Re: [Oorexx-users] ooDialog - Showing a dialog

[Mark M. <mie...@gm...>]

On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 4:37 PM, Oliver Sims <
oli...@si...> wrote:

> **
> Is there a way of making a dialog visible and topmost if either hidden or
> minimized? I can find how to make it visible if minimised, and how to make
> it visible if hidden. But to do what I want, I have to use two successive
> ~show methods:
>
>       viewId~show("SHOWTOP")  -- if minimized, doesn't work.
>       viewId~show("NORMAL")  -- if hidden, doesn't work
>

What's wrong with 2 instructions?  You are doing 2 things ...  ;-)


> It would be nice to be able to do it with one instruction. But maybe this
> is a Windows restriction?
>
>

It looks to be a Windows restriction with the ShowWindow() API which is
what is used with show().  You can only use one option with the Windows API.

I'm not sure if there is a way to do it using some other Windows API, but I
don't see a way to do it.  Restoring a minimized  window is one thing,
making a hidden window visible is another thing altogether.  So, it just
might not be possible.

Of course you can always add your own method to your dialog class:

::method myShowWindow()

  self~show('SHOWTOP')
  self~show('NORMAL')
  return

Then just always call myShowWindow()

--
Mark Miesfeld