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    • N Offline
      NickW
      last edited by

      As JQL indicates you can reset the values for the dialog in the registry but this has no effect on the height of the dialog in SU. If you quit SU without attempting to resize the dialog the registry values remain unaltered. Changing the size of the dialog in SU resets the height value in the registry to Decimal 37. It looks like the width value is responding correctly to resizes.

      Clearing the IE cache has no effect.

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      • TIGT Offline
        TIG Moderator
        last edited by

        This weird, it works OK for many of us...

        Please copy+paste+enter these in the Ruby Console.

        SCF_Dialog::MINWIDTH

        350 ???

        SCF_Dialog::MAXWIDTH

        900 ???

        What do you get ?

        These are used to set the default sizes, BUT any customized H/W are then remembered in the Registry as SketchUp closes.

        Note that the MAXWIDTH is actually re-used for the initial default dialog height, thereafter it should be remembered as what was set by the user.

        Something is resetting that dialog's height for some of you...

        TIG

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        • TIGT Offline
          TIG Moderator
          last edited by

          Can someone with this problem please try a slightly different approach...

          Close SketchUp 2017.
          Use Regedit again to reset the dialog's height to a reasonable number [say 500] in the Registry and then close.
          Now select the SketchUp 2017 exe icon [or the equivalent desktop-shortcut] and...
          right-click > context-menu > Run as administrator
          this will launch SketchUp slightly differently with some subtle side-effects like diabling image drag-n-drop !

          Any improvement on the SCF dialog front ?

          TIG

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          • FrederikF Offline
            Frederik
            last edited by

            @tig said:

            This weird, it works OK for many of us...

            Please copy+paste+enter these in the Ruby Console.

            SCF_Dialog::MINWIDTH

            350 ???

            SCF_Dialog::MAXWIDTH

            900 ???

            What do you get ?

            Please see attached screen grab...


            SU2017_SCF.jpg

            Cheers
            Kim Frederik

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            • JQLJ Offline
              JQL
              last edited by

              @tig said:

              Can someone with this problem please try a slightly different approach...

              Close SketchUp 2017.
              Use Regedit again to reset the dialog's height to a reasonable number [say 500] in the Registry and then close.
              Now select the SketchUp 2017 exe icon [or the equivalent desktop-shortcut] and...
              right-click > context-menu > Run as administrator
              this will launch SketchUp slightly differently with some subtle side-effects like diabling image drag-n-drop !

              Any improvement on the SCF dialog front ?

              No difference. It still only displays the dialog's bar, and reverts the registry to a value of 25(hex) and 37(decimal)

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              • JQLJ Offline
                JQL
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                I just tested it again and changed ALL reg values to 512.

                This made SCF change the width of the bar and still don't display anything else.

                Then I closed Sketchup and got back at the registry editor. Here's what I got:

                Regedit.gif

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                • TIGT Offline
                  TIG Moderator
                  last edited by

                  Another possibility...
                  Somehow the dialog's min height is getting messed with in the v2017 API [but only for some !], so I have made a test RBS that restricts the min height of that dialog to 100 - which should then be enough to give some borders and let you grab an edge and resize, and perhaps then have it remembered for next time ?

                  Please follow these steps...
                  Download the attached ZIP file: SCF_Dialog.rbs.zip
                  Extract the RBS file that's in it - to somewhere like your Desktop.
                  Close SketchUp 2017.
                  Open C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Roaming\SketchUp\SketchUp 2017\SketchUp\Plugins\SketchUcation
                  Find the file named SCF_Dialog.rbs
                  Select it and rename it SCF_Dialog.rbsxxx so it doesn't load.
                  Move the new file SCF_Dialog.rbs into that subfolder.
                  Restart SketchUp 2017, test the SCF dialog and report what happens...

                  NOTE:
                  Because changing that RBS file then breaks the 'signing' hash you must use the Unrestricted Loading Policy.

                  If it's unsuccessful...
                  Close SketchUp 2017.
                  Reset things - delete the SCF_Dialog.rbs file and rename the SCF_Dialog.rbsxxx original as SCF_Dialog.rbs.
                  When you restart SketchUp 2017 things will be as they were.

                  If it's successful...
                  I'll prepare a new v3.0.3 to include this 'hack'...

                  Let us know...


                  SCF_Dialog.rbs.zip

                  TIG

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                  • N Offline
                    NickW
                    last edited by

                    Hi TIG,
                    The MINWIDTH and MAXWIDTH do came back as 350 and 900.

                    The Regedit followed by Run As Administrator makes no change.

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                    • TIGT Offline
                      TIG Moderator
                      last edited by

                      Can't you grab the bottom edge and make it higher ?

                      TIG

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                      • N Offline
                        NickW
                        last edited by

                        Capture.PNG

                        OK, so the dialog is now taller, but I cannot change the height. I do get the double headed arrow at the dialog's bottom edge, but cannot drag it either up or down. And the scrollbar on the RHS of the dialog has no effect FWIW.

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                        • N Offline
                          NickW
                          last edited by

                          Sorry, we had crossing posts. No, I cannot drag it in either direction.

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                          • JQLJ Offline
                            JQL
                            last edited by

                            Cool hack:

                            New Hack.gif

                            I feel we're getting there... can't we have a minimum value bigger than 100

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                            • TIGT Offline
                              TIG Moderator
                              last edited by

                              The RBS in the attached ZIP has a larger min height [500] so it might at least be usable, at least until I get to the bottom of this weirdness...

                              Please follow the earlier instructions and retest.
                              I can't see how the window is not resize-able for you !
                              It is for me and the code specifically makes it so...

                              Anyway, thanks for the testing...
                              Please report back...


                              SCF_Dialog.rbs.zip

                              TIG

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                              • JQLJ Offline
                                JQL
                                last edited by

                                Nice this one is useable:

                                Useable Hack.gif

                                Nicelly done, Thanks!

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                                  NickW
                                  last edited by

                                  Capture.PNG

                                  I now have a scrollable area, and the scrollbar works. Still cannot resize vertically, but at least it's usable in this form.

                                  Thanks, and good luck with finding the root cause. Post again if I can help further.

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                                    NickW
                                    last edited by

                                    JQL

                                    Your last three images are blank apart from a caption in the middle.

                                    EDIT: ...four...

                                    Capture.PNG

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                                    • JQLJ Offline
                                      JQL
                                      last edited by

                                      They are not images, they are gifs, Click on them. Sorry for that I usually say you have to click on them but I believe Tig has seen those before, so I assume he knows he has to click them already. My mistake...

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                                        JQL
                                        last edited by

                                        Here's how they are done with Licecap:

                                        licecap fake.gif

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                                          NickW
                                          last edited by

                                          @jql said:

                                          They are not images, they are gifs, Click on them. Sorry for that I usually say you have to click on them but I believe Tig has seen those before, so I assume he knows he has to click them already. My mistake...

                                          If I click on them I just get a popup window with the same, mostly black, image.

                                          EDIT: AH, no, it just takes a little time to load. Sorry. 😳

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                                            JQL
                                            last edited by

                                            @nickw said:

                                            @jql said:

                                            They are not images, they are gifs, Click on them. Sorry for that I usually say you have to click on them but I believe Tig has seen those before, so I assume he knows he has to click them already. My mistake...

                                            If I click on them I just get a popup window with the same, mostly black, image.

                                            Damn... I'm not telling everything again. Click on them and wait 3 secs...

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