Peter Holmes
Western Australia [HOLMES (Witham on the Hill, Pinchbeck, Donington and then Leicestershire), DAVISON (Donington), CRAGG (Leicestershire & Nottinghamshire), RYLOTT & WITHERINGTON (Gosberton, Gosberton Clough)] [Villages are in Lincolnshire] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian > Sent: Thursday, 26 January 2006 12:35 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy freezes > > I've heard of this too and it is a Windows error, doesn't happen often. > Sometimes Windows will mess up the coordinates of where a window is > supposed to be and assign values that are outside the boundaries of the > screen. It effectively tries to paint the window in an area your monitor > cannot display. If that "window" gets the focus in Windows it can appear > that any program has frozen. Especially bad if the missing window will > not give up the focus when you click on the windows you can see, all you > get is a BEEP. Because Legacy uses so many windows when operating it may > be more prone than most programs to this effect. > > Dave's Alt-Space is a windows keyboard shortcut that brings up a menu > for the current window (i.e. the one that has Windows focus) if you hit > alt space then M you will invoke the move command. The difficulty is we > have no idea where this missing screen is in relation to the monitor > display space. So moving the screen to make it visible is a hit-or-miss > affair. > > I don't know if this would work but "alt-space x" Maximizes a screen and > might get windows to correct its coordinates when it redraws the screen > to fill the monitor, it might just make the missing screen bigger in > place. One thing it will do is make it easier to see as we blindly move > the screen up down left and right in the off-monitor hyperspace. I just > wish there was a window command to centre the window. That would force > Windows to recalculate the location and bring it back on-screen. Another > windows keyboard shortcut is Alt-F4 to close the active window. When we > have apparent lock-ups when a new window is supposed to have opened that > might be something to try. If the window did open but is not on screen > closing it should return the focus to the Legacy screen that called it > and normal operation can resume. Next time we try to open the same > window the coordinates will "probably" be in the on-screen space. > > Brian > Customer Support > Millennia Corporation > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > > We are changing the world of genealogy! > > When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. > Thanks. > > > > LegacySupport wrote: > > >Dave, > > > >Do you have dual monitors?? This is the first I've heard of the window off > >to the side. Generally a complete uninstall and reinstall solves the > >problem. Maybe Liz could try deleting the Legacy2.usr file from the main > >Legacy folder and then seeing if that solves the problem - would you do that > >please Liz? > > > >Thanks for using Legacy. > > > >Sherry > >Customer Support > >Millennia Corporation > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > > > >We are changing the world of genealogy! > > > >When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. > >Thanks. > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave > >Naylor > >Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:14 PM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy freezes > > > >On 25 Jan 2006 Liz Bray wrote: > > > > > > > >>When I click on the Names List icon the program freezes, and I can't > >>exit from it. I have downloaded the latest upgrade, and it is still > >>happening. Has anyone else had this problem and if so is there a > >>solution? > >> > >> > > > >I recently had a problem with Legacy apparently freezing and the problem > >(solved by Ken McGinnis) was a window that was off-screen. > > > >So what could be happening is that your Name List window is opening > >off-screen and taking the focus away from the windows that you see. > > > >Try this . . . click on the Name List icon, then hold down the Alt key and > >press the space bar. If a menu appears click on Move and use the cursor > >keys to bring the Name List window back onto your screen. > >If a menu doesn't appear, press the M key and see if your mouse pointer > >changes to a 4-pointed cross. If so then use the cursor keys to bring the > >Name List back onto your screen. > > > >If this doesn't work . . . . well we tried! > > > >Cheers, -- Dave N. > > > >Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > > >To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail- > archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > > >To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail- > archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
