Toolbar button locations being scrambled

[CharlieGill]

Each time I start my compiler, the toolbar buttons are scattered over 3 lines. I am using the default settings. I can drag the buttons onto a single line but the next time I start the compiler they are scrambled again. This started several months ago, I don't remember exactly when, but since I usually run from the MPLAB environment, it isn't a big problem. When I'm starting a new project, like now, I prefer to use the CCS environment and I get tired of always rearranging the buttons each time I start so that my toolbar doesn't waste the extra 2 lines. I've had the problem since at least 3.188.

Has anybody else had this problem? Does anybody have a fix.

Charlie Gill

[future]

I noticed this too, specially in low resolutions.

I use it at 1600x1200 without this problem.

[CharlieGill]

Hmmm... I normally run 1280x960. I tried 1600x1200 and still see the problem. Thanks for the feedback though.

Charlie

[Haplo]

Check to see if the file PCW.INI (in the \PICC directory) gets updated after you re-arrange the toolbar and quit PCW.

[CharlieGill]

Yes, the PCW.INI file does update (time stamp changes). I found the [Toolbar Position] section. If I rearrange all the buttons onto the top (single) line and then exit, all the "button" top=x entries are set to 2. When I restart the program the buttons are arranged on 2 lines and when I exit and check the INI file the offending buttons have their top= entry set to 22.

It appears that the INI file is properly updated on exit but something causes the program to change the vertical alignment when it reloads. I tried several permutations such as adding some additional buttons and removing some and still had the same problem. However...after about the 20th interation suddenly the program loaded with all the buttons on one line! I don't know what changed but I'm going to leave everything alone for now.

Charlie

[treitmey]

This isn't a good solution,.. but you could save the settings and then make the ini read-only so it couldn't be changed.

[CharlieGill]

I don't think the read-only would help. The proper setting were being saved but it appeared that when the program loaded and the toolbar was populated with the buttons that some auto-sizing/locating routine decided that the buttons couldn't be located as requested.

My guess is that the code behind the toolbar control is looking at the button position and width and deciding there is not enough room for it on the requested line and is droping it down a line. I don't know if CCS is using a canned toolbar control or rolled their own. The latter I suspect.

[Mark]

On a side note, my MBLAB started doing the same thing about a month or so back. It didn't matter what I did, it kept changing the locations. After testing a problem someone was having with MBLAB v7 my problems went away