I agree with Paul. I've had shaky apps like this and it is always a problem.
Can you give us a hint on what the other windows are actually doing? --- On Wed, 10/1/08, Paul McNett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Paul McNett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Disable Mouse When A Form Is Visible > To: profox@leafe.com > Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2008, 3:01 PM > Jack Skelley wrote: > > This is what modal is for when you have a pure VFP > app. But in my case this is not true. There are other open > apps that VFP is 'talking to' as long as the current > window doesn't change all is good. But if user activates > another window and I am trying to load window 'x' > and window 'y' becomes active all quickly goes down > hill. > > I am sure that my users do not know alt+tab as a kbd > shortcut... > > Ok on the message box idea. > > Thanks for any ideas you have. > > If a mouse gets an electric shock when it grabs food from > slot b, it > learns to grab food from slot a instead. > > So if really bad things happen if a user doesn't wait > for a process to > finish, why not warn them with a message box and then if > they forget, > that really bad thing will happen which will keep them from > doing it > again in the future. > > But I'd go back to the source of the problem. What > about the design is > so fragile that it can't stand user interaction? > I'd fix that design > problem instead of the symptom. So for instance, if you are > interacting > with an IE window and it would be bad for the user to close > that window > or pull up a different web page, you could disable it or > make it > invisible for the critical time of the process. Or > something. > > Paul > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or > medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for > those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
