Hi,
I've seen some strange behavior with VEE that has caused me a few problems. Here's what I'm seeing:
I have a VEE program that will spawn an external Java program to plot a series of control charts. The control charts are generated with the windows minimized. These charts also create a status file which VEE reads to determine if our system is in control. At this point, a message box is displayed and allows viewing the control charts.
Here's defect number 1: when I ask the control charts to tile, the VEE program re-sizes as well. I think this is a VEE bug, not Windows, as other programs do not exhibit this behavior.
Then, when I want to restore VEE to it's original size, I can't because a message box is awaiting a response. So, when a message box is up, VEE can't be maximized or have it's window changed. It's really bad when the dialog box is off screen, then you're effectively locked out of the program. This is defect number 2.
Has anyone seen this? How do you deal with it? I'd like Agilent to consider resolving these defects.
Thanks,
Steve Ortiz
I've seen some strange behavior with VEE that has caused me a few problems. Here's what I'm seeing:
I have a VEE program that will spawn an external Java program to plot a series of control charts. The control charts are generated with the windows minimized. These charts also create a status file which VEE reads to determine if our system is in control. At this point, a message box is displayed and allows viewing the control charts.
Here's defect number 1: when I ask the control charts to tile, the VEE program re-sizes as well. I think this is a VEE bug, not Windows, as other programs do not exhibit this behavior.
Then, when I want to restore VEE to it's original size, I can't because a message box is awaiting a response. So, when a message box is up, VEE can't be maximized or have it's window changed. It's really bad when the dialog box is off screen, then you're effectively locked out of the program. This is defect number 2.
Has anyone seen this? How do you deal with it? I'd like Agilent to consider resolving these defects.
Thanks,
Steve Ortiz
The first defect does seem to be a feature of Windows (both XP and Win7). Here's how to produce it: Open a window, for instance Internet Explorer, and maximize it. Then open two or more windows of a different type, like two instances of notepad. Minimize the two instances of notepad and these are grouped in the taskbar. Now, in the taskbar on Notepad select Cascade or Show windows stacked, or Show windows side by side. When you do this, the notepad windows get arranged according to your selection, but the Internet Explorer window will also change size.