Shoutbox

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Originally posted by joemailey
Sometimes when i have my Convo's Minimized in and using Tabbed chats. I don't get noified of new message's.

Like i'd have 2 conversations open and say one stops talking and then the other says brb. i'd surf the web or play game and when i come back the chat minimized isnt/doesnt flash or even changed colour(as it is suppose to do )

i'd click it and it would open there be like 5-7 convo's started people saying back, people saying hello. but i don't get noified not even a flash or a sound <

This a bug?

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Yes yes, i have this bug too. I don't get notified, the window bar's color don't change sometimes.

Heyy, this problem is still continuing...

Please fix this

Old msgpluses don't have this problem. Please fix for the plus live...

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Originally posted by Aonghus
Heyy, this problem is still continuing...

Please fix this

Old msgpluses don't have this problem. Please fix for the plus live...

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Originally posted by Chestah
This is a known bug/limitation found in beta testing. It is done this way to fix another bug which is far worse than this one (can't remember at this stage - think it was to do with tabbed chats changing).

It occurs when the tabbed window is minimised - it doesn't appear, as you've noted, in the alt-tab list.

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I don't think it can be fixed without making something else worse... Sorry.

I have read the thread(s) on the board(s), but I haven't really figured out what sort of "disaster" that happens, when using the regular minimize-function in Windows (from a programmers point-of-view).

If one uses the WIN+D to minimize, the Group/Tabbed Chat will minimize the right way, and show up when using the ALT+TAB.

I haven't seen any "damage" happened when using WIN+D at all, so another solution for minimizing the window probably exist - in the same way as for the main-window.

Anyway, I'm just thinking that there must exist a solution, since Windows itself can minimize it correctly (both to tray and in the ALT+TAB-thingy).

Just my 2 cents.

/// Nikolaj

My impression of Win+D is not that it minimizes the other windows, but that it brings the Desktop to the front of the z-order.  When a window is minimized, it is put at the end of the TaskSwitcher list; when the Desktop is brought to the fore, the TaskSwitcher list order is unchanged, even if there were programs already minimized.

There are three conditions that must be met for a window to appear in the TaskSwitcher.  First, the Parent of the window (this is different from the Owner) must be the Desktop (or nil/NULL works, I think).  Second, the window style must include the flag WS_EX_APPWINDOW and must exclude the flag WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW.  Finally, the window must be enabled (children are allowed under certain circumstances, but I forget exactly what those circumstances are).

I hope this is helpful.  Once these conditions are met, I believe that TaskSwitcher and Flip3D will also work correctly in Windows Vista.  I had to spend a lot of time trying to get forms to show properly in Delphi, which creates a hidden window to be a parent to every form you make (and prevents TaskSwitcher, etc., from showing your window correctly).