Panel Width Stays Fixed in 64-Bit but not 32-Bit

Question

Hello all,
I've recently installed Configurator 1.0 and created my first
panel as a collection of menu commands and tools I most often use.
The panel is 800x130 (HxW) pixels. I'm running Vista 64 Ultimate
with PS CS4 32-bit & 64-bit installed, and have observed that
with the panel exported to both versions of PS, it will open in
each at a 214-pixel width as the application initializes, but then
very quickly resize to the 130-pixel width I defined. However,
while consistently true for 64-Bit PS, that is not the case for
32-Bit, where the panel commonly remains at the 214-pixel width as
often as not. This does not seem to be affected by whether the
panel is docked or undocked, or whether I've resaved a workspace or
even created a new one with the panel active. I'm not certain of
this, but it seems that if I close the panel in 32-bit PS before
closing the application, then it is more likely that if I reopen
the application and then enable the panel, it will initialize to
the correct size. Oh, and when it is at the 214-pixel width, I
cannot resize it manually. Similarly, when the panel is reopened
for editing in Configurator, it always opens at the correct
130-pixel width.
Note that the panels for each version of PS were separately
exported to the respective Plug-ins/Panels folder and I even tried
replacing the folder under the 32-bit PS with a hard link
(junction) to the Panels folder in the 64-bit PS. That made no
difference in the observed behavior other than that it does allow
one exported panel location to serve both applications. I tried the
same with a shortcut in lieu of of a junction, but that didn't seem
to work insofar as the Panels extensions being loaded.
Has anyone seen such behavior as this? It is really no more
than a nuisance, but I'd like to avoid it if possible.
Thanks,
Daryl

Answer 1

Since the Configurator doesn't include a compiler, so the flash panel generated by it doesn't have a native height and width.
So the height and width you assigned in the Configurator is saved into the .gpc file.
You observation is very sharp and accurate, when a panel is opened first time in the Photoshop.
It will show the panel in the default size first, then it will load the height and width you assigned from the .gpc file, and resize it to the size you want.
And then when you close the panel, it will save the current panel size to a flash player share object.
The next time when you open the panel, it will load the last time saved size back.