Did that placement obtain for every subsequent file, or would each file remember its own local placement?
Your description does indeed ring a bell. From: Tim Mansour <[email protected]> Reply-To: FileMaker Pro Discussions <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 22:35:18 -0700 To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Window Placement FM Server 5.5 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 don¹t 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 > content¹ 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 don¹t 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]> 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 won¹t 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 ³go to Layout X² command and in that script insert a ³Move/Resize > Window² step. That step doesn¹t offer an explicit ³center on the screen² > command, which is what you really want, but it does allow you to specify > window height, width and upper-left corner position.
