Re: techwr-l digest: June 01, 2005

["C L" <cll01821 -at- lycos -dot- com>]

This is such a great list.

Thanks very much to Brian and Dick. Right-clicking Cascade Windows on 
the task bar solved both problems.

Bonnie, thanks for your suggestion, too. In this particular case, 
moving things out of the way did not reveal the missing dialog box 
and window.

Whew. I was beginning to think it was a virus.

Carol

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> Subject: Invisible dialog box in PhotoShop and preview window in
> From: "C L" <cll01821 -at- lycos -dot- com>
> Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 17:07:00 -0500
> X-Message-Number: 62
> 
>   RoboHelp X5
> X-Originating-Ip: 63.160.90.53
> X-Originating-Server: ws7-4.us4.outblaze.com
> Message-Id: <20050601220700 -dot- 092F5CA095 -at- ws7-4 -dot- us4 -dot- outblaze -dot- com>
> 
> Hi.
> 
> Has anyone encountered this odd problem? I'm running Windows XP SP2, PhotoS=
> hop 7.01, and RoboHelp X5 SP2. Dual-monitor setup with laptop as the primar=
> y machine and the desktop extended onto the second monitor.
> 
> In PhotoShop, I select an image and then click Image Size on the menu bar. =
> The dialog box never appears. If I try to do anything else, the laptop beep=
> s at me, as if the dialog box is open somewhere, but invisible to me. I can=
>   press Enter to "make the dialog box go away" so that I can close the appli=
> cation properly, but that doesn't explain why the dialog box is invisible. =
> I can see every other dialog box in the application.=20
> 
> Then, in RoboHelp, I tried to preview a topic by clicking the Preview butto=
> n and by right-clicking in the topic and then clicking Preview. The preview=
>   window never opens. Again, it acts as thought the window is open somewhere=
>   in desktop cyberspace.
> 
> This is what I've done: Restarted the laptop, reconfigured the Desktop to r=
> un only on the laptop, reset display settings to all the defaults, turned o=
> ff the Firewall, turned off Popup stopper, run Ad-aware, uninstalled and re=
> installed PhotoShop, reinstalled RoboHelp X5 SP2, uninstalled Snag-It (whic=
> h I installed last week), and uninstalled a few other programs.
> 
> I have not "repaired XP".
> 
> Have any of you ever run into this very odd situation?=20
> 
> Many thanks.
> 
> ______________
> Carol Levine
> 
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> 
> Subject: Re: Invisible dialog box in PhotoShop and preview window in
> From: Bryan Sherman <bsherm -at- gmail -dot- com>
> Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 22:29:08 -0400
> X-Message-Number: 63
> 
> I don't have my XP machine handy, but with the dialog box missing:
> 
> 1. right click in the empty grey area of the task bar.
> 2. Select "Cascade Windows" (the option may be different in XP).
> 
> This usually happens when Windows maps a window (in this case dialog
> box) in an extended area of the screen. This should force the dialog
> box back in the viewable screen.
> 
> HTH
> 
> On 6/1/05, C L <cll01821 -at- lycos -dot- com> wrote:
> > In PhotoShop, I select an image and then click Image Size on the menu bar=
> . The dialog box never appears. If I try to do anything else, the laptop be=
> eps at me, as if the dialog box is open somewhere, but invisible to me. I c=
> an press Enter to "make the dialog box go away" so that I can close the app=
> lication properly, but that doesn't explain why the dialog box is invisible=
> . I can see every other dialog box in the application.
> > =20
> > Then, in RoboHelp, I tried to preview a topic by clicking the Preview but=
> ton and by right-clicking in the topic and then clicking Preview. The previ=
> ew window never opens. Again, it acts as thought the window is open somewhe=
> re in desktop cyberspace.
> 


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