02-19-2015 06:31 PM
When opening a vi from the "File" pull down menu in LabVIEW. The open file dialog box opens in full screen mode only. There is no minimize button or restore down button just like other windows open dialog boxes so far so good. However, when I open Microsoft Wordn then opena file, the dialog box opens, I can grab the edges of the window and resize at will, grab the window then move it anywhere on the screen. With LabVIEW the size is fixed full screen, cannot be moved or resized, this also occurs when running a VI and the user has to select a file input, fullscreen only. If the user or programmer has other windows open and needs to see something before chosing a file, you have to close the window write down what you need and then start the process over again, especially when debugging an application. Grabbing the entire screen with an application hindering all other operations is troublesome, The attachment shows a typical LabVIEW open file dialog box which consumes the entire screen everytime all the time.
02-19-2015 06:42 PM
Double-click in the title bar area, you must have done that at some point to get it into full-screen mode.
02-19-2015 08:25 PM
This is not a new idea for how to improve LabVIEW, but a regular support type of question.
I'll ask the moderator to move it to the LabVIEW forum.
02-20-2015 04:50 PM
This isn't even a LabVIEW question. It's a Windows API question. I'm pretty sure it's just a standard windows file dialog box doing exactly what standard dialog boxes do. (For isntance, download the very picture you posted and you'll find it's the same box.)
05-27-2015 08:15 AM
One reply giving a helpful answer (which just helped me) and two unnecessary critical posts. Thanks for the explanation, it hadn't occurred to me since I didn't intentionally maximise the window.
05-27-2015 09:49 AM
While I agree that one post was more directly helpful, I fail to see how the other posts were critical. The two others correctly identified it as not a LabVIEW problem, one of those two redirected your post to a place more appropriate.
05-27-2015 11:21 AM
OK, I was a bit hasty. The thanks stand. Can't see how to edit the post, please consider the rest withdrawn.
05-27-2015 11:25 AM
MalcolmBebb@Honeywell wrote:
OK, I was a bit hasty. The thanks stand. Can't see how to edit the post, please consider the rest withdrawn.
It's okay - we all get like that at some time or other. I dread reading my posting history for that reason. 😉
I'm just glad you got exactly the help you needed.