Can't See the Structure View Window

Petersen, Oran C oran.c.petersen at boeing.com
Tue Nov 13 07:51:56 PST 2007


-----Original Message-----
 We moved offices over the weekend, and I reconfigured my dual monitor
display a little bit. (Not sure if this is what's causing the problem,
but I just thought I'd mention it in case it's important....) Anyhoo, I
can't see the Structure View window anymore. When I click the icon, the
focus shifts off of the document window, but the Structure View window
is nowhere to be seen. I tried playing with the coordinates in the
maker.ini file, but either that's not the problem or I'm choosing the
wrong numbers. Any clues? I'm on FM 7.2, Windows XP Pro 2000 SP-2
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If you do not want to modify your .ini file, below is another
alternative to recover the Structure View.
1. Close all Frame sessions
2. Open a new session and file
3. Click the Structure View icon once (only)
(Important: Do not click anywhere else after)
4. Hit Alt+spacebar
5. Hit m
6. Hit any of the 4 arrow keys (this activates the mouse for a Windows
move
7. Without clicking or holding a button, move the mouse until you see
the View
8. Click to anchor it.
9. Save the Frame file (important)
You need to have the Structure View active to make this work. If after
you click the icon (Step 3) you then click on the Document Window (or
anywhere else) this will not work. You must then start over again from
Step 1. This is because you cannot make the Structure View active again
after it is opened except by clicking with the mouse, which of course
you can't do because you can't see it.

This technique also works starting from Step 4 for any other dialog box,
catalog, etc. that gets hidden. Very common when you use a laptop with
an external monitor and then take it into a presentation with a single
monitor.



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