Thanks, as always, for the responses. Getting old means you forget about the differences between Commands and Functions... but anyway My MAIN question was whether there was a way to get LC to make a desktop window THE active, top-most window... next necessarily the LC's window (in my case) but ANY window for that matter.
I'll be using a shell command out to an AUTOHOTKEY compiled script to switch to the desired desktop window but was wondering if there was a native LC way to do so. BTW, anyone who hasn't heard or tried AutoHotKey, should do themselves a huge favor (favour in the British colonies) and explore its capabilities... which, I assure you, are myriad on Windows platforms. There are similar tools I have NOT explored available on the Mac. However, before this thread evolves into a discussion about external scripting tools; please, if possible, let me know if anyone knows a LC-way to active a specific window on the desktop. ... ps... I am completely ignorant (and likely to remain so) regarding Java... so, if that is an option, I'd need a "seed" scripting suggestion as to how to start. Cheers! Doug Douglas Ruisaard Trilogy Software (250) 573-3935 > In Windows 7, LC v8.1.9 > Is there a way to make an LC "window" the active / top window on the desktop > after making another > window on the desktop active? I have an app which allows me to copy a > portion of text from, say, a > Notepad window, into the clipboard. A timed loop within my LC script then > pulls the clipboard text > into an LC field and starts an analysis of the contents of that field. THAT > works great. But then I > need the LC window to become the active window after the analysis is done and > displayed on my LC > window, so I can manipulate the various controls I have on it. > > Of course I can "manually" click on the LC window to activate it but I was > wondering if there is a way > to do so in LC script. I've tried "focus on field xxx" (where xxx is a field > in my displayed LC > window), "set the screenMouseLoc to the loc of this stack", "go to this > stack" and a variety of "click > at" commands... none of these make the LC window the top active window on the > desktop. The Notepad > (or whatever) window stays as the top, active window. > > On a somewhat related note, how do you "set" the mouse location within an LC > window? I know and use > the "set the screenMouseLoc to the loc of this stack" but an equivalent "set > the MouseLoc to the loc > of this stack" or "set the mouseLoc to "650,420"" generates an error of > "Properties: token is not a > property) near "mouseLoc", char 10" when trying to save the code. Seems odd > that I have to use FULL > screen coordinates to set the mouse location rather than relative ones to the > stack. > > Douglas Ruisaard > Trilogy Software > (250) 573-3935 > > > The "screenMouseLoc" is a property, but the "mouseLoc" is a > > function.You cannot set a function. > > > > Why this was wrought this way is anybody's guess. > > If memory serves mouseLoc was implemented as a function for compatibility > with HyperCard, which > offered no way to move the mouse cursor. > > When the opportunity came up to make a global version, it seems the choice to > make that one a property > was simply because a property is more useful, allowing both getting and > setting. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Systems > Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web > ____________________________________________________________________ > ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com > > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
