Author: David Dahlem
Date: 10:12:21 12/01/00
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On December 01, 2000 at 00:17:10, John Merlino wrote: >On November 30, 2000 at 20:43:03, David Dahlem wrote: > >>I am unable to create a custom board in CM 8000 since the customize window is >>too small. All the icons do not show and there is no way to enlarge it. Also >>there is no way to close this window. ??? Anyone else have these problems? >> >>Dave > >This is a known bug and it would be difficult to COMPLETELY eradicate in the >patch due to the nature of the error (which I will not go into in great detail >here). Here's the way to at least TEMPORARILY eliminate it. > >Open your USER.LAY file in your favorite text editor (Notepad will suffice), >which is in your user directory, where USER is the name of your user. Find ALL >lines that contain the text "customize_board=" and DELETE THEM ENTIRELY. There >should be about five or six of them in all. Unfortunately, I'm not 100% sure >that I've spelled the text correctly, but the entry should be SOMETHING like >that (I'm at home and I haven't installed it here -- if I'm wrong I'll correct >myself tomorrow). > >After deleting those lines, save the file and try running the program and >loading your user again. That should fix the problem. > >HOWEVER, due to the nature of the bug, explicitly loading any OTHER layout MIGHT >cause it to occur again. So, beware.... > >jm Thanks John. Your suggestion to edit USER.LAY worked and now my customize board window is the proper size and i can see all the icons. I made a backup copy of USER.LAY so i can always go back to it if this comes up again. Thanks again for your help. Dave
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