No need to open any dialogs.
FileMaker reopens a standalone file at the same size and location as when it was last closed. This then becomes the size and location for all users when the file is copied to a server. I used to size/position files top-left(ish) of screen before closing and deploying to the server, to cater for the range of screen sizes in use by our staff. -- Sent from mobile +61 405 500 846 On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 6:35 AM, Geoff Graham <[email protected]> wrote: > Richard I don’t think you had that command in 5.5. They used to have several > layouts with different sized graphics just so they could use the ‘size to > content’ command. > But this is in my memory: > Open the file locally with full access (no server) on both platforms. Make > the window the way you want it, and then go into define fields. You don’t > actually have to define a field, but you have to do enough to make FileMaker > save the window info into the file. > Does that ring a bell with anyone? > Geoff > From: FileMaker Pro Discussions [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Richard S. Russell > Sent: Monday, May 11, 2015 4:00 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Window Placement FM Server 5.5 > On 2015 May 11, at 14:16, Gary Scott > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > When using FMP Server V5.5 my windows appear on screen in various positions. > What controls where a window will appear? For example: > Open first data file and its window is in upper left corner of the screen. A > script in first data file opens a second data file. The window for the > second data file appears in the middle of the screen. > I would like all windows to appear in the middle of the screen. > OK, I know the following works on a Mac, but I won’t testify to its behavior > under Windows, which IMHO does bizarre things with its windows. > Howsomever, a little experimentation should enable you to zero in on the > desired behavior. > Script the “go to Layout X” command and in that script insert a “Move/Resize > Window” step. That step doesn’t offer an explicit “center on the screen” > command, which is what you really want, but it does allow you to specify > window height, width and upper-left corner position.
