[slinkelist] Windows staying where you put them

Keith keith.chandler@bigfoot.com
Tue, 26 Oct 1999 07:20:04 -0500


    That answers my question fully, I will just have to be patient and wait  :-|
Colby, you must be a *very* busy guy.  Thank you.

Keith

Colby Boles wrote:

> CDJ does persist a number of window states. Some windows use docking window
> class code that I didn't write however. The sizing of these windows is
> "path dependent" and can't simply be recreated by recalling some rectangle
> sizes from the registry. Eventually I may dump these and solve the problem
> in the process. For now, CDJ *does* remember the size of these windows, but
> you must leave them in their preferred initial docking positions.
>
> Colby
>
> At 09:00 PM 10/25/99 -0400, Dave Kolb wrote:
> >Actually none of the window positions are handled by the OS per se. The app
> >just typically uses the registry to remember it's position on the screen and
> >can also remember it's internal windows state and resets those values when
> >restarting later. Unfortunately there is no external utility I can post that
> >can do this for an app that does not do it for itslef.
> >
> >Dave
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Keith <keith.chandler@bigfoot.com>
> >To: Dave Kolb <davekolb@email.msn.com>
> >Cc: slinkelist@nirvis.com <slinkelist@nirvis.com>
> >Date: Monday, October 25, 1999 8:06 PM
> >Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Windows staying where you put them
> >
> >
> > >Yes please.
> > >
> > >But these are the windows inside of the CDJ window, so I don't know if they
> > >are handled the same way by the OS in the Reg, or if this is something
> > >handled by CDJ itself.
> > >
> > >Keith
> > >
> > >Dave Kolb wrote:
> > >
> > >> Most Windows apps serialize their window position, size and state in the
> > >> registry. I can send code if anyone needs it.
> > >>
> > >> Dave
> > >>
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: Keith <keith.chandler@bigfoot.com>
> > >> To: slinkelist@nirvis.com <slinkelist@nirvis.com>
> > >> Date: Monday, October 25, 1999 5:35 PM
> > >> Subject: [slinkelist] Windows staying where you put them
> > >>
> > >> >    Is there a way to make window positions stick in CDJ?
> > >> >
> > >> >For instance, I move the player window under the playlist, and over the
> > >> >picture and it snaps into place and is great.  When I close CDJ and
> > >> >start it again, my window position is lost.  Am I missing an option?  or
> > >> >is that just they way it has to be?
> > >> >
> > >> >Thank you.
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
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