Hello and thanks again for the feedback.
Please don't take this wrong, but you are missing what I am trying to say
here. The issue is NOT that DWG TrueView or AutoCAD is putting up a bogus
error. The issue is that your trying to run outside of the minimum Graphic
requirements for AutoCAD and DWG TrueView. When you run with the Tablet PC
set at 768 X 1024 your dialogs will get truncated. I saw it last night on
my Tablet PC ;-). That is why we say 1024 X 768. If you run 768 then your
chopping off dialogs that are designed to display at a minimum of 1024.
AutoCAD used to be set to run at a minimum of 800 X 600 but we had to get
away from that a long time ago. BTW even in DOS days I ran 1024 X 768 and
later 1280 X 1024 with my Appian Co processed board! I wanted all the
realestate I could get for working on my maps in AutoCAD ;-)...
So there is nothing to fix here. You would need to get a higher resolution
Tablet PC that supported at least 1024 X 1280 to not see this error message
and truncate dialogs in our products. Hopefully this makes sense to you
;-). All of the products are designed to be used in a Landscape mode not a
Portrate mode.
Thanks again for the feedback.
Bud Schroeder
AutoCAD Test Development
Autodesk Inc.
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I understand what you're saying about the resolution thing being AutoCAD.
But that does make it a TrueVue problem - no matter where the code comes
from.
Why not just remove the "warning" since the dialogs are resizeable now
anyway? Almost all of them are, right? It kind of makes the warning
obsolete, doesn't it? Because of tablet PCs, rotated displays, and multiple
displays, isn't it time that Autodesk moved into the 21st century and took
that into account?
And about the fonts, icons, toolbars & sight issues. I'm not disputing the
fact that there are things that can be done as a workaround, but thats all
they are: a workaround. It is MUCH easier for someone to change one setting
(resolution to 800 x 600) than it is to change more than one setting. I
didn't mean for you to think I was questioning your IT quals. & knowledge.
Sorry 'bout that.
All I'm saying is that if AutoCAD/TrueVue didn't have that warning, people
using tablet PCs, rotated displays, multiple displays, or lower resolutions
would be able to use the software the way it is intended to be used. The
fact that you cannot use the import feature puts a serious crimp in the
Design Review process - the way it is meant to be used.
A known flaw that is not being fixed (or being ignored). This affects three
programs: AutoCAD, Design Review & DWG TrueVue (through Design Review
process). How hard would it be to issue a patch to those who need it?
Since it all points back to AutoCAD programming, it would really be "One
patch to fix them all."