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Hi.
I have a need to extend Notice. I want to pretty ours up with some graphics but more importantly I want to run my specific Notice(s) naked i.e. without the Window title bar region. Essentially, I want to mimic what apps like Photoshop do i.e. they pop at startup a window showing the initialization of the app etc. I know that there is a packaged called NakedWindows and I also believe that there is either another implementation and/or somebody had blogged about it. I believe that it centers around changing the application's windowType to whatever but perhaps there is some setup and or caveats. any words of wisdom are appreciated. much obliged. -- Charles A. Monteiro |
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Well, I did just find something in the public repository called:
Epigent Application Window Styles by Runar but unfortunately from a quick scan , I can't see how to get rid of the title area, nor do the sunits provided document how to do it if it is possible with said framework. tia, Charles On Thu, 02 Mar 2006 10:25:06 -0500, Charles A. Monteiro <[hidden email]> wrote: > Hi. > > I have a need to extend Notice. > > I want to pretty ours up with some graphics but more importantly I want > to run my specific Notice(s) naked i.e. without the Window title bar > region. Essentially, I want to mimic what apps like Photoshop do i.e. > they pop at startup a window showing the initialization of the app etc. > > I know that there is a packaged called NakedWindows and I also believe > that there is either another implementation and/or somebody had blogged > about it. > > I believe that it centers around changing the application's windowType > to whatever but perhaps there is some setup and or caveats. > > any words of wisdom are appreciated. > > much obliged. > -- Charles A. Monteiro |
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I am not sure if this would be any help to you, but I have done this in the past using the DLL-C, implementing this in a dll I delivered with my apps. Made it possible to create any kind of window decoration Windows supported.
Rob Vens
2006/3/2, Charles A. Monteiro <[hidden email]>:
Well, I did just find something in the public repository called: |
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I sure hope there's a way to do this. I'm
also going to need this behavior. There's no way to apply styles to the
window?
-Carl Gundel, author of Liberty BASIC
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In reply to this post by Rob Vens
There is package NakedWindows in the public Store database. Read comments on the package for usage. It supports Windows only. I do intend to include this behaviour in my Epigent Application Window Styles package( http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/userblogs/runarj/blogView?showComments=true&entry=3308039622 ) later. |
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In reply to this post by Charles A. Monteiro-2
You could look at how FlyByHelp does it. UI.FlyByHelpWindow Charles A. Monteiro wrote: > Hi. > > I have a need to extend Notice. > > I want to pretty ours up with some graphics but more importantly I want to > run my specific Notice(s) naked i.e. without the Window title bar region. > Essentially, I want to mimic what apps like Photoshop do i.e. they pop at > startup a window showing the initialization of the app etc. > > I know that there is a packaged called NakedWindows and I also believe > that there is either another implementation and/or somebody had blogged > about it. > > I believe that it centers around changing the application's windowType to > whatever but perhaps there is some setup and or caveats. > > any words of wisdom are appreciated. > > much obliged. |
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In reply to this post by Carl Gundel
Runar's stuff does allow one to apply some of this. NakedWindows at one
point in time did not work well but I have not checked it out lately, so from what I hear my answer is basically look at NakedWindows again and I guess nobody knows what the particular windowType in question is? not #normal, not #reserved, not etc but what? -Charles On Thu, 02 Mar 2006 10:51:47 -0500, Carl Gundel <[hidden email]> wrote: > I sure hope there's a way to do this. I'm also going to need this > behavior. There's no way to apply styles to the window? > > -Carl Gundel, author of Liberty BASIC > http://www.libertybasic.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Rob Vens > To: Charles A. Monteiro > Cc: [hidden email] > Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 10:44 AM > Subject: Re: Naked Windows > > > I am not sure if this would be any help to you, but I have done this > in the past using the DLL-C, implementing this in a dll I delivered with > my apps. Made it possible to create any kind of window decoration > Windows supported. > > Rob Vens > > 2006/3/2, Charles A. Monteiro <[hidden email]>: > Well, I did just find something in the public repository called: > > Epigent Application Window Styles > > by Runar > > but unfortunately from a quick scan , I can't see how to get rid of > the > title area, nor do the sunits provided document how to do it if it is > possible with said framework. > > tia, > > Charles > > On Thu, 02 Mar 2006 10:25:06 -0500, Charles A. Monteiro > <[hidden email]> wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > I have a need to extend Notice. > > > > I want to pretty ours up with some graphics but more importantly I > want > > to run my specific Notice(s) naked i.e. without the Window title > bar > > region. Essentially, I want to mimic what apps like Photoshop do > i.e. > > they pop at startup a window showing the initialization of the app > etc. > > > > I know that there is a packaged called NakedWindows and I also > believe > > that there is either another implementation and/or somebody had > blogged > > about it. > > > > I believe that it centers around changing the application's > windowType > > to whatever but perhaps there is some setup and or caveats. > > > > any words of wisdom are appreciated. > > > > much obliged. > > > > > > -- > Charles A. Monteiro > > > -- Charles A. Monteiro |
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In reply to this post by Reinout Heeck
I want to use a Notice and just tell it to open "naked" :), as simple as
that On Thu, 02 Mar 2006 11:15:42 -0500, Reinout Heeck <[hidden email]> wrote: > > You could look at how FlyByHelp does it. > > UI.FlyByHelpWindow > > > Charles A. Monteiro wrote: >> Hi. >> >> I have a need to extend Notice. >> >> I want to pretty ours up with some graphics but more importantly I want >> to >> run my specific Notice(s) naked i.e. without the Window title bar >> region. >> Essentially, I want to mimic what apps like Photoshop do i.e. they pop >> at >> startup a window showing the initialization of the app etc. >> >> I know that there is a packaged called NakedWindows and I also believe >> that there is either another implementation and/or somebody had blogged >> about it. >> >> I believe that it centers around changing the application's windowType >> to >> whatever but perhaps there is some setup and or caveats. >> >> any words of wisdom are appreciated. >> >> much obliged. -- Charles A. Monteiro |
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btw, NakedWindows seems to work fine, I subclassed Notice and extended the
ImageConfigurationSubystem so that it uses Notice to diplay what parcels are being loaded including showing the progress bar etc. Now, I'm going to add a pretty image. On Thu, 02 Mar 2006 13:48:55 -0500, Charles A. Monteiro <[hidden email]> wrote: > I want to use a Notice and just tell it to open "naked" :), as simple as > that > > > On Thu, 02 Mar 2006 11:15:42 -0500, Reinout Heeck <[hidden email]> wrote: > >> >> You could look at how FlyByHelp does it. >> >> UI.FlyByHelpWindow >> >> >> Charles A. Monteiro wrote: >>> Hi. >>> >>> I have a need to extend Notice. >>> >>> I want to pretty ours up with some graphics but more importantly I >>> want to >>> run my specific Notice(s) naked i.e. without the Window title bar >>> region. >>> Essentially, I want to mimic what apps like Photoshop do i.e. they pop >>> at >>> startup a window showing the initialization of the app etc. >>> >>> I know that there is a packaged called NakedWindows and I also believe >>> that there is either another implementation and/or somebody had blogged >>> about it. >>> >>> I believe that it centers around changing the application's windowType >>> to >>> whatever but perhaps there is some setup and or caveats. >>> >>> any words of wisdom are appreciated. >>> >>> much obliged. > > > -- Charles A. Monteiro |
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