Making a window the "active window" ...

If VW opens a window (e.g. because of some timed event), it does not
became the active "windows" (XP, 7, ..) window.

Anyone know of a way of doing this?  even via some external (to VW)
utility program?

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If VisualWorks is the active application (one of its windows is the
active one), then it's sufficient to send #raise to the window. If VW is
not the active application, then it's hard to accomplish. The reason is
that Windows and its decisive function SetForegroundWindow() does not
allow to steal other applications' focus. You might say "other
applications can". I don't know how they do but I could not accomplish
that for VisualWorks, at least not in the limited range of Support.
If you like, have a look at Support Resolution Res97526 (How to bring a
(dialog) window on MS Windows to front?). The parcel comment has enough
comment to get a first understanding of the background, and there are
also some references on approaches that sound promising.

Dennis Smith schrieb:
> If VW opens a window (e.g. because of some timed event), it does not
> became the active "windows" (XP, 7, ..) window.
>
> Anyone know of a way of doing this?  even via some external (to VW)
>
>
> utility program?

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if your merely want to bring the window to top, you can use the attached
code. it does not activate the focus though, and IMHO that's bad
practice anyway.

Am 07.06.2010 17:32, schrieb Dennis Smith:
> If VW opens a window (e.g. because of some timed event), it does not
> became the active "windows" (XP, 7, ..) window.
>
> Anyone know of a way of doing this?  even via some external (to VW)
> utility program?
>

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I agree -- in general.  My case is different.

I have a VW window open, and a windows explorer window open.
I select the windows window (select by clicking its title bar) -- I then select one or more files and drag-drop them onto the VW window.  This works nicely -- guess which window is the active "windows window"??  Not my VW window -- so the users sees something happen on the VW window, the cursor goes to a field to be entered and the user types -- the "windows window" starts selecting different files :(

On 07/06/2010 12:15 PM, Holger Kleinsorgen wrote:

if your merely want to bring the window to top, you can use the attached code. it does not activate the focus though, and IMHO that's bad practice anyway.

Am 07.06.2010 17:32, schrieb Dennis Smith:

If VW opens a window (e.g. because of some timed event), it does not
became the active "windows" (XP, 7, ..) window.

Anyone know of a way of doing this?  even via some external (to VW)
utility program?

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SetForegroundWindow() will work in this case, because the VW window
where the file was dropped receives an event. therefore, send
SetForegroundWindow() in the event handler for wm_dropfiles, and your
window should become the active window.
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