Paul: I think I tried the changing windowstate but at least in VFP6-8 it is a read only deal. The background as-top-level form I created was the same size as the in-top-level form so it fit neatly together. Hope you find a solution. Regards,
Jack Paul Newton wrote: > Jack > > Thanks for your reply. I *can* see what you are getting at and it is a > possible approach to look at. MyEXE is being run (i) as a stand-alone > EXE or (ii) from within Opera. MyEXE contains Main.PRG which decides > what to do (at the moment it's either DO FORM MyForm_TopLevel or DO FORM > MyForm_InScreen). > > If I had just one form (MyForm - Show in top-level form) and had > Main.PRG just call that form, I am not sure whether calling MyEXE from > within Opera would work. I'll have to check. > > The second point is that if I use your approach and MyEXE is run > stand-alone them Main.PRG will have to launch a top-level form first in > which MyForm can run. > > As much as I appreciate your suggestion it much just be easier to carry > on with my current approach. > > Perhaps others will have comments - I don't see why ShowWindow needs to > be read-only during the Init of the form (obviously it needs to be > read-only after that), but I am sure that somebody can throw some light > on this (maybe it's something to do with the fact that the form's > controls, which are init'd before the form itself, need to know in > advance what the ShowWindow of the form is going to be ?) > > Paul Newton _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
