David, in the sub section you might need a variable like:
Sub MyOnChildActivate(Variable)
' some more code.
End Sub
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-----Original Message-----
From: David [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2012 2:04 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: How to know - setfile questions
Hello Chip, and rest of gang.
Thanks Chip, for your ideas. I think you are right, and I will try
hooking
my script to the ModuleName of the Window object, as you suggested.
I ran into a snake here though - it seems. You suggested for me, to look
out
for the OnChildActivate event of the DesktopWindow - if I got you right.
So,
I tried the following line in my code, but got the message that the
object doesn't support this property or method.
Not sure, which property or method it is referring to, but have a clear
feeling I am missing an important step. Any corrections will be greatly
appriciated.
---Code snip----
ConnectEvent DesktopWindow, "OnChildActivate", "MyOnChildActivate"
'Yep, this is the line that throws the error.
Sub MyOnChildActivate
' some more code.
End Sub
---End of snip---
From: Chip Orange <mailto:[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 12:34 AM
Subject: RE: How to know - setfile questions
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!
