Titlebar-less application question

[mfstuart]

Hi Jacqueline,
Might there be some kind of delay doing it this way?
Any case, I'll give it a try.

Thanx,
Mark Stuart



J. Landman Gay wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 
> One workaround for this is to create a normal, toplevel window with the 
> name of your app and make it the mainstack. Make your current stack a 
> substack of this one. Put a script into the mainstack that goes to your 
> current stack on every event that matters: openstack, resume, 
> resumestack, etc. Place the mainstack somewhere offscreen.
> 
> When your standalone opens, the mainstack with the correct name will be 
> displayed in all the usual Windows places. But as soon as it opens, it 
> will go to the substack, which is the one you want to display. The same 
> will happen if you click the name in the taskbar; your mainstack will 
> briefly come to the front (but offscreen) and as soon as it resumes, it 
> will bring your substack to the front.
> 
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