Hi David, You asked how to make your global app act differently depending on which program had the active window at the moment? Looking at the active set file isn't a bad idea, however, because some programs are so complex, they can end up having many set files, any of which might be in use at the moment (I think I recall MS Word maybe having around 10?). So, if you just test on the name of the primary set file, and one of these secondary ones is active, your app may not work as you want. There is something else you can test on: that would be the name of the program associated with the active window. The way I do this, and the one I've seen used most often, is to test on the moduleName property of the activeWindow object. I think for MS Word, or any other program, this module name should always remain constant, regardless of which of it's set files is loaded. Unfortunately, there is no event to tell you when the module has changed, so you would need to capture the window event for when a new window becomes the activeWindow, and when that happens see if the module name has changed (you would have to use the desktopWindow object, and the onChildActivate event to know when a new window has become active). I think this is better than testing on set file names, but if it's not, I'm sure you'll hear back from GW or someone. hth, Chip
_____ From: David [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 10:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: How to know - setfile questions I am in the planning process of a new app. Since this is all on the slate, I am not sure exactly what info to give, so my questions would be all in general. I did have a scroll look in the App-reference, but without luck; hence my questions go to the listers. 1. Is there a way for my app, to retrieve info, as to which setfile is currently active? Something like an ActiveSetFile method? 2. Is there any event, that fires whenever the setfile changes? I.e, if I am in the Explorer window, and I alt-tab to Firefox. Or, will I have to retrieve the activeSetfile at any given point, making my system loaded with a watching routine. At the planning state, where I am right now, I thought hooking on to the currently active setfile - at any given moment - might be the best way of handling my project. Specially so, since it will be behaving slightly differently from one application to the other. Is there any other method, that might be easier, if one wants to have a global app act differently in Explorer, than what it does in Firefox, or Outlook, or any other application? Thanks for any tips. Since I still am in a basic line of app developing for WE, I'd greatly appreciate if you could try to be as simple as possible in your reply. Thanks alot!
