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[S.]

I am trying to find a way to automatically set the focus to a specific "child" application, where a MDI container can have many different child applications.

So instead of opening just another application A, I want to put the focus on A if it is already open.

If this is possible .. can somebody guide me or give me a hint ?

best regards,
Örn Sigurðsson

[Lionel F.]

Hello Örn,

This is something that has already been requested but that is not implemented yet. It corresponds to reference # 22263 of our issue tracker (MDI: Would like to have a new method: ui.Interface.showChild(appname)). I'll add you to requesters.

Indeed the idea would be to put the focus on the already existing instance instead of starting each time a new one.

Best regards,
Lionel

[S.]

Thanks, this would be greatly appreciated. 

Meanwhile I will just prompt users to use [Ctrl] + [Tab] to move between applications, if they by accident try to initiate another instance of an application that is already open.

cheers,
Örn

[Reuben B.]

Orn,

I'll just check, you are aware of CALL ui.Interface.getChildInstances(childname) https://4js.com/online_documentation/fjs-fgl-manual-html/User/ClassInterface.html#METHODS (second from bottom).  The demo MDI example FGLDIR/demo/Containers/Main1.4gl uses it.  So instead of "opening just another Application A" you can prevent another instance of application A opening.

The other thing you might want to look at, I experimented with it at my previous employment before I joined FourJs AP, so I don't have the source, it might not work with MDI windows and it might not be appropriate for Windows Vista and 7.  Look up AppActivate and VBScript.  The concept being create a little VB script that is something like ...

Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.AppActivate "Title of your Child Window"

... send it to the client via FGL_PUTFILE() and then execute it via shellexec. 

Also a similar technique may require using the Windows Windows Id.  The frontcall getwindowid can be used to get that and then passed into a similar script

Hope that helps,

Reuben