Re: Performer Window on top.

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Jean-Luc Dery (dery++at++Discreet.COM)
Mon, 20 Oct 1997 09:55:57 -0400

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On Oct 19, 2:53pm, Frank Dea wrote:
> Subject: Performer Window on top.
>
> Has anyone found a way to tell the window manager to always keep your
> Performer window on top of all other windows on the desktop at all times?
> If so, did you do this through WM_HINTS?
>
> In the draw process, I can call XRaiseWindow(display, window)
> continuously to keep my Performer window on top. However, it takes
> anywhere from 1-3 seconds on an iR Onyx for my Performer window to
> return to the top and it does not prevent other windows from covering it
> briefly. Here's my code for this:
>
> Window window = pipe->getPWin(0)->getWSWindow();
> Display *display = pfGetCurWSConnection();
> XRaiseWindow(display, window);
>
> What I'm looking for, is to request that my Performer window stay on top
> once in the pfPipeWindow's configuration function. This would prevent
> other windows from overlapping my Performer window at all times.
>
> Any suggestions?
XConfigureWindow

Try calling the following after XRaiseWindow:

XFlush( display );

This should take care of the delay.

As for preventing other windows from overlapping, I've never tried it, but have
a look at XChangeWindowAttributes; this could help you.

Hope this helps,

Jean-Luc

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