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Re: IDE v0.18.? and Win32lib v0.60.0+

• Posted by Don <eunexus at yahoo.com> Jul 09, 2004
• 495 views

> I'm getting a lot of e-mail about the behavior or Code Editor with the new
> win32lib.
> 
> In order to perhaps stem the flow I'm letting every user of IDE know what has
> happened.
> 
> Code Editor is parented to Form Design which allows Code Editor to stay in
> front of
> IDE's
> main screen and at the same time allow the user to click in Design to manage
> controls.
> The new
> win32lib, when a control in Design is clicked or when an icon in the Tool Box
> is clicked
> and
> a number of other times and Code Editor is open, gives focus immediately back
> to Code
> Editor. You can get around this problem by 
> parenting CodeWin in IDE_code.ew to 0 but then the Code Editor's icon will
> show in
> the windows
> task bar and Code Editor is not stay in front of IDE's main window.  In the
> next release
> of IDE I've played a little game by parenting Code Editor to an offscreen
> toolwindow so that the icon doesn't show in the task bar. I'm not entirely
> pleased
> with this trick as without a lot of moveZOrder statements I can not keep Code
> Editor
> in front of IDE's main window. 
> 
> If anyone has suggestions I'd be grateful to hear them.
> ~judith
> 

Hey Judith =)
Umm, Windows style WS_EX_TOPMOST doesnt fit the bill?

Or does it only need to be topmost some of the time.  I have never tried,
but perhaps toggling this style will provide what you need... an example
would rule (as I code by hand) =)


Don Phillips - aka Graebel
     National Instruments
     mailto: eunexus @ yahoo.com