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Leroy Casterline · Guest

I am running BDS2006 Update 2 on a dual monitor system. I have my
debug desktop set up to display a number of debug windows on my 2nd
monitor, while in my normal desktop I display the component palette
and structure viewer on the 2nd monitor (where I design my forms).

My primary monitor displays the editor with a pane docked to its left.
The pane contains the object inspector, project manager and Templates
pane. I use this setup in both normal and debug desktops. All this has
been working fine for months.

Starting yesterday, when I select the debug desktop from the
View/Desktops menu (or debug a project), the pane docked to the left
of my editor disappears and the editor expands horizontally to fill
the entire primary monitor. I have no idea what could have changed to
cause this behavior.

Once this has happened, I can manually select the debug desktop from
View/Desktops and my primary monitor setup is then displayed
correctly.

So, the bottom line is when I switch desktops from normal to debug,
whether automatically or manually, I see the misbehavior. If I then
select the debug desktop again it displays as it should. I have tried
resaving my debug desktop, restarting the IDE and rebooting to no
avail.

Can someone suggest what might be causing this?

au · Guest

On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 19:03:08 +0200, Leroy Casterline <casterle (AT) ccltd (DOT) com>
wrote:

I'm afraid I have no solution to this problem but I am experiencing
something similar.
The first time the IDE is switched to debug layout (automatically or
manually), it
doesn't show/hide all windows properly. When I select it again, it works.
Basically, I have to set a desktop layout twice for it to work. But for me
it's been
like this since the first day...

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Leroy Casterline · Guest

Bob Gosnell · Guest

As I always (since BCB5) experienced similar problems and even crashes using a
dual monitor and/or dual edit window setups, I gave up and use a huge primary
monitor for development. The second shows my application, but debugging is only
done on the primary one.

Leroy Casterline <casterle (AT) ccltd (DOT) com> wrote:

au · Guest

I should add that I only use 1 monitor.

What I think is happening is that BCB first sets the position (docking
locations) of
all windows, and THEN sets visibility. Obviously you can't position a
hidden window
so the first switch makes it visible, the second switch updates its
position.

Theory.