Probably obscure, but I'll give it a go anyway...

This project has about 80 or so Timers running at any given time, when they 
fire some stuff is updated and then a balloon pops up to alert the user that 
some update has happened.  All fantastic.  

And an added bonus is that the balloon pops up on any virtual desktop. Which is 
even more fantastic as far as I am concerned and exactly what I have been 
looking for for some years.

What is not so great is that when this happens on the desktop where the app is 
running, not only does the balloon appear, but the actual form that produces 
the balloon gets popped up to the top of the desktop. Which is infuriating if 
the user is actually in another app on that desktop. Even further, the project 
itself has a bunch of popup forms where the user can enter manual updates of 
some data. When the balloon appears (and the main form) the popup is lowered 
and you cannot bring it back to the top layer.

I'll try a more concrete example (or two), to see if I can explain what I am 
trying to do a bit more clearly.

I have my email client (sylpheed) running, every so often it goes and checks 
for incoming mail.  If there is some new mail a boxy looking thing appears at 
the bottom right corner of the screen telling me I have new mail. No matter 
which desktop I am actually on at the time.  A bit later that boxy thing fades 
away. It doesn't interrupt what I am doing in any way, nor does it pop up the 
main email client screen.
Similarly, on my laptop I have Batti running which when I'm getting a bit low 
on battery power pops up a message in the desktop panel telling me to plug the 
damn thing in. Again this does not interrupt what I'm doing.

So, how can I achieve the same effect in gambas?

tia
bruce

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B Bruen <adamn...@gnail.com (sort of)>

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