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From: pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Excel 3.0 and the WindowList
Summary: It _can_ be done, but I don't know how...
Message-ID: <1991May29.162514.20304@mmm.serc.3m.com>
Date: 29 May 91 16:25:14 GMT
References: <13648@goofy.Apple.COM>
Reply-To: pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby)
Organization: 3M - St. Paul, MN  55144-1000 US
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In article <13648@goofy.Apple.COM> alexr@apple.com (Alexander M. Rosenberg) writes:
>
>So, I've written code that calls SelectWindow on windows from other apps.
>
>Any suggestions as to what kind of bizarre drugs they smoke at Microsoft, or
>a suggestion as to how to force _any_ app to bring a particular window to
>the front? (Excluding windoids, etc.)

Not that it helps _solve_ the problem at hand, but there is an INIT (old
6.0.x stuff, forgive the terminology :-) called "PopWMenu" which brings
up a list of all available windows when you hold down the Control key
and click the mouse.  It too shows the goofy stuff with Microsoft Excel,
but will indeed bring one of the 'phantom' windows to the front!  Leaves
the user in an odd state, but it apparently CAN be done with MS apps....

As to suggestions on drugs, I think that is more fodder for alt.bizzare
or some such group :-)
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