What is causing my missing taskbar (makes it necessary to ctrl-alt-del to close, can't tab back)

[Scott Rossi]

On 2/18/04 9:07 PM, "Christopher Mitchell" <chrism at lumin.us> wrote:

>>> Neither the modeless nor the palette show up in the Windows taskbar.
>>> Really since neither of them work I'd choose the palette so it always
>>> remains "focused" looking.  I'm hoping there's a way to force this to
>>> show as a running program in the taskbar, but I guess I could just
>>> make
>>> it a regular window under Windows.
>> 
>> Use a hidden topLevel window to display a name/icon in the taskbar,
>> but keep
>> your palette window as the main region of interaction.
>
> I've got a stack of name "invis" now being called from my mainstack
> preOpenStack handler, but it only shows up on the windows taskbar if
> there is actually a toplevel visible.

Yes, but you can "hide" the topLevel stack by keeping it visible and
positioning it offscreen.

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, Development & Design
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