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 > > > > > 084 224 15 11 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Op dit document zijn van toepassing de Algemene Voorwaarden > > > > > van ProPenta. > > > > > http://www.propenta.nl/AlgemeneVoorwaardenProPenta.pdf > > > > > > > > > > [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/gif which > > > > > had a name of logo_email.gif] > > > > > > > > > > [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/gif which > > > > > had a name of homeicon.gif] > > > > > > > > > > [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/gif which > > > > > had a name of emailicon.gif] > > > > > > > > > > [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/gif which > > > > > had a name of callicon.gif] > > > > > > > > > > [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/gif which > > > > > had a name of faxicon.gif] > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > VNC-List mailing list > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > To remove yourself from the list visit: > > > > > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [email protected] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
