[MWForum]Screen Size

Thu, 29 Aug 2002 10:10:48 -0700

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Gary:
The mystery of the reincarnation of the shrunken MW display may be an 
unsolicited miracle! Perhaps Papert the Sorceror has found one of Macbeth's 
rare Voodoo dolls, the proper Mohammad Atta pin and a magic spell, and from 
this unholy braid, we can let  medieval superstition, as it has so often 
before, provide a robust, sure and certain "non-answer" to your scientific 
problem.....

Failing this alternative, "Plan B!"
First, open the project again, and in the command center, type in 
projectsize to see if Microworlds believes (reports) your size-altered 
project it is as small as you receive it.

If you're on a PC, and never used newprojectsize on this project, expect MW 
to report [744 426]. (Mac is different) If you get any other dimensions, 
then somehow, on the last save, MW "managed" to save the project with a 
different format. If the size reports the expected [744 426], than you've 
somehow corrupted the file.

Curious as to where the projectsize is kept, I created an MW 2.0 project, 
altered its display parameters utilizing newprojectsize  [400 300], of 
course saved it, then reopened it with notepad. On the first line, notepad 
presented the term "projectsize" and after this [400 300], - as expected. I 
altered those parameters to [500 400], playing "Steroid-Supersleuth", 
imagining that I would have good news to report, and soon would be settling 
down for some grateful online applause and a swig or chug of Rhino-hearted 
Lowenbrau, (or perhaps a hummingbird-esque sip of Hungarian Tokay). 
However, when I reattempted to reopen it in MW, I got a "program not 
responding" message. Now I suppose I was lazy. Perhaps I should have saved 
it as a text file, then gone into the system and altered the file type back 
to mw2 or mwz.

To recover, (and you probably already know this), send $25.00 in an 
unmarked.............
Create a new project, then import first the old shapes, then the individual 
pages and finally the procedures, saving the new project, reclaiming your 
work that way.

However this workaround doesn't reveal how after a number of successful 
saves, that projectsize variable may have become altered. When you revisit 
the old project, and in the command center type show projectsize, you'll 
get your telltale results. That variable is not "supposed" to be alterable 
after even a single alteration of any object in a first-time, 
not-yet-even-once-saved project. Perhaps LCSI knows how to alter this 
variable.......
But, in any case you have discovered something LCSI will want to know 
about. It is easy to overwrite variables, even in mature programs.
I would try to reproduce the problem.

Good Luck,
Harvey

At 09:54 AM 8/29/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>      I have a project I have done in MW.  I saved it and worked on it 
> several times with no porblem.  Then I put it away for a time and only 
> recently pulled it back up.  Suddenly my screen size is half what it was 
> (or less).  Everything else in MW is normal size such as the command 
> center, tool bar, etc.  But the screen the project works on is small and 
> I can see my desk top around it.  What happened?  How do I fix it?
>
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Gary: 
The mystery of the reincarnation of the shrunken MW display may be an
unsolicited miracle! Perhaps Papert the Sorceror has found one of
Macbeth's rare Voodoo dolls, the proper Mohammad Atta pin and a magic
spell, and from this unholy braid, we can let&nbsp; medieval
superstition, as it has so often before, provide a robust, sure and
certain &quot;non-answer&quot; to your scientific problem..... 
Failing this alternative, &quot;Plan B!&quot; 
First, open the project again, and in the command center, type in
projectsize to see if Microworlds believes (reports) your size-altered
project it is as small as you receive it. 
If you're on a PC, and never used newprojectsize on this project, expect
MW to report [744 426]. (Mac is different) If you get any other
dimensions, then somehow, on the last save, MW &quot;managed&quot; to
save the project with a different format. If the size reports the
expected [744 426], than you've somehow corrupted the file. 
Curious as to where the projectsize is kept, I created an MW 2.0 project,
altered its display parameters utilizing newprojectsize&nbsp; [400 300],
of course saved it, then reopened it with notepad. On the first line,
notepad presented the term &quot;projectsize&quot; and after this [400
300], - as expected. I altered those parameters to [500 400], playing
&quot;Steroid-Supersleuth&quot;, imagining that I would have good news to
report, and soon would be settling down for some grateful online applause
and a swig or chug of Rhino-hearted Lowenbrau, (or perhaps a
hummingbird-esque sip of Hungarian Tokay). However, when I reattempted to
reopen it in MW, I got a &quot;program not responding&quot; message. Now
I suppose I was lazy. Perhaps I should have saved it as a text file, then
gone into the system and altered the file type back to mw2 or
mwz. 
To recover, (and you probably already know this), send $25.00 in an
unmarked............. 
Create a new project, then import first the old shapes, then the
individual pages and finally the procedures, saving the new project,
reclaiming your work that way. 
However this workaround doesn't reveal how after a number of successful
saves, that projectsize variable may have become altered. When you
revisit the old project, and in the command center type show projectsize,
you'll get your telltale results. That variable is not
&quot;supposed&quot; to be alterable after even a single alteration of
any object in a first-time, not-yet-even-once-saved project. Perhaps LCSI
knows how to alter this variable....... 
But, in any case you have discovered something LCSI will want to know
about. It is easy to overwrite variables, even in mature programs. 
I would try to reproduce the problem. 
Good Luck, 
Harvey 
At 09:54 AM 8/29/2002 -0600, you wrote: 
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I have a
project I have done in MW.&nbsp; I saved it and worked on it several
times with no porblem.&nbsp; Then I put it away for a time and only
recently pulled it back up.&nbsp; Suddenly my screen size is half what it
was (or less).&nbsp; Everything else in MW is normal size such as the
command center, tool bar, etc.&nbsp; But the screen the project works on
is small and I can see my desk top around it.&nbsp; What happened?&nbsp;
How do I fix it? 
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