| Re: Function Graphics Bugs Depressing [message #78098 is a reply to message #78037] |
Sat, 22 October 2011 08:01   |
lecacheux.alain
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Registered: January 2008
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On 22 oct, 15:55, David Fanning <n...@dfanning.com> wrote:
> alx writes:
>> By using IDL 8.1 command line and Windows 7, I can get:
>
>> after,
>> IDL> window, /FREE
>> IDL> window, /FREE
>> windows 33,IDL and 32 appear in this order (33 in front)
>> IDL> wshow, 32, 1 ;put window 32 in front (then IDL and 33)
>> IDL> wshow, 32, 0 ;put window 32 in rear
>> IDL> wshow, 33, 1 ;restore 33 in front
>> IDL> wshow, 32, /ICONIC ;iconify (ze ?) window 32
>> IDL> wshow, 32, 1 ;restore window 32
>> etc ...
>
>> what is broken ?
>
> Were other applications running while you did this?
> I think it must be a problem with application "layering".
> In fact, I suspect you wouldn't see the problem at all
> if IDL was the only program running that put windows
> on the display.
>
> That said, I can't seem to get the IDL command line to
> fail to bring the proper window forward on the display,
> even with multiple applications running.
>
> But, I do note that the beauty of the WShow command
> in any version of IDL prior to IDL 7.0 was that it
> would leave the focus in the command window. This
> allowed you to bring a window forward on the display
> and still type commands in the command window, allowing
> you to see the effect of the command in the window as you
> typed, even if your IDL application took up the whole
> window space, as it usually does on a laptop.
>
> That hasn't worked since IDL 7 and doesn't work in
> IDL 8 either. Even in the command line version.
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
>
> --
> David Fanning, Ph.D.
> Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
> Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming:http://www.idlcoyote.com/
> Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
> I do note that the beauty of the WShow command
> in any version of IDL prior to IDL 7.0 was that it
> would leave the focus in the command window. This
> allowed you to bring a window forward on the display
> and still type commands in the command window
I agree. That is a loss.
I even wonder why this possibility has disappeared: maybe to get
compatibility with Eclipse's window management rules ?
alx.
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