| Title: | DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90 |
| Notice: | See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit |
| Moderator: | STAR::VATNE |
| Created: | Mon Oct 30 1989 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Dec 31 1990 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 3726 |
| Total number of notes: | 19516 |
Hi, people...
Under DW2, I customised my DECW$CLOCK.DAT file to give me a small clock
in the bottom right hand corner of my screen displaying the date and
time only without any menubar...
I used the resource
Clock.geometry: 90x40-0-0
to define the size and position of the window (and all was well)
When I move to DW3 (Field test) I changed the definitions to have the
DECW$CLOCK prefix and end up with
DECW$CLOCK.geometry: 90x40-0-0
This does not do what I expected, instead it produces a window with a
geometry of 120x130+904+734
Ie a window in the bottom right of the screen with size of 120*130.
I cannot find a way of reducing the size of this window.
Has a change been made to the clock software to hardcode minimum value
or is there something I am missing?
Appreciate some insight...
Rgds,
Graham
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 3699.1 | Do it the easy way! | NECSC::LEVY | Closer to fine | Tue Nov 20 1990 14:14 | 13 |
It appears that the Clock will save it's location and geometry settings pretty well by itself. Just position it where you want, use the Settings... option to make whatever adjustments you want, use the Save Settings... option to make these permanent, and your Clock will come up as you wanted it every time you invoke it. However, I am *not* able to make Clock get as small as you seem to want it. The minimum size I can get is, as you noted, 120x130. This is apparently a new restriction in V3. Perhaps you should QAR it! - Dave | |||||
| 3699.2 | You can't size it either... | GRAMPS::FORTIER | John Fortier | Wed Nov 21 1990 10:13 | 8 |
I've tried sizing the clock through the menu option but it always
wants a minimum size. It just goes so far when I grab an edge to shrink
it then it stops. Can anybody confirm this as a hardcoded "feature" or
a bug?
John
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| 3699.3 | DEDHED::SPINE | Tom Spine | Wed Nov 21 1990 11:04 | 22 | |
The clock has a minimum size defined in DECW$CLOCK.DAT: DECW$CLOCK.minWidth: 120 DECW$CLOCK.minHeight: 130 I belive that these values were chosen so that the clock could not be sized smaller than what would be usable when a menu bar was displayed. You can save the clock settings, edit DECW$CLOCK.DAT to remove these two lines, and you should be all set. (Hmmmm...removing the lines should work, but I had problems with that. What did just work for me was to modify the lines to give very small values: DECW$CLOCK.minWidth: 1 DECW$CLOCK.minHeight: 1 I will discuss the minimum size with the clock developer. tms | |||||
| 3699.4 | Many thanks... | WELMTS::CRIDDLE | Wed Nov 21 1990 11:39 | 10 | |
Tom...
Many thanks for the input..
Changing the minimum values restores the behaviour I wanted (and had in
V2)
Rgds,
Graham
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