Solid Edge Solid Edge is not opened maximized when SE File is opened via a program

2021-10-06T23:57:09Z
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Summary


Details

If a Solid Edge file is opened via another program the Solid Edge Window will not be opened maximized.  Can this be controlled via Windows?



Solution

When opening Solid Edge directly from the desktop or indirectly by double clicking model files from Windows Explorer it reads the Show Value of the registry key "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Siemens\Solid Edge\Version 220\General\Position" for the initial size state as follows: 

0 = restored 
1 = minimized 
2 = maximized 

If Solid Edge is opened programmatically (e.g. via automation) and is explicitly opened in a particular state, there is no way to override those settings. 

If you have access to the source code of any macros that are being used (e.g. OpenSave source is provided), the following snippet will open Solid Edge maximized: 

 ' Make Solid Edge full screen objApp.DisplayFullScreen = True 
 ' Make Solid Edge visible. objApp.Visible = True 

Please bear in mind that manual editing of the "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Siemens\Solid Edge\Version 220\General\Position" is unsupported.



Notes and References


Hardware/Software Configuration

Platform: INTEL
OS: windows
OS Version: 1064
Product: SOLID_EDGE
Application: APPLICATION
Version: V220.0
Function: UI

Ref: 001-9797378

KB Article ID# PL8508579

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