SQL Window with sql prompt not opening in foreground - program stuck!

[Jeff81]

I recently starting having a problem with queries that have an "&" to prompt user for a value. When the query executes the dialog never pops up but the PLSQL Dev program stuck waiting for that window to close. The dialog box is no where to be found. I can't bring it to the front. I've tried minimizing all my other windows. This randomly starting happening a few weeks ago. Same issue also with version 14 beta.
I have to end task on my program when this happens.

One thing I have noticed is that I use crash recovery and tend to have a multiple sessions waiting to be recovered. So when I open a new instance of PLSQL Dev the crash recovery window will pop up and I chose an instance to recover but not sure if the window fully goes away.

Any ideas?

 

[Marco Kalter]

Can you start regedit.exe and go to the following section?

For PL/SQL Developer 11.0 and earlier:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Allround Automations\PL/SQL Developer\Position

For PL/SQL Developer 12.0 and later:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Allround Automations\PL/SQL Developer [version]\Position

Delete the SubstVarForm key in this section, restart PL/SQL Developer, and try again.

 

[Jeff81]

Thanks I think that worked. I tested with both version 13 and 14.

 

[TheOracle]

I'm having the same issue when clicking the ellipses button next to text in the results panel. it opens off screen and can't do anything until I press the escape key to return control back to the main window. I deleted everything under the 'Position' registry key and restarted the program with no luck.

Please advise.

 

[Marco Kalter]

Did you exit PL/SQL Developer before clearing the "Position" key? I'm not sure what else could cause this.

 

[TheOracle]

Yes I did. None of the entries in the registry seem to apply to the field value editor (the one that lets you switch to plain text, hex, html, etc).