Lauching embedded programs. New windows lose focus

**ddogg_777** · 04-21-2005, 02:50 AM

Guino, I just made my first attempts at embedding some applications and I love this feature. One thing is happening though, any new window that the launched program opens is thrust behind RR (loses window focus). I first noticed this when I launched RRconfig and then clicked the save button. The window that asks if I want to overwrite does not have focus and is hidden behind RR(happens with other embedded programs too). What can be done about this?

**guino** · 04-21-2005, 03:01 AM

right now nothing... this is a perfectly good example of a badly written application -- where the windows do not have propper parenting. I'm thinking of adding support for embbeding multiple apps/windows ... with it, you could then define the windows that will show up and where they should show up...

**ddogg_777** · 04-21-2005, 03:26 AM

Cool, thanks for the info!

**Chita79** · 04-21-2005, 11:04 AM

hey guino... on the same/similar topic.. when i embed dragonbtv's pic viewer app the bottom part of the app gets cut off since the top external app bar takes up space, is there anything that can be done about this? what are you suggestions so that i can get true full screen with the picviewer app? thanks bud

**guino** · 04-21-2005, 06:08 PM

Originally Posted by Chita79

hey guino... on the same/similar topic.. when i embed dragonbtv's pic viewer app the bottom part of the app gets cut off since the top external app bar takes up space, is there anything that can be done about this? what are you suggestions so that i can get true full screen with the picviewer app? thanks bud

I am pretty sure you can edit that pic viewer plugin's dimensions to where it will show in the space left for it.. look it up in the plugin's skin settings.

**Chita79** · 04-21-2005, 06:18 PM

alrighty, ill give that a try!

thanks again

**DiNASTY** · 04-21-2005, 09:51 PM

On a similar note,
I'm trying to embed USAPhotoMaps from http://jdmcox.com. I tried various window search strings like !USAPhotoMaps!Zone11 and so on... The window will flicker and sometimes it will embed after like 5 minutes of flickering. Is there some reason this app is so stubborn to embed?

**guino** · 04-21-2005, 09:59 PM

you may want to try a different area.. some applications just don't like being resized out of certain parameters (i.e. borders out of screen, wrong aspect ratio or while maximized)...