in one or two floating blocks. This morning I opened an existing Frame document and all palettes were missing. Multiple attempts at opening a palette with a menu item (such as FormatCharacterDesigner) or key combo (such as CTRL+D) also failed. After several tries and restarts (both Windows and Frame), clicking through the menus did begin to reveal some of the palettes. I am not sure if all are directly accessible from menus. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Disappearing Palettes
On 23/04/2012 3:04 PM, Karen Robbins wrote: Hello Framers, I use Frame 9 (9.0p255) in Windows 7 via Parallels 6 on a Mac. I keep many palettes on-screen in one or two floating blocks. This morning I opened an existing Frame document and all palettes were missing. Multiple attempts at opening a palette with a menu item (such as FormatCharacterDesigner) or key combo (such as CTRL+D) also failed. After several tries and restarts (both Windows and Frame), clicking through the menus did begin to reveal some of the palettes. I am not sure if all are directly accessible from menus. What might cause this to happen? Is the best way (only way?) to restore disappearing palettes simply to call all of them from menus again? thanks, Karen Karen, FM keeps track of your open palettes etc. in Workspace files with the extension .fws or .cfws. It sounds like something got fried in whichever .cfws file you last used. The best way to restore your palettes is to set up the interface the way you like it and then save it as a custom workspace. Then when things go haywire (or you've just managed to move everything around for various reasons), you can choose Reset from the workspace menu and everything will be restored. (Assuming the .cfws file is OK.) (The .fws and .cfws files are in the WorkSpaces folder within fminit; you may find more than one instance of the fminit folder; I'm not sure how Parallels, Macs, etc. work this out.) HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
