One neat trick I've found to give me instant notification when the focus
does change is to put the Beep() function in the FocusChangedEvent script
within the application in question. This is a great debugging tool, and a
means of driving you nuts if used for long periods!<grin>
Thanks,
Dennis Brown, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Visit the Blind Programming site at http://www.mindspring.com/~brown99/
----- Original Message -----
From: Sweetman Systems <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 1999 9:16 PM
Subject: Re: Loss of Focus Continued.
> There are times when you are in a program, and you know you haven't exited
> it. Then you do a command for the program and nothing happens. You
> computer has not necessarily locked up, but perhaps the program has just
> lost focus. You can always Alt Tab back to it, but it can be a nuisance.
> And Insert T doesn't tell you if the program is open but has lost focus.
> It might say "no item in focus" but the program could visually still be
> filling up the screen. Weird, isn't it? So focus issues are more of a
> concern to blind people. A sighted guy gets focus back by clicking on
> whatever he wants to do; he might not even realize that the program had
> lost focus. Never a dull moment with this stuff.
>
> Sue.
>
> At 07:52 PM 6/10/99 -0700, you wrote:
> >Another thing that occurs to me is that I can always tell what's going on
> >with insert t, so why worry? I just press the windows key or press my
hot
> >key to get into some program.
> >
> >Stacy.
> >
> >
> >
> >-
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> >
> >
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