Titlebar-less application question

[Derek Bump]

Mark,

Hopefully... I would suggest that you either add that to the enhancement
request, or create a new one for such a feature (Ex: set the
altTabVisible of this stack to [true|false]).


Derek Bump
Dreamscape Software
http://www.dreamscapesoftware.com


mfstuart wrote:
> Thanx for the update/how-to Derek. I've put my vote in.
> 
> So I assume if this is added by RunRev, it will make the application appear
> on the taskbar and therefore appear in the list of applications using the
> Alt-Tab? After all, it appears in the Windows Task Manager as an exe. So it
> is a ligit process on Windows.
> 
> I'll apply your suggestion with the buttons tonite and let you know how it
> went.
> 
> Thanx,
> Mark Stuart
> 
> 
> 
> Derek Bump-2 wrote:
>> Hello Mark,
>>
>> The issue you are describing with Question #1 is the intended behavior,
>> as a window with no decorations (title bar) is considered transient by
>> Revolution.
>>
>> I originally felt this was a bug, and filed Report #3935
>> (http://quality.runrev.com/qacenter/show_bug.cgi?id=3935).  It's now an
>> enhancement request, and if you really want it implemented, you need to
>> vote for it.  What I'm hoping for is the following:
>>
>>         set the taskBarButton of this stack to [true|false]
>>
>> But that won't happen unless more people vote for the enhancement.
>>
>> Regarding Question #2, it sounds like you want to make every window edge
>> resizeable.  The way I tacked the issue was to create 4 buttons for each
>> window border that each resized the window side appropriately.  Then I
>> created 4 more buttons to fill in the corners so each corner resizes as
>> a normal window would.
>>
>>
>> Derek Bump
>> Dreamscape Software
>> http://www.dreamscapesoftware.com
>>
>>
>> mfstuart wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I've created an application with no title bar, for WINXP (using Rev
>>> 2.8.1).
>>> I've added a handler for the user to drag the window/stack around - no
>>> problem. (thanx to this forum)
>>>
>>> Q1.
>>> But when I use the Alt-Tab to switch application, I do not see the
>>> application in the dialog of open applications. Anyone know what to do to
>>> get the application to appear in the list of open applications?
>>> Also, I don't see the application on the task bar.
>>>
>>> Q2. I have a resize-button in the bottom right of the window/stack -
>>> which
>>> works great (thanx to this forum), but would also like to allow the user
>>> to
>>> mouse-over the edge of the window/stack and allow them to resize that
>>> way,
>>> with the dragging the mouse while down.
>>>
>>> The whole issue here is that I have removed the Title bar of the stack
>>> and
>>> now I have to do all this extra work for resizing. This is not a problem,
>>> just don't know how to approach this issue.
>>>
>>> Anyone with help on this?
>>>
>>> Thanx,
>>> Mark Stuart
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