substack and systemWindow property

Ops ops at myesa.com
Mon Mar 1 12:04:59 EST 2004


I solved this problem in a way in which I didn't think I had 
to...but...I used the "alwaysOnTop" dll with the commands "alwaysOnTop" 
and "windowTopMost"...was there an easier way or a way to do it without 
the use of the dll?

Ops wrote:

> I have a mainstack and 1 substack.  In a mouseEnter handler of a field 
> in the mainstack I "show" the substack.  So far so good...however, when 
> the mainstack's systemWindow property is true, and it is floating above, 
> say, a full-screen browser window, moving the mouse in the field that 
> "shows" the substack on mouseEnter does not make the substack visible 
> (even though the substack's "vis" and "systemWindow" properties are both 
> true).  Obviously, the substack is in fact "popping up", but is not 
> visible because it is *behind* the browser window.  Any ideas on what I 
> can do to make that darn substack show visible above the (in this 
> example) browser window??
> 
> Thanks!!
> 
> Opie
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