# Full screen mode minimizes when poping up file save or print **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [December 17, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/full-screen-mode-minimizes-when-poping-up-file-save-or-print/2437 "2010-12-17T18:07:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@Robert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/full-screen-mode-minimizes-when-poping-up-file-save-or-print/2437/1 "2010-12-17T18:07:30Z")
This is with a project I have upgraded to 7.1.6 and to 7.1.7 It worked fine when it was 7.1.4. Now when I click the print button or the save to excel button the screen get minimized. ---
**Author:** ![Carl.Gould](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/carl.gould/32/7262_2.png) [@Carl.Gould](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carl.Gould)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/full-screen-mode-minimizes-when-poping-up-file-save-or-print/2437/2 "2010-12-17T18:48:13Z")
It worked in 7.1.4 and now it doesn’t? Thats weird considering nothing has changed with regards to that stuff. Are you sure you had it in full-screen mode then? Did your OS or version of Java change? ---
**Author:** ![Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@Robert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/full-screen-mode-minimizes-when-poping-up-file-save-or-print/2437/3 "2010-12-20T18:25:54Z")
Only thing I did was update Ignition. This system is off the net in it’s own little private world so no O/S updates. ---
**Author:** ![Carl.Gould](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/carl.gould/32/7262_2.png) [@Carl.Gould](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carl.Gould)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/full-screen-mode-minimizes-when-poping-up-file-save-or-print/2437/4 "2010-12-20T19:21:53Z")
Very strange - I’m pretty confident nothing changed re: fullscreen mode. What OS? We’d like to try and reproduce the issue here. ---
**Author:** ![Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@Robert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 12:03am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/full-screen-mode-minimizes-when-poping-up-file-save-or-print/2437/5 "2010-12-21T00:03:39Z")
XP and 7 ---
**Author:** ![Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@Robert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 7:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/full-screen-mode-minimizes-when-poping-up-file-save-or-print/2437/6 "2010-12-21T19:15:48Z")
Just ran a test. Downloaded 7.1.8 from the download section. Installed on a computer that’s never had Ignition (WinXP with all current patches, java 1.6.0\_20). Created a new project. Created a new screen and placed an easy chart on it. Ran the project from the designer in full screen mode. Clicked the print button. _poof_ everything minimized. ---
**Author:** ![Carl.Gould](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/carl.gould/32/7262_2.png) [@Carl.Gould](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carl.Gould)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2010, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/full-screen-mode-minimizes-when-poping-up-file-save-or-print/2437/7 "2010-12-21T23:10:50Z")
Alright well that sounds easy to replicate. I tried it in Windows 7 and it didn’t do it for me, but I’ll investigate further. ---
**Author:** ![Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@Robert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/full-screen-mode-minimizes-when-poping-up-file-save-or-print/2437/8 "2011-01-05T23:54:14Z")
Tried it with Win7 and the latest 7.2 beta. Same result. Everything goes _poof_ into a little small icon on the task bar. ---
**Author:** ![Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@Robert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 8:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/full-screen-mode-minimizes-when-poping-up-file-save-or-print/2437/9 "2011-01-11T20:35:46Z")
It would be really great if you guys could get this fixed for the next release. Any day now I expect my customer to call and ask me to fly (two time zones away) out and complete the final commissioning. (The normal story, site is on a isolated lan, no access, have to be there to make changes, etc) ---
**Author:** ![rooks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce7236/32.png) [@rooks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rooks)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 11:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/full-screen-mode-minimizes-when-poping-up-file-save-or-print/2437/10 "2011-01-12T23:53:53Z")
I am getting a similar occurence. When using system.dataset.exportExcel to export a table, the popup comes up, and then when I click save, the client shuts down completely. And, when I open the Excel file, it is empty. ---
**Author:** ![Carl.Gould](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/carl.gould/32/7262_2.png) [@Carl.Gould](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carl.Gould)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/full-screen-mode-minimizes-when-poping-up-file-save-or-print/2437/11 "2011-01-13T18:35:17Z")
Just an update: I’m currently investigating this issue, and I hope to have it resolved for 7.1.9. ---
**Author:** ![Carl.Gould](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/carl.gould/32/7262_2.png) [@Carl.Gould](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carl.Gould)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/full-screen-mode-minimizes-when-poping-up-file-save-or-print/2437/12 "2011-01-17T21:12:49Z")
Ok so the resolution for this was not a minor thing, so it went into 7.2.0. Basically, full screen mode no longer uses whats called “full-screen exclusive” mode when launched on windows. It uses a somewhat lighter weight mechanism to go full-screen. This solves the minimizing probelm. It also lets us have a “screen index” specifier so that you can configure a project to launch on a screen other than the main screen. This should let you more easily configure a multi-monitor setup. ---
**Author:** ![Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@Robert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 12:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/full-screen-mode-minimizes-when-poping-up-file-save-or-print/2437/13 "2011-01-18T00:02:02Z")
Great news! ![:prayer:](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/1X/e5a7e3b63facc151ea73e3b45db7bdb3d4bdc316.gif ":prayer:") Is 7.2 still on schedule? ---
**Author:** ![Carl.Gould](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/carl.gould/32/7262_2.png) [@Carl.Gould](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carl.Gould)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/full-screen-mode-minimizes-when-poping-up-file-save-or-print/2437/14 "2011-01-18T19:22:41Z")
Yep. ---
**Author:** ![Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@Robert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 10:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/full-screen-mode-minimizes-when-poping-up-file-save-or-print/2437/15 "2011-01-18T22:21:25Z")
Problem fixed in today’s 7.2 beta Thank you