Marcus,

Pressing F8 from a full-screen VNC Viewer, then selecting Minimize (either
using the mouse, or by pressing 'n') causes VNC Viewer to minimize.  This
*definitely* works.

Cheers,

Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marcus Moonen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: 25 October 2005 18:50
> To: James Weatherall
> Subject: Re: F8 loss after minimizing using iconcorral
> 
> > Marcus,
> 
> Dear James,
> 
> >
> > There are a number of ways to leave VNC Viewer's full-screen mode,
> depending
> > upon how it is configured.  Normally, one would un-tick the 
> Full-screen
> > option on the F8 menu, or select one of the Minimize or Maximize or
> Restore
> > options from that menu in order to minimize or maximize it 
> directly, or to
> > restore it to non-fullscreen mode.
> >
> > Alternatively if the "Send special keys directly to server" 
> option is not
> > ticked then you can use Alt-Tab, the Windows key, or 
> Ctrl-Esc to move
> focus
> > away from VNC Viewer.
> 
> Indeed this was possible in previous versions of VNC, but 
> does not work with
> the
> latest version (4.1.1). I've tried all options you mentioned.
> 
> >
> > The most obvious reason why F8 would not work after 
> restoring VNC Viewer
> to
> > full-screen mode from IconCorral is simply that IconCorral 
> has not given
> VNC
> > Viewer the keyboard focus.  You should find that clicking the mouse
> > somewhere will cause VNC Viewer to regain focus and the F8 
> menu to be
> > accessible again.
> 
> This is also an option I had thought about, but alas, this 
> too, does not
> work.
> Minimizing the VNC viewer with IconCorral seems to be more 
> destructive than
> initially seems.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Marcus Moonen
> ProPenta
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Marcus Moonen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Sent: 22 October 2005 11:54
> > > To: James Weatherall
> > > Subject: Re: F8 loss after minimizing using iconcorral
> > >
> > > Dear Wez,
> > >
> > > I thought I was clear about the problem. I obviously am mistaken.
> > > The only way to get out of a fullscreen VNC viewer is using F8,
> > > or killing the viewer by way of the VNC server 
> (disconnect clients).
> > > Only, since I use IconCorral and need to minimize my 
> viewer sometimes
> > > (which requires me to first get out of fullscreen, something
> > > that wasn't
> > > necessary in an earlier VNC version), when I restore the 
> VNC viewer
> > > and go into fullscreen, the F8 menu is no longer 
> available. Somehow
> > > minimizing the viewer with IconCorral causes loss of the F8 menu.
> > >
> > > I hope I have been clear.
> > >
> > > With regards,
> > >
> > > Marcus Moonen
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: "James Weatherall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: "'Marcus Moonen'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; 
> <[email protected]>
> > > Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 3:55 PM
> > > Subject: RE: F8 loss after minimizing using iconcorral
> > >
> > >
> > > > Marcus,
> > > >
> > > > Can you explain what you mean?  You start off talking about
> > > a problem when
> > > > minimizing VNC Viewer, then change to talking about a
> > > full-screen VNC
> > > > Viewer.  Can you explain precisely what it is that you are
> > > doing, and what
> > > > the problem behaviour is that you see?
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Wez @ RealVNC Ltd.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marcus Moonen
> > > > > Sent: 21 October 2005 12:52
> > > > > To: [email protected]
> > > > > Subject: F8 loss after minimizing using iconcorral
> > > > >
> > > > >       Hello,
> > > > >
> > > > >       I'm experiencing the following problem:
> > > > >
> > > > >       When using VNC free edition 4.1.1 on Windows 
> 2000 systems,
> > > > >       there is a loss of the F8 (or whatever other F-key the
> > > > > option menu
> > > > >       is mapped to) menu, after minimizing the VNC 
> viewer using
> > > > >       IconCorral 2.0. F8 works fine when minimizing without
> > > > > IconCorral,
> > > > >       but with IconCorral there is no way to get out of
> > > > > fullscreen without
> > > > >       killing the viewers from the server context menu.
> > > > >
> > > > >       Is there a way to fix this? I want to keep using
> > > > > IconCorral to avoid
> > > > >       cluttering up my taskbar.
> > > > >
> > > > >       With regards,
> > > > >
> > > > >       Marcus Moonen
> > > > >       ProPenta
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >       http://www.propenta.com
> > > > >       [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > >       024 322 67 01 / 06 24 90 44 38
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> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Op dit document zijn van toepassing de Algemene Voorwaarden
> > > > > van ProPenta.
> > > > > http://www.propenta.nl/AlgemeneVoorwaardenProPenta.pdf
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