Sticky Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 (edited) I'm using AutoIt to show notifications at the bottom right of my screen, much like when an Instant Messenger notifies you of an email or a friend signing in. I have everything the way I want it, but it steals the focus when showing the GUI. I've tried giving the currently active window focus right after showing the AutoIt GUI, but there's still a noticeable switch and sometimes the previously focused application doesn't have the cursor at the same location or behaves in some other unexpected manner. Is there any way to prevent a newly created and show AutoIt GUI from ever getting focus? ...Crap wrong area, should've posted in GUI help, anyway to move this? Edited September 22, 2010 by Sticky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordicast Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 Why dont you just use tooltip or custom message box. Search for the UDF for custom boxes. [Cheeky]Comment[/Cheeky] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Melba23 Posted September 22, 2010 Moderators Share Posted September 22, 2010 Sticky,To display GUI without stealing focus, use:GUISetState(@SW_SHOWNOACTIVATE, $hGUI)Have you looked at my version of "pop-up" notification GUIs? The Toast UDF in my sig if you are interested. M23 Any of my own code posted anywhere on the forum is available for use by others without any restriction of any kind Open spoiler to see my UDFs: Spoiler ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columnsChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listingDate_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language usedExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBoxGUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUIGUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable framesGUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView itemsGUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeViewMarquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIsNoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxesNotify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the displayScrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single commandStringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit textToast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordicast Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 Sticky,To display GUI without stealing focus, use:GUISetState(@SW_SHOWNOACTIVATE, $hGUI)Have you looked at my version of "pop-up" notification GUIs? The Toast UDF in my sig if you are interested. M23Thats exactly what it was I forgot the name. Toast UDF is great for what is needed here. thanks Melba [Cheeky]Comment[/Cheeky] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Melba23 Posted September 22, 2010 Moderators Share Posted September 22, 2010 lordicast,Glad you find Toast useful. M23 Any of my own code posted anywhere on the forum is available for use by others without any restriction of any kind Open spoiler to see my UDFs: Spoiler ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columnsChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listingDate_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language usedExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBoxGUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUIGUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable framesGUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView itemsGUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeViewMarquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIsNoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxesNotify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the displayScrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single commandStringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit textToast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticky Posted September 24, 2010 Author Share Posted September 24, 2010 Sticky,To display GUI without stealing focus, use:GUISetState(@SW_SHOWNOACTIVATE, $hGUI)Have you looked at my version of "pop-up" notification GUIs? The Toast UDF in my sig if you are interested. M23This did the trick! I'll check out the Toast UDF, looks like it'll come in handy for any future projects needing toasts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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