Window order problem

[adivin]

when I lounch a program (file run) after a few seconds the window containing that program goes behind AMS window (I use Kiosk - but not "always in top option")??????

[yosik]

can you post your project so that we can have a look and try to help you?

Yossi

[adivin]

can you post your project so that we can have a look and try to help you?

Yossi

sorry, no
other solution????

[Eagle]

does it do the same if you don't use kiosk..just to check it is not something else,perhaps something the launched program is doing..

[adivin]

does it do the same if you don't use kiosk..just to check it is not something else,perhaps something the launched program is doing..

yes and even if I open a html page with File.OpenURL after the page is loaded the AMS window goes on top...

[Eagle]

what window mode paramater are you setting for file.run(also waitforreturn true\false) and window mode for file.open. Does seem strange it would be doing this when Not running in kiosk mode. You are of course not doing any
z order coding yourself anywhere ? Any Window 'set mask' stuff ?

[adivin]

what window mode paramater are you setting for file.run(also waitforreturn true\false) and window mode for file.open. Does seem strange it would be doing this when Not running in kiosk mode. You are of course not doing any
z order coding yourself anywhere ? Any Window 'set mask' stuff ?

no 'set mask' , waitforreturn true\false - I tryed both, window mode paramater - Itryed all

[Intrigued]

This may help... I am using the .dll I recently compiled, and shared here, to achieve what I believe you need to have done in your project.

Here are the files:

Project (.apz)

http://www.amsuser.com/ams/examples/Z-orderKeepAppOnTop-AMS6-Intrigued.apz

Example (.exe)

http://www.amsuser.com/ams/examples/Z-orderKeepAppOnTop-AMS6-Intrigued.exe

Here is the code chunks from the On Show and On Timer event areas:

On Show

File.Run(_SystemFolder.."\\notepad.exe", "", "", SW_SHOWNORMAL)

Application.Sleep(1000)

dll_ActiveWinHandle = DLL.CallFunction("AutoPlay\\Docs\\DLLActiveWindow.dll", "ACTIVEWINDOWHANDLE", "", DLL_RETURN_TYPE_LONG, DLL_CALL_STDCALL)

Page.StartTimer(500)

On Timer

Window.SetOrder(dll_ActiveWinHandle,  HWND_TOPMOST)

[adivin]

This may help... I am using the .dll I recently compiled, and shared here, to achieve what I believe you need to have done in your project.

Here are the files:

Project (.apz)

http://www.amsuser.com/ams/examples/Z-orderKeepAppOnTop-AMS6-Intrigued.apz

Example (.exe)

http://www.amsuser.com/ams/examples/Z-orderKeepAppOnTop-AMS6-Intrigued.exe

Here is the code chunks from the On Show and On Timer event areas:

On Show

File.Run(_SystemFolder.."\\notepad.exe", "", "", SW_SHOWNORMAL)

Application.Sleep(1000)

dll_ActiveWinHandle = DLL.CallFunction("AutoPlay\\Docs\\DLLActiveWindow.dll", "ACTIVEWINDOWHANDLE", "", DLL_RETURN_TYPE_LONG, DLL_CALL_STDCALL)

Page.StartTimer(500)

On Timer

Window.SetOrder(dll_ActiveWinHandle,  HWND_TOPMOST)

it doesn't work! (only the .exe) but not the .apz: abnormal program termination
and I want to lounch the program by clicking on a Button on page and not on Page.On Show

[Intrigued]

I just downloaded the file I posted (.apz) and opened it and it works for me. I'm not sure in your case, other than you need to have AMS 6 (not 5) to open such. You may want to reinstalled AMS 6 if you do have it. Just a thought.

And as for the Button... just copy and past the On Show code into the On Click event (area) of said Button object.

:yes

[doc13x]

This might solve my problem too, but...??


Ok - I too have an issue with the AMS Kiosk application popping back in front of the other applications that I am running - but in my case, it is usually because the touch screen has just a scrap of the kiosk menu showing and the user hits it in a moving ambulance (our kiosk program runs on a toughbook in our ambulances).

What I need is a way to get the Kiosk Application to recognize the fact that an application is already running, and simply revert back to that 'open' incidence of the application if the button is pressed again.

Can you help with that?

[RizlaUK]

Have you tryed useing:

Window.SetOrder(Application.GetWndHandle(), HWND_BOTTOM);

after your filerun command


just a tought

What I need is a way to get the Kiosk Application to recognize the fact that an application is already running, and simply revert back to that 'open' incidence of the application if the button is pressed again.

try this: (example useing notepad)

IsRun = File.IsInUse(_WindowsFolder.."\\NOTEPAD.exe");
if IsRun then
	windows = Window.EnumerateTitles();
	window_name = "Notepad";
	for handle, title in windows do
	    result = String.Find(title, window_name, 1, false);
	    if (result ~= -1) then
	        Window.SetOrder(handle,  HWND_TOP);
	    end
	end
else
	result = File.Run(_WindowsFolder.."\\NOTEPAD.exe", "", "", SW_SHOWNORMAL, false);
end

[RizlaUK]

heres the same code in function form (for ease of use)


place this in global functions

function CheckRunningApp(Path, Title)
	IsRun = File.IsInUse(Path);
	if IsRun then
		windows = Window.EnumerateTitles();
		for handle, title in windows do
		    result = String.Find(title, Title, 1, false);
		    if (result ~= -1) then
		        Window.SetOrder(handle,  HWND_TOP);
		    end
		end
	else
		result = File.Run(Path, "", "", SW_SHOWNORMAL, false);
	end
end

and call the function from your button with the path as the 1st argument and the title as the 2nd, this way if you have more than one app to run you can use the same function

CheckRunningApp(_WindowsFolder.."\\NOTEPAD.exe", "Notepad")

[doc13x]

Perfect!!! (almost!)

Seems to work, but I need to add command line arguments to the executable to enable the GPS option... where do I fit them in? My former button command looked like this:

result = File.Run("C:\\Program Files\\MOH Locator Application\\MOH_Locator.exe", "gps", "", SW_MAXIMIZE, false);

I placed the global variable script on the application and then changed the button to this:

result = CheckRunningApp(_ProgramFilesFolder.."\\MOH Locator Application\\MOH_Locator.exe", "MOH Locator Application")

But I need it to have the "gps" command line argument?

[Adam]

Also see if you can confirm this on multiple systems. I have had cases like this where it is totally system specific to your development machine.

Just a thought

Adam.