>From Borland IDE FAQ
This is a Windows 98 feature. You can turn it off by editing the WIN.INI
file under the section header entitled "[Compatibility95]" <see below>
[Compatibility95] (Add the line below) DELPHI32=0X00000002
Cheers,
Dave.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BJ Wilson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, 21 May 1999 10:06 am
> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> Subject: RE: [DUG]: D4 and Win98
>
> >> when you put a breakpoint in, it doesn't jump back to D4, just flashes
> in the task bar?
>
> Happens here too. I wouldn't say it's unusable, but it certainly is a
> pain
> in the neck (to manually switch tasks). It's a Win98 thing, and I think
> it's designed to avoid confusion on computer rookies who might not
> understand why - in Win95, say - another application just popped up while
> they had their eyes down on the keyboard and were merrily typing away in
> their application of choice. So now in Win98 the attention-seeking
> minimized app just flashes down at the bottom and says, "When you're
> finished doing what you're doing, I need attention". The intention is
> nice, but I personally don't care if apps pop up when they require
> attention, particularly if I'm debugging.
>
> Wouldn't surprise me if there's something hidden in the Registry somewhere
>
> to disable this politeness. Is anybody aware of it?
>
> Cheers.
> BJ...
>
> ----------
> From: Chris Crowe[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, 20 May 1999 23:06
> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> Subject: RE: [DUG]: D4 and Win98
>
> How do you handle using D4 with Win98, when you put a breakpoint in, it
> doesn't jump back to D4, just flashes in the task bar? Well it does for
> me.
> Unusable to me.....
>
> Chris
>
> Christopher Crowe (Software Developer)
> Microsoft MVP, MCP
>
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> > Behalf Of BJ Wilson
> > Sent: Thursday, 20 May 1999 12:01
> > To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> > Subject: [DUG]: D4 and Win98
> >
> >
> > Hi all.
> >
> > We've been finding a fair amount of instability with Delphi 4
> > under Windows 98 and a few of us have reverted to Win95 to fix
> > the problem.
> >
> > Specifically, we've encountered the following:
> > - Invalid pointer operation when trying to step through code
> > - Balloon hints causing crashes when you hang around on a button
> > and it shows you the hint (this is an explorer error).
> >
> > Has anybody else experienced instability under Win98 - could it
> > be the Win98/D4 combination, or can we just blame Microsoft?
> >
> > Cheers.
> > BJ...
> >
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