* v7.0.7 and Notice Board

[paultt]

Does anyone else get this result? I started up FH, selected my project to open, then clicked Internet, Open Web Search Window.
I normally operate with FH in the right hand half of my screen, and other apps/browser in left hand half.
I have logged it as a call #690546.

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[Jane]

That looks exactly as I would expect for a very narrow window. If you want to use an external browser, just check you have the correct settings in Tools>Preferences and don't bother with the Web window, or turn off your properties box.

[paultt]

Jane, I did not expect to see any property box shown at all, as the Internet-> Open Web Search Window was the first and only thing I did. I know I have not selected any Individual record, so I did not expect to have to turn it off . One would have thought that Open Web Search Window as an initial action in FH would have done just that! If I click say the Query Window button, or Map->View Map Window, I am not 'told' I don't have a record selected, so why should this?

[LornaCraig]

It depends on your settings in Tools>Preferences>Workspaces. On the last line, for Web Search Window, set the Default Property Box Action when Workspace is Opened to None or Close it.

[SimonOrde]

>> ... set the Default Property Box Action when Workspace is Opened to None or Close it.

The default and recommended setting for the Web Search Window, for "Default Property Box Action", is "Open It". The reason for this is that a common use of the Web Search window is with hints (Automatic Internet Data Matching). If you click on a hint for person X in the Focus Window, you will probably want the record for X to be displayed in the Property Box so that you can easily drag-and-drop (or copy-and-paste) the information from the web page into the appropriate fields in X's record.

[paultt]

Yep, that fixed it! It still surprises me how many setting flags, etc that there are that I have not even explored in all my time of using FH. Never thought to look there, as I had not used the Web Search feature at all before, probably because it failed using IE.
Thanks