James Hunkins writes:
> Anyone have any ideas of how I can lock a window so that it can't be
> picked to the top under SMSQ/E if the mouse clicks on a visible part of
> it? It sounds like there might not be an official way to do this but
> creative ways are always entertaining.
>
> QDT often calls other programs which run in separate windows. The
> calling window is locked to the degree where it is kind of in standby
> and will not accept any user input. But if you accidentally click on
> the original window, it currently pops to the top and may accidentally
> cover the window that is accepting input.
>
> Any suggestions will be more than welcome.
Provided Ive understood the situation correctly, ie QDT is the calling job
that has accidentally been picked to the top, you can:
Execute somejob, getting it's ID (eg FEX / EXF or FEP)
read pointer, trapping pointer-in-window (vector 32)
if somejob's gone then
continue normal QDT operations
else
re-pick somejob to top of pile
endif
An EasyPtr program to test the concept goes:
100 OUTL
110 id = FEP("calc")
120 REPeat
130 RDPT#0; 32
140 PTOP id
150 END REPeat
You'll see it is impossible to pick the window of the calling job until you
quit Calc.
HTH
Per
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