RE: [Dynapi-Dev] Oversight (was: a couple of tools)

[Bill L. <wil...@ve...>]

Instead of managing windows by shading them, what do you think about putting
a "remote control" in the main window of whatever you're debugging? I added
the following crude functions listed below to oversight.js, then called
addPageController() right after calling Oversight.run(). The result is a
DynLayer that easily lets you bring a specific window (or all three) into
focus. If pursued further, this approach could lead to a best-of-both-worlds
between Oversight and DynAPI.Diagnose: some stuff happening in external
windows, some stuff happening inside the main one.

On a related note, does anyone know of a way to filter out Oversight's
windows from the Windows task switcher? That would be a handy trick, saving
many unnecessary alt-tabs.

-bill

addPageController : function() {
   OversightController= new DynLayer()
   OversightController.setSize(100,100)
   OversightController.moveTo(DynAPI.document.w-OversightController.w,0)
   OversightController.setBgColor('#cc99ff')
   DynAPI.document.addChild(OversightController)

OversightController.setHTML(
   '<a href="#" onClick="Oversight.idewin.focus()">Show IDE</a><br>' +
   '<a href="#" onClick="Oversight.Oversightwin.focus()">Show
Console</a><br>' +
   '<a href="#" onClick="Oversight.watcher.focus()">Show Watcher</a><br>' +
   '<a href="#" onClick="Oversight.arrange()">Arrange All</a>'
   )
},

arrange : function() {
   Oversight.idewin.moveTo(0,0); Oversight.idewin.focus()
   Oversight.Oversightwin.moveTo(262,0);Oversight.Oversightwin.focus()

Oversight.watcher.moveTo(0,screen.availHeight-230);Oversight.watcher.focus()
},




-----Original Message-----
From: dyn...@li...
[mailto:dyn...@li...]On Behalf Of Pascal
Bestebroer
Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2001 1:19 PM
To: dyn...@li...
Subject: RE: [Dynapi-Dev] Oversight (was: a couple of tools)


Already struggling with it.. Although not all windows need to be open at all
times, you only have to open the debugger when you need it.

I was trying to work out some way to shade windows (min. size is 100x100)
but can't get it to work correctly yet, and not sure if it works under IE4.

I'm now trying to make the windows as easy-placed and small as possible..
but there will be some window moving when your working, for people familiar
with
Borland development envrionments it won't be such a big thing (there are
always some windows floating around as well)  but I think for people used to
DreamWeaver this will be not so familiar, and might look a bit difficult at
first)

Today I got the property editor working (simple, with bugs.. but it works
:-)  So I'm pretty sure I can release something this weekend (nothing really
useable
for projects or anything, but I'm hoping for feed back on it)