Comment 12 for bug 493588

I tried your work around and it works great!

Thanks
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rafal Lach" <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 17:52
Subject: [Bug 493588] Re: Save dialog boxes do not appear on save command.

I think i've found the cause of tht problem, or at least a workaround. I
used winspector (a program that lists all windows and lets you examine
their properties) to find the inkscape's save dialog, and here's how
info about window geometry looks like this:

Class Name #32770
Rectangle 371, 205, 932, 205
Size 561, 0
Client Rectangle 0, 0, 555, 0
Client Size 555, 0

So it seems that inkscape somehow manages to create a window with zero
width.

As a workaround i created a tiny autohotkey script (autohotkey is a
freeware windows scripting utility, www.autohotkey.com) that waits for
the save dialog window to appear and then forces it into arbitrary size
and position:

loop
{
winWait Select file ahk_class #32770
WinMove,ahk_class #32770,, 100, 300, 560, 390
}

All you need to do is paste the above four lines into a text file,
change its extension to .ahk and run it. As long as the script is
running, any inkscape save dialog will become visible. Of course you
need autohotkey installed first ;) If you use inkscape in other language
than English you might need to change the words "Select file" to your
language. It's just the beginning of save dialog's titlebar text:
"Select file to save to". I added it as an additional filter so that
autohotkey doesn't resize some other window but it should be safe to
remove if you don't remember what this text was in your language.

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Save dialog boxes do not appear on save command.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/493588
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Status in Inkscape: A Vector Drawing Tool: New

Bug description:
Save dialog boxes do not appear on save command. I am using Windows XP SP2
and Inkscape 0.47. The save dialog box does not draw. The program goes into
"waiting for an entry mode" with the usual bonk. I can release this mode by
pressing ESC.

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