[AccessD] 'Find' popup location

When you call up the Find dialog and it is off screen (or almost) then just hit Alt-Space and then the M key. That selects 'Move' from the dialog's system menu and you can then move the offending window by using the arrow keys. No need to run another program first.

Lambert

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From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Doug Steele
Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 12:12 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] 'Find' popup location

Thanks, Drew.  That's an interesting program.  It does work, but after I move the Find window, close Access and come back in, the Find window still jumps to the same place, almost out of sight at the top of the monitor.

I've been experimenting, and I think I found out the cause of this behaviour.  I'm working with dual monitors and the vertical resolution of the two monitors is different.  I suspect that Access can't handle this, and is trying to put the Find window in what would be the clear space at the top of the vertically shorter monitor.  If I change the alignment of the monitors in Display Properties/Settings so that the tops of the displays are aligned instead of the bottoms, the Find window then disappears at the bottom of the shorter monitor. The Find window works OK if I use the larger monitor for my code window.

Guess I'm just going to have to treat myself to a second big monitor!

Doug

On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Drew Wutka <DWUTKA at marlow.com> wrote:

> http://www.marlow.com/downloads/MoveWindows.exe
>
> Run that, and find the window for that pop-up.  (Run it when the popup
> is open).  You can move and resize the window with the left right top
> bottom settings.
>
> Kind of a crude program, but I created it for the exact problem you
> describe.  (Your Popup may be a child window under the Access window).
>
> Drew
>
>
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