Re: IBM i Access first session not usable

[John Ross <jross-ml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Could it think there is more than one monitor and be trying to display 
on a monitor that is not there? I do not have access to 2008 but maybe 
these for XP of 7 will work

*C. Move the window*

1. Click the Taskbar icon.

2. Then, hover over the icon to display its preview.

3. Right-click the preview.

4. Select "Move" from the pop-up menu that appears.

5. From here you may be able to use the cursor keys as mentioned above 
to move the window back to the displayable area.

*D. Using the keyboard Windows keys*

Windows 7 lets you dock, maximize, and minimize windows via keyboard 
shortcuts 
<http://malektips.com/windows-7-dock-maximize-minimize-keyboard.html>. 
Use this to your advantage.

Click the Taskbar icon representing the hidden window. Then press 
/Windows + Left-Cursor/ or /Windows + Right-Cursor/ a few times, and the 
window should reappear on the Desktop.

From 
http://malektips.com/windows-7-move-off-screen-hidden-window-application.html 




On 12/17/2014 1:35 PM, Jeff Crosby wrote:
> It lists session A, I can select it, but it doesn't open for me.  I tried
> jumping to session A, no joy.  I also tried hiding session A, then showing
> it, also with no joy.
>
>
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> On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 12:56 PM, John Ross <jross-ml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >   In one of the sessions you can see,  Click Window    show sessions
> > see if anything is in there, Mine resets on a reboot. If it does not shows
> > there try hiding it and then showing it.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >   On 12/17/2014 12:30 PM, Jeff Crosby wrote:
> >
> > Got a strange one.  I think it's a Windows issue, so that's why PCTech list
> > instead of midrange-l.
> >
> > IBM i is at 7.1,  IBM i Access 7.1 Service pack SI41054, Windows 2008
> > Server R2.
> >
> > We have a user, call him Scott, that has a single .ws file defined in i
> > Access, SCOTT.WS, which has a shortcut on the desktop.  He normally starts
> > 2 sessions by double-clicking the shortcut.  Due to the settings I have for
> > him, the first session uses SCOTTA1 device description on the IBM i.  The
> > 2nd session uses SCOTTB1.  If/when he opens a 3rd, it uses SCOTTC1.  If he
> > opened more it would continue through the alphabet.  Been set up this way
> > for years.
> >
> > Starting last Thursday, the first session he opens (corresponding to
> > SCOTTA1) is not usable.  It "shows" in the tray in Windows and that's it.
> > You can't do anything with it.  You _can_ open Windows task manager and
> > kill it.  If you go to the IBM i, that device description (SCOTTA1) shows
> > as "Signon Display".  Subsequent sessions open fine.
> >
> > I thought maybe the IBM i device description was damaged in some way, so I
> > deleted it.  The next time he tried, SCOTTA1 was dutifully recreated, but I
> > still have the exact same problem.
> >
> > Since he's clicking the same shortcut to start each session, I doubt theSCOTT.WS file has an issue.
> >
> > Suggestions?