Background takeover

curry curry at pair.com
Thu Jul 24 20:04:01 EDT 2003


I'm on Mac OX. If I have the backdrop on (black although shouldn't 
matter) and the screen saver comes on, then when I get out of the 
screensaver, sometimes I don't see the stack I'm working on--the 
backdrop has taken over and covered the screen. I have to select the 
stack from the Windows menu.

It can also happen when switching apps.

I was trying some things with resume and suspend to see if that would 
workaround, but didn't have much luck.

However, then I tried it with engine only, not the IDE, and there was 
no problem.

But I'm curious to know if other people get the same result. If you 
want to try:

1. Open Rev, new mainstack, set backdrop to black

2. Move the cursor to your screen saver hot spot and back 5 or 10 
times. For me, this will result in correct behavior a few times and 
the stack is hidden a few times--no evident pattern.

3. If you like, try switching to another app and back to Rev 
repeatedly--same results for me.

4. Choose the menu option to hide the Rev IDE, and then try it. 
Everything worked OK for me.

Thanks,

Curry



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