There was a discussion on this in early February. I have the a similar issue. When my application starts, it positions a master menu form atthe bottom right corner of my screen. Clicking on any of many button objects leaves the master menu formdisplayed on the screen at its current location, then opens a new form (whichby default opens in the center of the screen). The On After Start EEP for this new form relocates it to a position on topof the master menu form (hiding a portion of it). Like Michael observed, this results in what looks like abrief flicker; the new form appears inthe center of the screen for a fraction of a second, then jumps to theprescribed location. Because my new form starts in a position so far from the menu form (no form overlap on a large monitor), the jump to the new position is very noticeable. I would like toremove or hide this repositioning jump. I tried Karen's trick – it certainly seemed like it a good idea to start by making the form invisible, reposition it, then make itvisible. I did the following:1. In the new form'sObject Property list, I changed the Alpha Blend value from 255 to 1 (the lowest value inR:Base X, I am not using X.5 yet).2. In the new form'sOn After Start EEP, I: A. Relocate the form using PROPERTY RBASE_FORM LEFT and PROPERTYRBASE_FORM TOP commands. B. Make the form visible again using the command PROPERTYRBASE_FORM ALPHABLENDVALUE 255 Unfortunately, I didn't observe any change in behavior. Changing the Alpha Blend to a value of 1 didn't make the form invisible wheninitially opening in the center. So I still see the repositioning jump.
As a further test, I place the command PROPERTYRBASE_FORM ALPHABLENDVALUE 1 in the On Before Start EEP. No change as expected. And placing PROPERTYRBASE_FORM ALPHABLENDVALUE 1 as the last command in the On After Start EEP did make the new form invisible AFTER it had been repositioned. So setting the Alpha Blend value to 1 does make the form invisible. Isthere something I forgot to do? In my older R:Base 6.5 version, this repositioning was gracefully handled by placing the SET RBGSIZE command in the command file used to start the application - which is what I am trying to replicate. Any suggestions on resolving this visible repositioning jump will beappreciated. Richard Hopkins -- For group guidelines, visit http://www.rbase.com/support/usersgroup_guidelines.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBASE-L" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbase-l/1427590788.1008607.1586124005589%40mail.yahoo.com.
