Titlebar Bug Workaround Challenge

[Terry Judd]

It's a real hack, but what if you place the player in a separate palette
stack that is sized to fit the player and has no decorations and then
reposition it when the user move the main stack.

Terry...


On 23/11/08 9:58 AM, "Scott Rossi" <scott at tactilemedia.com> wrote:

> Hi List:
> 
> Is there any way to trap the rollover of the mouse in the Windows taskbar to
> make whatever stack name the mouse is over in the taskbar to become the
> defaultStack?  I'm trying to create a workaround for the Windows titlebar
> rendering issue that I mentioned a couple of days ago.
> 
> For those that missed it, there is a bug in Rev Windows where the stack name
> displayed in the Windows titlebar becomes messed up when a player is present
> on a card.  I've given up trying to force the titlebar to render properly
> and am now attempting to use an offscreen "proxy stack" to represent the
> "real stack" in the taskbar (the real stack has a fake titlebar and no
> decorations, thus the real stack does not show up in the taskbar).
> 
> Now I need to be able to iconify the proxy stack, and simultaneously hide
> the real stack.  This works fine EXCEPT the proxy stack requires two clicks
> in the taskbar to become iconified -- this makes sense because the proxy
> stack is not the active stack while the user is viewing the real stack.
> 
> The only way I can see to make the proxy stack the default stack at all
> times is to make the real stack a palette, but I wonder if this is going
> down too complex path that will be prone to failure.  I was thinking if
> there was some way to trap the mouse while in the taskbar I might be able to
> make the proxy stack the defaultstack before the iconify message is sent.
> 
> Any other suggestions?  I hate having to jump through all these hoops but I
> can't find any other way to solve this issue.
> 
> Thanks & Regards,
> 
> Scott Rossi
> Creative Director
> Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design
> 
> 
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Dr Terry Judd
Lecturer in Educational Technology (Design)
Biomedical Multimedia Unit
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences
The University of Melbourne
Parkville VIC 3052
AUSTRALIA

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