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Re: Common Dialog Function

From	"Bob Butler" <bob_butler@cox.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.basic.visual.misc
Subject	Re: Common Dialog Function
Date	2012-03-13 15:54 -0700
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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"Mike Williams" <Mike@WhiskyAndCoke.com> wrote in message 
news:jjoaqo$t2n$1@dont-email.me...
> "Bob Butler" <bob_butler@cox.invalid> wrote in message 
> news:jjo2ss$brr$1@dont-email.me...
>>
>> I have the same issue with 1 app on a Vista box.  When it opens
>> the dialog box it is maximized but double-clicking the dialog box
>> title bar puts it back to normal.  Other apps using the same code
>> do not exhibit the problem  and the same exe doesn't do it on
>> other systems.  I've searched the registry and everywhere I can
>> think of with no luck.  I've learned to live with it.
>
> Hmm . . . that's quite interesting. I've never actually noticed it before 
> but it seems that Windows remembers the most recent window state (and the 
> size) of file dialogs on a program by program basis and that the memory 
> persists between restarts, so it must be in the registry somewehere. I 
> haven't looked for it yet but I'm sure it must be there somewhere. Perhaps 
> the entry has become corrupt for the specific program you are talking 
> about?

That's been my assumption but I haven't found it yet.  It's probably in some 
binary value somewhere.

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Common Dialog Function "Ivar" <ivar.ekstromer000@ntlworld.com> - 2012-03-13 15:26 +0000
  Re: Common Dialog Function "Mike Williams" <Mike@WhiskyAndCoke.com> - 2012-03-13 16:51 +0000
  Re: Common Dialog Function Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2012-03-13 16:58 +0000
    Re: Common Dialog Function Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2012-03-13 17:38 +0000
  Re: Common Dialog Function "Mike Williams" <Mike@WhiskyAndCoke.com> - 2012-03-13 17:41 +0000
    Re: Common Dialog Function "Bob Butler" <bob_butler@cox.invalid> - 2012-03-13 11:13 -0700
      Re: Common Dialog Function "Mike Williams" <Mike@WhiskyAndCoke.com> - 2012-03-13 20:31 +0000
        Re: Common Dialog Function "Bob Butler" <bob_butler@cox.invalid> - 2012-03-13 15:54 -0700
        Re: Common Dialog Function ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2012-03-13 19:01 -0500
        Re: Common Dialog Function Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2012-03-14 10:03 +0000
          Re: Common Dialog Function "Mike Williams" <Mike@WhiskyAndCoke.com> - 2012-03-14 11:07 +0000
            Re: Common Dialog Function "Mike Williams" <Mike@WhiskyAndCoke.com> - 2012-03-14 11:28 +0000
          Re: Common Dialog Function "Bob Butler" <bob_butler@cox.invalid> - 2012-03-14 05:51 -0700
            Re: Common Dialog Function "Mike Williams" <Mike@WhiskyAndCoke.com> - 2012-03-14 13:46 +0000
              Re: Common Dialog Function "Bob Butler" <bob_butler@cox.invalid> - 2012-03-14 07:23 -0700
                Re: Common Dialog Function "Mike Williams" <Mike@WhiskyAndCoke.com> - 2012-03-14 15:10 +0000
                Re: Common Dialog Function "Bob Butler" <bob_butler@cox.invalid> - 2012-03-14 11:20 -0700
                Re: Common Dialog Function "Mike Williams" <Mike@WhiskyAndCoke.com> - 2012-03-14 18:46 +0000
          Re: Common Dialog Function ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.net> - 2012-03-14 08:22 -0500
  Re: Common Dialog Function BeeJ <nospam@spamnot.com> - 2012-03-13 11:24 -0800
  Re: Common Dialog Function "Ivar" <ivar.ekstromer000@ntlworld.com> - 2012-03-13 21:53 +0000

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