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actionbrad3d
10-24-2005, 01:05 PM
Hi there all,

This is a long running bizarre and silly problem i have had with max and never figured out.

Sometimes I use max with a dual monitor setup. To free up visual/viewprot space i will move things to the second monitor, (i.e. layer manager, material editor, graph editor, even the "exit isolation mode " button. ) So all this works fine. Then , if for some reason that second monitor has to be taken away, anything i had put on that monitor in max stays there! Even though windows and every other program know the second monitor is gone, the only way for me to access any dialogue box / control panel i put on that other monitor in max, is to either reconnect the monitor and 'physically' get it - or - reinstall max.

I have tried resetting the startup layout, resetting custom.ui ect, but none of these things relate to this.

As I said , this is a very silly problem, but surely there is a easier way to retreive all these floating dialogue boxes in max without having to physically get them off the monitor.

sigh!

any helpful hints appreciated.
j-man
10-24-2005, 01:34 PM
Hi,

Yea, common problem. you can use the windows standard controls to move them. If was the material editor for example type:

M (to open it)
ALT
LEFT
DOWN
M
LEFT

then it should appear under your mouse.

I've been working on a script for this, you can try it if you like. It should move all of your windows onto the first monitor. Please let me know what you think.

J¬

www.joshuanewman.net/scripta/download/JN_reset_windows.zip (http://www.joshuanewman.net/scripta/download/JN_reset_windows.zip)
mynewcat
10-24-2005, 02:23 PM
Jman, that looks cool - I'll try it out next time I need it.

is there any chance you could add some functionality to manually save where window positions are? m,ax never seems to remember where a window was opened last as it doesnt save it properly.

Any chance of sorting that one out?
j-man
10-24-2005, 03:02 PM
Thanks < :

I could probably write an interface to allow you to save window positions and then recall them as you like.
There are a few windows that I'm missing at the moment, and I havn't had time to look for them (Is layers one of them?) all of the positions are a bit random at the moment but if you can see anything I'm missing let me know and I'll see about writing a windows position saver in a short while and include them also.

J.
actionbrad3d
10-30-2005, 12:13 AM
hey matey!

that command worked perfectly. once i did it, the missing windows appeared attatched to my cursor , and i could put them wherever i want. Very useful. thanks heaps mate.

By the way, you were talking about saving window positions - I assumed Max did this automaticly and that is what causes this very problem. Or do you mean something else?

thanks for your help!

Brad
actionbrad3d
11-10-2005, 10:39 PM
Aha! in fact, i just tried theat command again and it didnt work, but the script does work. if anyone else has that problem , the script works well.


cheers dudes. keep on truckin.
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