Help re: Flushevents, systemwindow and kill

n/a eptya at bigpond.com
Wed Mar 29 00:23:54 EST 2006


Hi, 
 
I am fairly new to revolution and need some help to ensure an application loaded via 
the shell is always the top window, even if the user clicks on another window.  I have 
searched the list and looked through the rev docs but can't find a solution which will 
work on all platforms.  
 
The specific issue is.... 
 
I have an application which acts as a main menu (containing buttons) to load other 
applications I have made with rev.  When I click on a button an application is loaded 
via the shell function and the do command.  Howver, the application that is being 
loaded takes a couple of seconds to load.  If I click on the main menu window 
(application) while the other application is loading the new application window will 
load behind the menu.  The menu and the other applications do not have a title bar or 
controls. 
 
Is there a way to work around this? 
 
I have tried putting flushevents("mousedown") as well as mouseup,  system and activate 
in the handler.  I have also tried to set the menu's systemwindow property to false if 
the user clicks on it while a linked application is loading.  I tried to set the linked 
application's systemwindow to true once it is loaded - the application comes to the 
front for a split second then disappears behind the menu.  I have tried to use the 
click command to activate the new application as soon as it is loaded.  Last, I have 
tried to use the kill command (when the menu is closed) to close the applications I 
know may have been loaded but are sitting behind the menu's window.  Can the kill 
command really close an application if the process image name is known?  I have tried 
to use all of the above with the launch command as well. 
 
Any help would be greatly appreciated. 
 
Thanks, 
 
Christina Lipscomb 



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