Application placement question...

Hey, folks! Here's my "question of the day" as I immerse myself in MMF2...

How can I specify my application is to run in the upper left corner of the screen (0x0 pixel coordinates)?

Furthermore, is there a way I can use MMF2 such that my application can act as a "tile manager," such that it would prevent third-party applications from intruding on the space that my application resides on the display real-estate? This is more than just keeping my application always on top; I want to be able to partition the display space such that when a log on dialog box appears (which normally would display in the center of the display real-estate), that log on dialog box would behave as if my application is a "no go zone" and would display beside it?

Thank you, as always, for the feedback!


Most appreciatively,

RGBreality

You could use the Window Control Object to place your application in the top left corner of the screen. As for the other question, I am not sure that this is possible, but I could be wrong.

I've never heard of the "Window Control" object. Do you refer to the "Window Life" object? If so, I've already looked into that extension; it only controls how an application window displays when maximized and minimized.

When I look through Fusion Updater or the objects that come by default with MMF2, I don't find a "Windows Control" object. Where might I find that?

Thanks for your help, StephenL!


Most sincerely,

RGBreality

It comes with MMF.
Place it in the frame and do this:
http://imagebin.ca/img/TLawTJ.png
Enter 0 as position. The action expects a value from 0 to 8, 8 being the bottom-left corner.
You could also set X and Y to 0 manually. ;)

Ah, excellent! That indeed does the trick!

Now, I'm just wondering if there are any MMF2 extensions that would allow me to partition my run-time application such that other applications don't overlap its monitor real-estate... Does anyone know of any such functionality?

Thanks again for your help, guys!


Most appreciatively,

RGBreality

You mean that your application behaves like a toolbar, docked to the left side of the screen? I don't think that's possible.

your best chance is to do a google search for that. There's probably a commandline based program out there, or a registry/system hack to do it.

I'm too lazy to look it up for you.

Is that not what Pin to Desktop does??