Backdrop hiding standalone window

[Richmond Mathewson]

Just get rid of the backdrop: more trouble than it's worth and can
really cheese-off end-users who may want to access stuff on their
desktop at the same time as your app is running.

OR, if you really feel the urge to have some sort of backdrop
use a vast substack with a neutral colour/texture that gets "pushed"
to the back when it is opened; make sure it stays there even when
end-users click on it:

http://mathewson.110mb.com/FILEZ/Backdrop-O-Matic.rev.zip

Ian McKnight wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have a stack with a menu option to hide/show the backdrop In the IDE
> everything works as it should, however, in the standalone things
> don't. Specifically when the backdrop is visible and I drag the
> standalone's window it goes 'behind' the backdrop. The only way to
> regain control of the app then is to force quit from the Task Manager
> and run the app again.
>
> I put the following handler in the card script of each card in the
> stack, hoping that it would bring the stack back to the front again,
> with no affect.
>
> on mouseDownInBackdrop
>     toplevel stack "backdropTest"
> end mousedowninbackdrop
>
> I searched the Quality Centre for related problems but came up empty.
> Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a workaround?
> At present I have had to disable the Show/Hide option in the menu bar
> but I would like to be able to provide it.
>
> I'm using revEnterprise 4.0 on Windows XP sp3
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
> Regards
>
>
> Ian McKnight
>
> iangmcknight at googlemail.com
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