Disappearing Window

[Ronald A. Southwick]

> Another thank you for sound advice, Dave.  I am confused by why 
> this should occur.  I did check the Save Window Positions originally 
> and did nothing to send the main window off to Never Never Land 
> beyond view of the Panorama shell (at least I don't think I did.)  

Don't feel too bad, this has happened to me too; unexpectedly and seemingly without reason (using Pan Win). And it usually happens when someone is breathing down my neck for information. The first time it happened I had quite a panic attack.

Here is another trick I use to get the window back without having to close and re-open the database. While holding down the ctrl key, choose a non-open window from the view menu. A dialog box will appear letting you tell Pan where to put the new window.

After the window opens, go to File > Arrange Windows > ... and choose the window that you normally see. (The data sheet just has the name of the database.) You won't see the window active since it is off-screen, but the window that you just opened will become in-active. Use File > Close Window to close the off-screen window.

Now you can make the window that you can see active by clicking on it and use the View Menu to select the window you just closed. It should open in place of the active window. Saving the database at that point should save the window back in that position.

Ron