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lylebeidler1-Visitor
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January 29, 2010
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stupid friday question

  • January 29, 2010
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I can't believe that I've been a full-time pro/e user for nearly 10 years
and never thought of this before, but is there a keyboard shortcut for
toggling through pro/e windows (equivalent to Alt-Tab, but that works only
in pro/e windows)

Or a mapkey? Or something?

Thanks.



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Lyle Beidler
MGS Inc
178 Muddy Creek Church Rd
Denver PA 17517
717-336-7528
Fax 717-336-0514
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<">http://www.mgsincorporated.com>

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    ptc-1412741-Visitor
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    January 29, 2010
    Very good question...



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    DavidHollis1-Visitor
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    January 29, 2010
    Not Stupid
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    eslotty1-Visitor
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    January 29, 2010
    EGADS... isn't having more than two windows open a sign of weakness?!??!

    well.... it IS Friday- and *@#(*@( 10° outside....




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    A.DelNegro1-Visitor
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    January 29, 2010
    Well, it's not as nice a ALT-Tab but ...



    you can ALT-W and type the number of the window you want. It's nice
    that the windows don't re-order, so the numbers stay the same.



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    NATHANVENSKYTIS1-Visitor
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    January 29, 2010
    I don't think you can create a mapkey that does this. Pro/E seems to tie the name of the part/drawing/assembly to the selection, so it will only work when those specific files are open. By taking the name of the part out, or opening different files, I can get it to exhibit some weird behavior, but not divorce itself from the name of the file. (By the way, the mapkey shows up the same whether you create it by clicking or by ALT+W followed by a number.)

    mapkey w1 @MAPKEY_LABELWindow1;\
    mapkey(continued) ~ Select `main_dlg_cur` `MenuBar1`1 `Windows`;\
    mapkey(continued) ~ Close `main_dlg_cur` `MenuBar1`;\
    mapkey(continued) ~ Select `main_dlg_cur` `Windows.radio_win_list`1 `test-part.PRT.1`;

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    TimKnier1-Visitor
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    January 29, 2010
    I always pick the Window tab and pick which window I want to go to from the drop down list. Don't know if this any better/worse that Alt-Tab or a mapkey. I'm still on Wildfire 2 so I'm not sure if this is still the same in later versions.

    Tim Knier
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    lwh1-Visitor
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    January 30, 2010
    The disadvantage of using something like Alt-Tab is that the ProE-Window is brought to top, but not activated - it can be very annoying if inputs still go to some other, now hidden window.
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    lylebeidler1-VisitorAuthor
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    January 30, 2010
    Consensus is there's no way to do it. I'm thinking it's doable with a
    J-link program; I may attempt to write said program after my current project
    wraps up.



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    Lyle Beidler
    MGS Inc
    178 Muddy Creek Church Rd
    Denver PA 17517
    717-336-7528
    Fax 717-336-0514
    <">mailto:-> -
    <">http://www.mgsincorporated.com>
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    lwh1-Visitor
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    January 31, 2010
    I'm not sure JLink will work, as bringing ProE windows to top via JLink is not always reliable.
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    bkurth10-Marble
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    February 1, 2010

    We are using WF4, and ALT-TAB will cycle through the open ProEwindows, but it will not activate the window you choose.

    An option that might help, though, is to add the (List of Current Windows) option to your menubar. This will allow you to not only change to another window with one click, but it will activate the window you choose. It took me a little while to get used to using it, but once I did, I like that I am one click from any open window. Thelist can be shown in the top menubar or on the side menubar. To add it, do the following:

    <u>To Show a List of Current Windows:
    </u>    Tools >> Customize Screen...
    Under Categories, Scroll down and pick All Commands. (It will take a few moments for all the commands to load.)
    On right side, click and drag (List of Current Windows) to your menu bar. This item can be located on the top or side of your screen.

    I have included a screen imageshowing six open documents. It is easy to see what is open,and I am only one clickaway from any of them.

    In Reply to Lyle Beidler:

    I can't believe that I've been a full-time pro/e user for nearly 10 years
    and never thought of this before, but is there a keyboard shortcut for
    toggling through pro/e windows (equivalent to Alt-Tab, but that works only
    in pro/e windows)

    Or a mapkey? Or something?

    Thanks.



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    Lyle Beidler
    MGS Inc
    178 Muddy Creek Church Rd
    Denver PA 17517
    717-336-7528
    Fax 717-336-0514
    <mailto:-> -
    <http://www.mgsincorporated.com> http://www.mgsincorporated.com



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