Hi Doug, Could this thread be helpful?
http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=30984 and this lesson http://lessons.livecode.com/m/2592/l/125868-searching-for- an-open-window-by-title Only for Livecode "windows"/stacks though Failing that, using FFI with C would do it You need to get the handle of the window via enumwindows (abou 10 ways of doing it) https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ ms633497.aspx then call https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ ms632673(v=vs.85).aspx This pdf (aboutvisual foxpro winapi access ) give all manner of calls and calling structures which should help with FFI - I'm going to have to have a go at FFI soon. https://www.dropbox.com/s/a0sa3q8vu3ctf3o/E-WAPI.pdf?dl=0 I did this with a Visual Foxpro routine over a decade ago - but I've been to bed since then so hopefully one of the clever cloggs on here could do this to give us all a good template example for accessing windows apis via FFI and C - Go on mark/panos/Ali - in between bites of your sandwiches. a 15 minutes slot on LC Global? Regards Lagi On 9 May 2018 at 16:32, Douglas Ruisaard via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
