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[tswaters]

um, yea the subject basically sums this up. i'm trying to do development in
word 2007 with the built-in visual basic editor... whenever I press CTRL-F to
bring up the find dialogue, it appears probably 30-40 pixels above the top of
the visual basic form. when it's not maximized, it's a minor annoyance...
but when the form is maximized, the find dialogue is nowhere to be found.
i've closed down word numerous times, always moving the find dialogue to
where i would like it to show up... is there some sort of trick to this? i
know I've had a similar issue with different windows before ... is there some
sort of registry setting somewhere where the saved defaults are being stored?

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

You might want to post this in a Word group and not an Outlook group.

 

[tswaters]

Thanks Ken, I'll try that. Didn't even realize I had posted to an outlook
forum.

It's more of a minor annoyance than any real problem with VBA or Word. I
basically have to drag the VBA window onto my bigger monitor and open the
find dialogue from there to be able to see what I'm finding. ( and of
course, I drag it back into position, but it never remembers )

I've looked through some registry settings... under here:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags
.... there are a bunch of "bags" each storing assorted window startup
positions. Would the "find dialogue" in Word's VBA editor be stored here?

Conveniently (?) there are no identifiers on these, and I've read around
that these are added in the order you run the program after first starting
your machine?? I'm sure I could use REGMON to hack through to find which
ones are being updated, but this seems like more work than it's worth.

Is there some sort of trick to updating the startup-position of the find
dialogue?
Without hacking the registry?

You might want to post this in a Word group and not an Outlook group.

Original:

um, yea the subject basically sums this up. i'm trying to do development in
word 2007 with the built-in visual basic editor... whenever I press CTRL-F to
bring up the find dialogue, it appears probably 30-40 pixels above the top of
the visual basic form. when it's not maximized, it's a minor annoyance...
but when the form is maximized, the find dialogue is nowhere to be found.
i've closed down word numerous times, always moving the find dialogue to
where i would like it to show up... is there some sort of trick to this? i
know I've had a similar issue with different windows before ... is there some
sort of registry setting somewhere where the saved defaults are being stored?

 

[matthew_of_cambridge]

Thanks Ken, I'll try that.  Didn't even realize I had posted to an outlook
forum.

  It's more of a minor annoyance than any real problem with VBA or Word..  I
basically have to drag the VBA window onto my bigger monitor and open the
find dialogue from there to be able to see what I'm finding.  ( and of
course, I drag it back into position, but it never remembers )

  I've looked through some registry settings... under here:    
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags
... there are a bunch of "bags" each storing assorted window startup
positions.  Would the "find dialogue" in Word's VBA editor be stored here?  

Conveniently (?) there are no identifiers on these, and I've read around
that these are added in the order you run the program after first starting
your machine??  I'm sure I  could use REGMON to hack through to find which
ones are being updated, but this seems like more work than it's worth.  

Is there some sort of trick to updating the startup-position of the find
dialogue?
  Without hacking the registry?



Original:

um, yea the subject basically sums this up. i'm trying to do development in
word 2007 with the built-in visual basic editor... whenever I press CTRL-F to
bring up the find dialogue, it appears probably 30-40 pixels above the top of
the visual basic form. when it's not maximized, it's a minor annoyance...
but when the form is maximized, the find dialogue is nowhere to be found.
i've closed down word numerous times, always moving the find dialogue to
where i would like it to show up... is there some sort of trick to this? i
know I've had a similar issue with different windows before ... is there some
sort of registry setting somewhere where the saved defaults are being stored?

I'm having this problem too - when I connect my laptop to a second
screen and place the VBA editor on the larger (external non-primary)
screen. I must say it's really annoying. Anyone from MS listening?

 

[Gordon Bentley-Mix]

If you have 2 or more windows open and tiled in the VBE - e.g. a couple of
code modules or a UserForm and the code behind it - or if you split a single
window, the "Find" dialog will stay on the same screen as the VBE.
Otherwise, it slides off to the side (usually directly over the split
between the 2 screens in the set up I use most often) and keeps sliding back
there no matter how often you drag it back.

Unfortunately, since VBA is a "developer tool" and not a "consumer
application", I doubt we're ever going to see a fix for this. Developers are
expected to put up with this sort of thing; I mean it's not like we're not
going to buy Word because the "Find" dialog in the VBE is buggy - or that we
*will* buy it because it's not. We buy Word for Word and the VBE is just an
added extra. Of course, you'd never see this sort of thing in a commercial
app because it would hurt sales... ;-P
--
Cheers!

Gordon Bentley-Mix
Word MVP

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