Huge problem with Autodesk Inventor Professional 2011 x64 on laptops

[XtremWize]

Hi,

I have a huge problem with Autodesk Inventor Professional 2011 x64 (Spanish version). I use the program on a desktop and a powerful laptop, and that's where the problem is. I work a lot with my laptop for mobility reasons because I have my clients scattered. The problem is that the laptop screen has a maximum resolution of 1366 x 768 and is complicated to find one with higher resolution, the whole program works correctly except the tools section where I cannot save the modified parameters in the application options window. I have tried to right click on the top or edge and select move and then use the arrow keys to move the window. I also tried pressing ALT+SPACE BAR and then M -> ENTER and then use the arrow keys to move the window, but when I move the mouse the window immediately returns to its previous position and is unable to save the modified parameters. But my question is: Is there any possibility to change something or modify this window size?

Thanks in advance.

[bobvdd]

Did you try the Alt-A key combination?

Or whatever the shortcut key is on the equivalent of the "apply" button on your language version of Inventor?

Bob

[XtremWize]

Hi Bob,

I've tried Alt+A and Ctrl+A and it works in the Inventor environment, also in spanish version but not in the applications window.

I know that resolution is below Autodesk recommendation, but it is the only problem I have.

Thanks in advance.

[bobvdd]

Can you paste below text in a module in the VBA editor?

After that, start the Aplication Options and make any modifications to it.

Then run the macro called "AppOptions_OK" from within the VBA editor.

The macro will allow you to save your modifications, close the Application options dialog by hitting the OK button (even if that button is off screen).

For English versions of Inventor, replace the Spanish bannerstring from  

    Bannerstring = "Opciones de aplicación" 

to

    Bannerstring = "Application Options"    

Cheers

Bob

Const WM_SETFOCUS = &H7
Const BM_CLICK = &HF5

Dim OKButtonHandle As Long

Private Declare Function GetDlgCtrlID Lib "user32.dll" (ByVal hwndCtl As Long) As Integer
Private Declare Function EnumChildWindows Lib "user32.dll" (ByVal hWndParent As _
Long, ByVal lpEnumFunc As Long, ByVal lParam As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function FindWindow Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowA" (ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String) As Long
Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" _
                            Alias "SendMessageA" _
                            (ByVal hWnd As Long, _
                            ByVal wMsg As Long, _
                            ByVal wParam As Long, _
                            lParam As Any) _
                            As Long


Public Sub AppOptions_OK()

    Dim Bannerstring As String
    'Bannerstring = "Application Options"     'English version
    Bannerstring = "Opciones de aplicación"  ' Spanish version
      
    Dim windowhandle As Long
    windowhandle = FindWindow("#32770", Bannerstring)
    retval = EnumChildWindows(windowhandle, AddressOf EnumChildProc, 0)
    SendMessage windowhandle, WM_SETFOCUS, 0&, 0&
    SendMessage OKButtonHandle, BM_CLICK, 0&, 0&

End Sub

Private Function EnumChildProc(ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal lParam As Long) As Long
Dim CtrlID As Variant
CtrlID = GetDlgCtrlID(hWnd)

If CtrlID = "1" Then
  OKButtonHandle = hWnd
End If
 
EnumChildProc = 1 ' return value of 1 means continue enumeration
End Function

[JDMather]

We have this problem on projectors that do not project at high enough resolution.
I have counted Tabs from a known visable location to accept and close the dialog box (on a machine with higher resolution) as the technique I use on the low resolution projector machine.

[stephengibson76 · Accepted solution]

I had the same problem on a tablet pc, solution, turn the tablet thru 90deg click ok and turn back.  there may be the options with your graphics card to do this manually if you dont have a giro thingy, maybe even create a shortcut to it

[XtremWize]

Thank you very much Stephen, a big problem a simple solution, it works great.