"Save as .." always in background

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"Save as .." always in background

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Used with Word 2010 in Win 7 x64:

Using the "Print to PDF" command always show the "save as ... - Dialogue" in the foreground - that's fine.
But using the Word-Addin the dialogue always loses its focus and goes to the background - maybe the refreshing of Word after the PDF-command steals the focus from the "save as - dialogue"?

Anyone else who can confirm?

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Re: "Save as .." always in background

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We solved it this way:

In Windows 7 registry :
Change the value of ForegroundLockTimeOut in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
from its default value (decimal 200 000) into the new value 0 (zero).
After that : restart the pc.

Let us know if this also works for you ...

There are a few threads about this problem in the actual forum about the "MS Office Addin", like these ones:
- https://forum.pdf-xchange.com/ ... 41&t=17758
- https://forum.pdf-xchange.com/ ... 41&t=17998
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Hi guys,

Thanks for the suggestion Willy!

Peter - are you using Version 4 or Version 5 of the Add-in? If so, what build?

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Version 5, current build.

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Hi Peter,

Thanks - and can you please try the solution offered by Willy and let us know how it works out for you?

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Tracker Supp-Stefan wrote:... and can you please try the solution offered by Willy ....
Are you sure there are no side effects on the behaviour of other software?

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Hi Peter,

Here is what this registry entry does:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/libr ... 57208.aspx

And you can test changing that and if not happy you can always revert it to the default value of 200 000.

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OK, I will test, but not till next week because I'm travelling.

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Sure Peter,

Let us know of the results once you have the change to test!

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Tracker Supp-Stefan wrote:...Let us know of the results once you have the change to test!...
Seem to work fine. Works without special events ...

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