Re: Floating Window in WinXP

["Greg O'Lone" <rbnuglist@stretchedout.com>]

On Jun 29, 2009, at 1:33 pm, Steve Hutson wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Jun 29, 2009, at 9:59 AM, "Rubber Chicken Software Co." <support@chickensys.com 
> > wrote:
> > It may be nice to have workarounds for this kind of thing, but when  
> > you break the rules you usually cause yourself worse problems down  
> > the road. Do it right the first time (from a fellow traveller).
> You're right in the OP's situation, but the global floating issue on  
> Windows occurs even with non-modal windows.
> The only way you can get a global floating window -- that is *not*  
> "attached" to an existing window on Windows -- is to hide all  
> visible windows before showing the floater.
Almost true. If your Global Floating Window is the one that is opened  
by the application itself, it CAN reside by itself (In a default  
application, make Window1 a Global Floating Window).
Greg O'Lone
Stretched Out Software
http://www.stretchedout.com

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