Edit iPart/iAssembly via Spreadsheet window offscreen

[LFMarshall]

Recently upgraded to Windows 7 from XP and changed from a laptop to a desktop.  With the laptop I used dual monitors; to date I haven't secured a second monitor from IT for true dual monitors.

Well I have some iParts that I've edited using excel and they have formulas that I can't edit using the standard iPart dialog, but when I click "Edit via Spreadsheet" the window opens off screen.  The alt+Spacebar method doesn't work in Windows 7 and the Windows 7 method of shift+right-click isn't an option because Excel doesn't appear on the taskbar and selcting Inventor moves the Inventor window, not the instance of excel inside of inventor.

Suggestions?

[Curtis_Waguespack · Accepted solution]

Hi lama,

I suspect what you're seeing in this case is actually a bug, rather than an issue with an offscreen window. Here's a link explaining:

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=14079866&linkID=9242018

I hope this helps.
Best of luck to you in all of your Inventor pursuits,
Curtis
http://inventortrenches.blogspot.com

[LFMarshall]

Thanks Curtis,

That was the issue, and I'll this just in case someone else comes across this, an easy way to see if your excel is actually being activated is to check the task bar, Excel comes in focus (highlighted).  If it does not appear you may very well be a victim of the bug.

[ampster402]

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lama wrote:The alt+Spacebar method doesn't work in Windows 7

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not sure if this was related to your issue since it appears to have been something else (didn't read the other link)...

but the method of moving windows with alt+spacebar does does work in Win7.