Missing Join Properties Window

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The join properties window in designer is not appearing when clicked upon and then Designer hangs as it is no longer the active window (the app is killed via the task manager). The Join Properties window usually shows up in the Alt-Tab menu, though I do not see it this time. Dual monitors are enabled and the secondary monitor has been moved around in desktop > properties in an attempt to find the missing join window to no avail.

Is this a registry issue? Anyone else ever seen this before??

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mewmadison (BOB member since 2004-12-21)

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What version of Business Objects are you using? and how long you you have been using it? if you are v6.1a then there is a problem with this version but if you are suing 6.1b or 6.5 then we have to look into the configuration and possibly registry as well.

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Mohammad T. Hussain (BOB member since 2004-09-21)

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Running 6.5.1

mewmadison (BOB member since 2004-12-21)

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Re-install Designer…
But make a backup of your universes first.

Also check this is happening with only one PC or more…

This is something strange, I never experienced this thing, Since I am using 6.5.1/6.5.2 on my laptop and at work for almost 7 months…

BO_Chief :us: (BOB member since 2004-06-06)

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Irfan is right. Please go ahead and try installing Designer and then try to see what happen

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Mohammad T. Hussain (BOB member since 2004-09-21)

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That’s already been tried, with no success.

mewmadison (BOB member since 2004-12-21)

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I had a similar problem with the query panel in ReportDesigner…

I found several registry entries under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Business Objects\Suite 6.0\default\BusinessObjects.… that could help you.

In my case I changed one called MainWindow. The coordinates that it was set to was putting it off the screen, probably due to switching between 2 different dual monitor setups (one where primary was on the left and the other on the right). I just trimmed the high ordinal off any numbers in the list that were higher than 2000. That fixed it for me.

I would probably look for entries called WindowPos, which typically seem to be under folders called Settings.

As always, back up any registry entry before you change it.

Good Luck :mrgreen:

lwozniak (BOB member since 2002-11-11)

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Thank you @lwozniak

It work well and solved my problem.

Here’s my registry before correct

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Business Objects\Suite 11.5\default\BusinessObjects\Application Preferences\BusinessDesigner\Designer\Edit Join]
“WindowPlacement”=“1326,231,2154,771,1,0”

Here’s the after and work well

[i]Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Business Objects\Suite 11.5\default\BusinessObjects\Application Preferences\BusinessDesigner\Designer\Edit Join]
“WindowPlacement”=“10,231, 21,771,1,0”[/i]

Dhawatch (BOB member since 2009-02-05)