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1. Another Window 7

• Posted by dcole May 12, 2011
• 1476 views

I have a programs with two windows.

w=create(Window,"aaa",0,10,10,10,10,0) PillD = createEx( Window, "Pill D", 0, Default, Default, 544, 436, 0, 0 )

w= is a small unnoticeable window that may or may not show on the desktop.

w also has a timer that opens PillD when it is time to take a pill.

I designed it so PillD will not close untill I check off that the pill has been taken. This resets the timer and so on.

Everything works fine in Windows XP. No matter what I am working on (Excel, Paint, or another Euphoria Program... whatever), PillD open up on top and I cannot close it untill I check off the pill.

Now with Windiow 7 it does work and opens window PillD. However it does not come to the top. If I look very carefully I can see that there are two programs running in the Taskbar. This is the only way I notice it's tine to take the pill. But I don't want to have to keep checki8ng the taskbar.

So I guess my question is how can I make a Window open on the top in windows 7.

What I mean by "on top" is that if I am working in Excel and my window pops I can no longer work on Excel untill my window is closed.

Any help appreciated.

Don Cole

3. Re: Another Window 7

• Posted by dcole May 15, 2011
• 1377 views

[proc] 
moveZOrder ( integer id, atom ztype) 
Move id to up or down the of Z order of windows. 
Category: Attributes 
 
ztype can be one of HWND_TOP, HWND_BOTTOM, HWND_TOPMOST or HWND_NOTOPMOST, or another control id. In the latter case, id will appear in front of ztype. 
 
Example: 
 
          -- change the order of this window. 
          moveZOrder( msgWindow,  HWND_TOPMOST) 
 
-- move id in front of id2 moveZOrder( id, id2)  

Hello Andy,

So it's called Z order, This is v-e-r-y inter rest' sting.

It even works when Microsoft's Screen Saver comes on.

You sure know your stuff. Thank you very much.

Don Cole