RE: [GD-Windows] os version

[Tom F. <to...@mu...>]

I suspect the DX FAQ's opinion on this this could be expanded slightly:

Q: How do I disable ALT+TAB and other task switching?
A: You don't. Really.

(http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/techart/DirectX8faq.htm)


It's absolutely correct of course. The fundamental problem is that the
number of apps that don't handle loss of focus correctly is huge, and they
really don't want to encourage people to continue this sort of lazy coding
by letting them delude themselves that you can actually prevent loss of
focus. You can see where they're coming from.

Sounds like something suitable for a Games Programming Gem or a Gamasutra
article to me.


Tom Forsyth - purely hypothetical Muckyfoot bloke.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pierre Terdiman [mailto:p.t...@wa...]
> Sent: 12 February 2002 13:27
> To: gam...@li...
> Subject: Re: [GD-Windows] os version 
> 
> 
> > This topic always causes flame wars. :-)
> 
> Yeah and it's boring. Someone cool should write the painful 
> code once and
> for all, put it somewhere on the net, answer the question in 
> some FAQ, end
> of story.
> 
> Thinking about it, maybe R. Dunlop already has something 
> related on his
> site. Else it would be a nice new article to write. Gonna check.
> 
> 
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