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2007-01-04 09:15:48 PM
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I am using a BCB6.0 project setup by another programmer. The main window in
BCB that shows the .CPP files is set so it cannot be resized. I have not
seen this behavior in BCB so I am not sure how to turn it off. How do I make
the main BCB window sizeable?
Thanks
Larry Johnson.
 

LarryJ wrote:
are unfamiliar with using BCB6 and can't set up the IDE so that it is
familiar to you, or does the IDE change somehow when you load this
project?
AFAIK, there is not a project-specific setting that can control the
layout of the IDE, but if the IDE is set to save the desktop it may
save something different for different projects, so you could try
unchecking Tools | Environment Options | Preferences | Autosave
Options | Project desktop.
It sounds like you are having trouble with the Project Manager pane,
or perhaps the Project TreeView. In either case, there is a context
menu for the pane which can set it as "Dockable" or not - unchecking
this should undock it and allow it to be separately sized, or when it
is docked it can be sized in either direction by moving the splitter
between it and the next pane, but the entire docked set of panes must
be rectangular and resizes as a unit.
If this does not help, you could post a screen shot showing the exact
layout in the attachments group and that might help to show what your
exact problem is.
- Leo
 

I was unable to post with an picture attached so let me try to describe the
problem again. I am talking about the main source code window not the
dockable treeviews. When I move the mouse over the edge of the main window
the mouse does not change to the resize cursor it stays as an arrow. This
means the window can not be resized. I have looked at the project options
and the environment options but I don't see an option to lock or unlock the
resizing of this main window. Any ideas?
Thanks
Larry.
"Leo Siefert" < XXXX@XXXXX.COM >wrote in message
 

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LarryJ wrote:
window in BCB6 not sizable is to maximize it, in which case it can be
made sizable again by clicking on the restore icon for the window.
Other than that, it seems likely that something is wrong with the
installation of the IDE.
- Leo