Designer Session Lockups...

msigal · Post by **msigal** » Mon Dec 30, 2002 11:57 am

If you hit the escape key, this invisible window will close and allow you to work in designer. You can change your options in Designer (default > general) to not have the window appear when you start designer.

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ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Mon Dec 30, 2002 3:41 pm

You haven't specified what release of DataStage you are running. However, this symptom can be an issue of which form has focus; if you can minimize all windows (from task bar) you may see the New/Existing window that should have, but has lost, focus. (This may not be your solution, but is something I have seen in the past, certainly as recently as version 4.0.)

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chulett · Post by **chulett** » Mon Dec 30, 2002 4:03 pm

I've seen this in the past, and it's been showing up on a more regular than I like basis with my current version of DataStage - 5.2r1 on WinXP. Sometimes I can alt-tab and find the 'New/Existing' window, sometimes I have to shutdown all other open applications before I can get to the window and sometimes I end up killing the Designer. I thought it had something to do with really bad timing, as in another application stealing focus from DS right before the dialogue box is going to open. But if you have the problem all the time... Does it happen if the Designer is the *only* application you have running?

-craig