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It's a dialog, and they have fixed sizes; a legacy of the bad old days. The problem is (sort of) solved by moving to .NET where any form can be displayed as a dialog.
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Some dialogs have predefined sizes, but that can be overridden during design time, and adding a resize routine doesn't require a rocket surgeon.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Exactly so, I have done it myself in the past.
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But it's WPF fer christ's sake. All forms can be resized by default, so they took steps to prevent it.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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SQL Server Management Studio is the worst!
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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yes - indeedy
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Don't tell me you've never used an adobe product!
Almost all of their windows are fixed at too-****ing-tiny-to-be-of-any-****ing-use-whatsoever-because-the-devs-are-too-lazy-to-resize-their-content.
I did have a little TSR that overrode window-size fixing, but it was of limited use, and stopped working with Weven.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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well, I have, but not a great deal, and i've never noticed a problem with dialog boxes. Lots of other problems, but not that!
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My favourite is the file selector in FrameMaker's SharePoint connector. It's too narrow to include anything except the first few steps along the path to the files.
Same with their error dialogs: "Cannot open drive://step/step/ste...". That's a lt of fruggin' use when opening the four-hundred files that make up a document.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I can see you really don't like Adobe, much.
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Slacker007 wrote: I can see you really don't like Adobe, much.
Dictionary example of the word "tautology":
I've used adobe products; I don't like adobe products.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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<GeezerWarStory>
We use Visual SourceSafe (yeah, I know, pipe down). Most of the dialogs in the application were created for Windows 3.1 dimensions  , fixed in size, and a tremendous PITA to use. Even the dialogs in the 2005 'update' that were resizable started out way too small, especially with items that have more than 8 characters in the names.
A little judicious editing of the resources in the appropriate DLL using Visual Studio, and voilà! Dialogs with much bigger controls that are actually usable.
</GeezerWarStory>
Software Zen: delete this;
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Don't know what I was thinking the post order is the opposite order that posts are read so after reading the post above I somehow thought this would be more about your exploits with Cliff?  My bad!
Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead?
Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9.
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Yeah, you see that all the time with MS utilities.
I suspect that it's because keeping the window a fixed size makes the interface a lot easier to code, as long as you don't care too much about usability. This seems to be a hallmark of developer-designed interfaces: who cares, deal with it, it's all there and it works doesn't it? (I'm not claiming to be innocent here).
You can see a stark difference in interfaces meant to be visible to consumers versus interfaces for tools and utilities used by admins and power users. You don't get a lot of the fancy we-care-about-UX goodies when it comes to programs made by and for techies, you're damn lucky it's not a command-line interface with no documentation (remember NT?)
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_Maxxx_ wrote: Why do some windows (specifically in Microsoft applications, but I am sure in others too) have a fixed size?
Because if every window could be resized it would be chaos, like say, Eclipse.
Although I do agree with you that some windows really would benefit from allowing the size to be changed.
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I don't find is chaos using Eclipse. well, not because of the resizeable windows, anyway - for all sorts of other reasons!
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It's disgusting. Sources have revealed that the raid on Cliff Richards house last week unearthed disgusting material. I have to warn you that you'll need a strong stomach when you find out what they have uncovered[^].
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I guess there is no limit to human depravity.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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It's true. He deserves to have the book thrown at him. A really thick, heavy book.
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Again and again. And again and again and again.
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Oh! The humanity!
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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Oh thank you it wasn't naked pictures of Beiber, that would have ruined not only my supper but I don't think I could have recovered without mental counseling, not like she ain't got enough to deal with already.
Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead?
Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9.
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New album tracks from Cliff Richard? I don't believe that! That would be the first time in several decades... 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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That sounds like you're disappointed.
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I'm REALLY sorry if I have given you or anybody else that impression. But my kid sister has been madly in love with him for 30 years, so SHE might be disappointed. 
Guess you can't choose your family, but you can unfollow them on Facebook at least... 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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