Titlebar-less application question

J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Mon Sep 10 19:04:31 EDT 2007


mfstuart wrote:
> Hi Jacqueline,
> Might there be some kind of delay doing it this way?

No, shouldn't be. Your mainstack will be very tiny, completely empty 
except for a small stack script with a few handlers in it. You shouldn't 
even notice it is there.


> 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.
>>
>> -- 
>> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
>> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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