Windows pop-up

[Moni]

We have a script running on one of our company programs &
we set-up pop's to advise us of issues.

This script running is from Visual Basic Script, a basic
Input box with certain criteria & then it scans for those
criteria & brings up result input box that has to be
actioned.

What we would like is for that action box to show up on
top of the application it's running but that it wouldn't
cause the window to go to the top, it wouldn't cause taht
application to become the first on top. but in the
background maybe have the task bar icon flash or something.

We thought this was a windows 2000 pop-up setting. Is it
or is it the VB scripting. Couldn't find any coding that
would cause it to bring the window to the front.

Is there anyway to have these pop's not come up to the
front of all windows? It interupts the workers on their
other applications and causes problems.

 

[Dave Patrick]

Not really an operating system issue. Ask the application developer.

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:
| We have a script running on one of our company programs &
| we set-up pop's to advise us of issues.
|
| This script running is from Visual Basic Script, a basic
| Input box with certain criteria & then it scans for those
| criteria & brings up result input box that has to be
| actioned.
|
| What we would like is for that action box to show up on
| top of the application it's running but that it wouldn't
| cause the window to go to the top, it wouldn't cause taht
| application to become the first on top. but in the
| background maybe have the task bar icon flash or something.
|
| We thought this was a windows 2000 pop-up setting. Is it
| or is it the VB scripting. Couldn't find any coding that
| would cause it to bring the window to the front.
|
| Is there anyway to have these pop's not come up to the
| front of all windows? It interupts the workers on their
| other applications and causes problems.
|
|

 

[Jetro]

Try preventing application from stealing focus:
HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop:
ForegroundLockTimeout (dword): 0x30d40 or 200000 decimal;
ForegroundFlashCount (dword): 0x3 or whatever.

But if your popups use the system service, i.e. Messenger - nada.