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From: waggoner@dtg.nsc.com (Mark Waggoner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: windowing question
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Date: 12 Feb 90 20:43:45 GMT
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In article <0ZpMuCC00VQDE6YEQg@andrew.cmu.edu> rg20+@andrew.cmu.edu (Rick Francis Golembiewski) writes:
>
>Is there any way to open windows that will not become active if they are
>clicked on?    The reason that I'de like to know is that I want to have
>1 window that gets all of the keyboard input, and other windows for
>display which could cover the input window.   Any suggestions would be
>appreciated.

No, But...

You can get messages from your other windows when they are activated and, 
when you receive one, call ActiveWindow() for your keyboard input
window.

One possible negative point to this is that users might try to activate 
your output windows and be confused by their inability to do so (The
border will de-ghost and reghost.)

Another way would be to use the same IDCMP port for all your windows
and receive keyboard input from any or all of them.

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