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How to show a form without focusing
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Title: How to show a form without focusing
//in TCustomForm class,in protected section add
procedure ShowParam(var param : integer);dynamic;
{
this procedure call when form should be show,
now you should override this method and write your option for
ShowWindow API. see the example
}
function InShowFocus : boolean ;dynamic;
//this function determine that after show the Form , focus on it or no.
//and it's code is
procedure TCustomForm.ShowParam(var param: Integer);
const
ShowCommands: array[TWindowState] of Integer =
(SW_SHOWNORMAL, SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE, SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED);
begin
param := ShowCommands[FWindowState];
end;
function TCustomForm.InShowFocus: Boolean;
begin
Result := True;
end;
//-------------------------------------------------------
//now in your class you can use from themunit Unit2;
interface
uses
Windows, Messages, SysUtils, Variants, Classes, Graphics, Controls, Forms,
Dialogs, StdCtrls, Buttons, ExtCtrls;
type
TForm2 = class(TForm)
private
{ Private declarations }
protected
procedure ShowParam(var param: Integer); override;
function InShowFocus: Boolean; override;
public
{ Public declarations }
end;
var
Form2: TForm2;
implementation
{$R *.dfm}
{ TForm2 }
function TForm2.InShowFocus: Boolean;
begin
Result := False;
end;
procedure TForm2.ShowParam(var param: Integer);
begin
inherited;
param := SW_SHOWNOACTIVATE;
end;
end.
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