I guess you could take it a step further and ask to be able to set the parent window for any form. This would likely put an end to any of the Z-order issues, since if you ALT-Tabbed through any of the active windows, any child windows that are set to that parent are going to come up with it in one go.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Byerley" <[email protected]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 2:28 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: pause dialog boxes going behind form : TOPMOST is not a cure-all. What you really want is for the PAUSE or DIALOG : to be MODAL to the PARENT window (PARENT = The form from which the pause or : dialog was issued). : : We are already half-way home on this issue, since to make the PAUSE or : DIALOG modal to the parent window, you have to know the HANDLE of the parent : and RBase does expose the HANDLE property of its forms. : : So if you were going to ask for an enhancement, you would want to be able to : pass the HANDLE of the form to the PAUSE or DIALOG. : : DIALOG is a no brainer, since it already accepts multiple arguments. The : PAUSE would have to be reconsidered. Likely you would leave the PAUSE as it : now exists and opt for an Enhanced PAUSE that would accept arguments in a : similar fashion to the DIALOG command. : : : : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "James Bentley" <[email protected]> : To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> : Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 1:38 PM : Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: pause dialog boxes going behind form : : : I agree with Karen. It should always be "top most." : : Jim Bentley : American Celiac Society : [email protected] : tel: 1-504-737-3293 : : : >________________________________ : > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> : >To: RBASE-L Mailing List <[email protected]> : >Sent: Tuesday, May 1, 2012 12:35 PM : >Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: pause dialog boxes going behind form : > : > : >I'm not sure the reasoning behind a TOPMOST property. It should always be : >"top most", shouldn't it? Would you ever want it to be behind something, : >waiting for a response and not visible? : > : >Karen : > : > : > : >In a message dated 5/1/2012 12:28:35 PM Central Daylight Time, : >[email protected] writes: : > : >>>> : >>Maybe we can request an enhancement for pause/dialog to also have the : >>TOPMOST property ? : >><<< : >> : >>I am with you; it would be a very welcomed enhancement. : >> : >> : >> : >>Javier : >> : >> : >> : > : > : > : :
