By the way, the reply that he got appears to come from the Borland newsgroups.
You should be able to find them on your ISP's server with names starting with borland > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Robert Martin > Sent: Tuesday, 16 October 2001 11:11 > To: Multiple recipients of list delphi > Subject: Re: [DUG]: Really simple question > > > .. on behalf of Simon > > I have used the first solution below to implement multiple windows with > their own taskbar tabs within one application. The problem I have is that > when any of the child windows with their own tabs display a modal form (or > dialog), the child window itself hides while the modal form is > showing. How > do I get around this? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Edward Aretino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 6:21 PM > Subject: Re: [DUG]: Really simple question > > > > Simple, but not exactly intuitive (btw, I use the second method).. > > > > From Peter Below : > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > If you want to have a separate taskbar button for each secondary window > you > > have two options: > > > > 1. override the CreateParams method of each secondary form and add the > > WS_EX_APPWINDOW style: > > > > procedure TForm2.CreateParams(Var params: TCreateParams); > > begin > > inherited CreateParams( params ); > > params.ExStyle := params.ExStyle or WS_EX_APPWINDOW; > > end; > > > > If you click on a secondary forms taskbar button while another app is > > active this will still bring all the applications forms to front. If you > do > > not want that there is option > > > > 2. reparent the secondary forms to the desktop > > > > procedure TForm2.CreateParams(Var params: TCreateParams); > > begin > > inherited CreateParams( params ); > > params.ExStyle := params.ExStyle or WS_EX_APPWINDOW; > > params.WndParent := GetDesktopwindow; > > end; > > > > Note that this can cause some problems with modal forms shown from > > secondary forms. If the user switches away from the app while a > modal form > > is up and then back to the form that showed it the modal form may hide > > beneath the form. It is possible to deal with this by making sure the > modal > > form is parented to the form that showed it (using params.WndParent as > > above) but this is not possible with the standard dialogs from > the Dialogs > > unit and exceptions, which need more effort to get them to work right > > (basically handling Application.OnActivate, looking for modal forms > > parented to Application via GetLastActivepopup and bringing them to the > top > > of the Z-order via SetWindowPos). > > > > Peter Below (TeamB) > > > > > > > > > > At 15:04 24/09/2001 +1200, you wrote: > > >Hi Im sure this is a really simple question but I just cant remember... > > > > > >How do you set a new form (non modal) to have its own entry on the > taskbar? > > > > > >TIA > > > > > >Robert Martin > > >Software Engineer > > >Wild Software Ltd > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > > New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz > > To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with body of "unsubscribe delphi" > > Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/ > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > --------- > New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz > To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with body of "unsubscribe delphi" > Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe delphi" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/
