OK, I haven't tried this, but if you can find it, there's no reason why it shouldn't work. I have, on occasion, found the need to modify Allegro's default popups. For example, the Artwork Control Form leaves a little bit to be desired. I found the form definition file in the Cadence tree and modified the file to change the size of the artwork window (see attachments). A cursory search did not find the form that has the three tabs, but I'm thinking it is a form since it behaves just like one when it's detached. However, it might be embedded in the software and not accesible to us. If you can find it, there's no reason why you couldn't rewrite it to be larger and tabless. This is especially easy to do if you are familiar with creating forms in Skill. Douglas G. Stanley Broadcom Corporation - www.broadcom.com (949) 926-5889 - voice dstanley@xxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of chris.ball@xxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 4:52 AM To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Dear Cadence An all tabs visible option sounds great! Very useful for those with a second monitor available. -Chris "Andrew Noonan" <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: cc: icu-pcb-forum-bounce@freel Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Dear Cadence ists.org 04/22/2005 02:13 PM Please respond to icu-pcb-forum Dear Cadence, There are some of us fortunate enough to have a dual screen setup at our workplace, enabling nifty things such as dragging our desktop across multiple screens, or looking at schematics/pdf's while doing layout. This is Really Cool and Boosts Productivity (IMHO). Plus, co-workers go "ooh" and "ahhh" when they see it for the first time. This is of course, an extra bonus. The Allegro Control Panel could become Even More Useful if we could not only tear it off and place it in the other screen, but also make All Tabs Visible At the Same Time. (Presently, when stretched, the tab labels get wider and that's about it; contents of each tab are still only viewable when corresponding tab is clicked). See attached suggestion. Thanks p.s. - please excuse the futile attempts at smug humor. It's Friday, and frankly I haven't been getting a lot of sleep lately. Andrew Noonan Sr. PCB Designer Topspin Communications (w)650-316-3398 (c)650-814-3677 #### control_opt.JPG has been removed from this note on April 25 2005 by Chris BALL ----------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe/unsubscribe: Send a message to icu-pcb-forum-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with a subject of subscribe or unsubscribe To view the archives of this list please login at //www.freelists.org. Our list name is icu-pcb-forum or go to //www.freelists.org/archives/icu-pcb-forum/ Problems or Questions: Send an email to icu-pcb-forum-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Want to post a job listing ? DON'T DO IT HERE! Better yet, join our jobs listing forum. SUBSCRIBE: icu-jobs-forum-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxx POST: icu-jobs-forum@xxxxxxxxxx -----------------------------------------------------------
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