Question

WM_ACTIVATE ???

Asked by: DelphiCool

Hi,

I want to use this code to always set my windows activate, but it doesn't work???


...
Private
  Procedure ToujoursActif(var Msg :TMessage);
   message WM_ACTIVATE;

...
Procedure TMainForm.ToujoursActif(var Msg :TMessage);
begin
if Msg.WParam = WA_INACTIVE then SendMessage(handle, WM_ACTIVATE, WA_ACTIVE,0);
end;



logicaly, this code work, cause if i put SendMessage(handle, WM_ACTIVATE, WA_ACTIVE,0); in a button, it's ok

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2002-04-28 at 02:17:21ID20294536
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Answers

 

by: inthePosted on 2002-04-28 at 09:17:43ID: 6975097

hi,
use TWMActivate mesage instead,declare it like this:

private
    { Private declarations }
    procedure WMActivate( Var msg: TWMActivate );
      message WM_ACTIVATE;
 public
    { Public declarations }
  end;

var
  Form1: TForm1;

implementation

{$R *.DFM}

procedure TForm1.WMActivate( Var msg: TWMActivate );
begin
  If msg.Active = WA_INACTIVE Then
PostMessage(handle, WM_ACTIVATE, WA_ACTIVE,0);
  inherited;
end;


the above will only make the window active and not nessesarily at the top though,so maybe you may want to add setforegroundwindow etc as well.

 

by: DelphiCoolPosted on 2002-04-28 at 09:27:47ID: 6975124

It doesn't work inthe

The form isn't bringged to top

I try your code and add
    setforegroundwindow(handle);
    BringWindowToTop(handle);

but no way

Why did you prefer  procedure WMActivate( Var msg: TWMActivate );
instead of Procedure ToujoursActif(var Msg :TMessage);

to work only with WM_activate message ??

 

by: inthePosted on 2002-04-28 at 10:02:40ID: 6975200

>>Why did you prefer  procedure WMActivate( Var msg: TWMActivate );
>>instead of Procedure ToujoursActif(var Msg :TMessage);
>>to work only with WM_activate message ??

exactly..

ok the following is getting silly but im guesssing your using 2k or something else setforegroundwindow would be working.
its not small but is nessesary ,it came form the borland newsgroups with parts from different sources.
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=forceforegroundwindow+delphi+ray&hl=en&selm=3A62F81B.7790A088%40ia.comweb.nl&rnum=1


private
    { Private declarations }
    procedure WMActivate( Var msg: TWMActivate );
      message WM_ACTIVATE;
 public
    { Public declarations }
  end;

var
  Form1: TForm1;

implementation

{$R *.DFM}

function ForceForeground(AppHandle:HWND): boolean;
const
SPI_GETFOREGROUNDLOCKTIMEOUT = $2000;
SPI_SETFOREGROUNDLOCKTIMEOUT = $2001;
var
ForegroundThreadID: DWORD;
ThisThreadID      : DWORD;
timeout           : DWORD;
OSVersionInfo     : TOSVersionInfo;
Win32Platform     : Integer;
begin
if IsIconic(AppHandle) then ShowWindow(AppHandle, SW_RESTORE);
if (GetForegroundWindow = AppHandle) then Result := true else
begin
  Win32Platform := 0;
  OSVersionInfo.dwOSVersionInfoSize := SizeOf(OSVersionInfo);
  if GetVersionEx(OSVersionInfo) then Win32Platform := OSVersionInfo.dwPlatformId;

  { Windows 98/2000 doesn't want to foreground a window when some other window has keyboard focus}

  if ((Win32Platform = VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT) and (OSVersionInfo.dwMajorVersion > 4)) or
     ((Win32Platform = VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_WINDOWS) and ((OSVersionInfo.dwMajorVersion > 4) or
     ((OSVersionInfo.dwMajorVersion = 4) and (OSVersionInfo.dwMinorVersion > 0)))) then
  begin
    Result := false;
    ForegroundThreadID := GetWindowThreadProcessID(GetForegroundWindow,nil);
    ThisThreadID := GetWindowThreadPRocessId(AppHandle,nil);
    if AttachThreadInput(ThisThreadID, ForegroundThreadID, true) then
    begin
      BringWindowToTop(AppHandle);
      SetForegroundWindow(AppHandle);
      AttachThreadInput(ThisThreadID, ForegroundThreadID, false);
      Result := (GetForegroundWindow = AppHandle);
    end;
    if not Result then
    begin
      SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETFOREGROUNDLOCKTIMEOUT, 0, @timeout, 0);
      SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETFOREGROUNDLOCKTIMEOUT, 0, TObject(0), SPIF_SENDCHANGE);
      BringWindowToTop(AppHandle);
      SetForegroundWindow(AppHandle);
      SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETFOREGROUNDLOCKTIMEOUT, 0, TObject(timeout), SPIF_SENDCHANGE);
      Result := (GetForegroundWindow = AppHandle);
      if not Result then
        begin
        ShowWindow(AppHandle,SW_HIDE);
        ShowWindow(AppHandle,SW_SHOWMINIMIZED);
        ShowWindow(AppHandle,SW_SHOWNORMAL);
        BringWindowToTop(AppHandle);
        SetForegroundWindow(AppHandle);
        end;
    end;
  end else
  begin
    BringWindowToTop(AppHandle);
    SetForegroundWindow(AppHandle);
  end;
  Result := (GetForegroundWindow = AppHandle);
end;
end;



procedure TForm1.WMActivate( Var msg: TWMActivate );
begin
  If msg.Active = WA_INACTIVE Then
ForceForeground(handle);
 inherited;
  end;


see here for details of a new win2k api allowsetforegroundwindow:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winui/windows_5fw7.asp

 

by: DelphiCoolPosted on 2002-04-28 at 10:15:29ID: 6975223

thanks inthe

you get the points

It's bizare, when I click on another window, my programme is bring to top, but if i click another time on the other window, my prog doesn't came on top


PS I'm using windows ME

Thanks

 

by: inthePosted on 2002-04-28 at 10:26:35ID: 6975236

yeh i noticed that also.
there are other ways around this but they can get long and messy.i guess thats why they made this new api AllowSetFor..() , the way ms made all the windows versions with a different mechanism for putting a window to top is not good (IMHO :-)

also maybe using modal forms etc and different formstyles (ie FsStayOnTop) can improve what your trying to do.

good luck
Barry

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