Beefy Boxes and Bandwidth Generously Provided by pair Networks
laziness, impatience, and hubris
 
PerlMonks  

comment on

( [id://3333]=superdoc: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

Dear esteemed PerlMonks

I had asked this question earlier here, and haven't received an answer. I am posting it here with a more accurate focus:

When calling Win32::GUI::BrowseForFolder(), the desktop (naturally) has several earlier windows on it. The BrowseForFolder window hides behind those windows. This is sometimes confusing and annoying, because sometimes you don't realize the program is asking you for a folder name, and you may think there is a bug. (This is in difference from Win32::GUI::GetOpenFileName() or GetSaveFileName(), which do pop up in the foreground!).

My question is: how to make BrowseForFolder() come to the foreground?

One possibility is to find its handle, and then raise it to the foreground.

Can anyone suggest how to do it?

Note that

-addexstyle => WS_EX_TOPMOST

doesn't have an effect (see below).

Many TIA

Helen

Code example:

$InputDir = Win32::GUI::BrowseForFolder( -root => $TopDir, -includefil +es => 1, -title => 'Select directory for parameter file', -text =>'text Selext directory for parameter file' +, -size => [50/100*$dw, 50/100*$dh], -addexstyle => +WS_EX_TOPMOST,);

In reply to Win32::GUI: how to find BrowseForFolder()'s handle? by HelenCr

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post; it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":



  • Are you posting in the right place? Check out Where do I post X? to know for sure.
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags. Currently these include the following:
    <code> <a> <b> <big> <blockquote> <br /> <dd> <dl> <dt> <em> <font> <h1> <h2> <h3> <h4> <h5> <h6> <hr /> <i> <li> <nbsp> <ol> <p> <small> <strike> <strong> <sub> <sup> <table> <td> <th> <tr> <tt> <u> <ul>
  • Snippets of code should be wrapped in <code> tags not <pre> tags. In fact, <pre> tags should generally be avoided. If they must be used, extreme care should be taken to ensure that their contents do not have long lines (<70 chars), in order to prevent horizontal scrolling (and possible janitor intervention).
  • Want more info? How to link or How to display code and escape characters are good places to start.
Log In?
Username:
Password:

What's my password?
Create A New User
Domain Nodelet?
Chatterbox?
and the web crawler heard nothing...

How do I use this?Last hourOther CB clients
Other Users?
Others rifling through the Monastery: (4)
As of 2024-03-29 10:32 GMT
Sections?
Information?
Find Nodes?
Leftovers?
    Voting Booth?

    No recent polls found