Example program forces front panel screen size

I am somewhat of a novice at LabView programming.  I used an example program as the starting point.  I expanded the front panel, added buttons and displays, and added code to do additional things.  But when the program gets to the example code, it forces the front panel screen down to its original (example) size.  The help messages talk about going to File > VI properties > screen size but none of the settings solve the problem.  The code that I wrote starts with a full screen front panel and runs fine until the program gets to the example code then the front panel shrinks.  There must be something in that portion of the code that is setting the properties.  Anyone know what is happening?

Hi Gary,
Anyone know what is happening?
You already answered that on your own:
There must be something in that portion of the code that is setting the properties.
All you have to do is find that part of code!
Start searching using breakpoints and step-by-step execution (aka basic debugging techniques)…
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