How to pick a child window? 1

[pierrotsc]

Right now, when i want to access and do some manipulation on a child window, I use:
var
Child: TMDIChild;
begin
Child := ActiveMDIChild as TMDIChild;

That selects the foremost child displayed. The problem I am encountering is that I have a requester that pops up. I want to enter data in this requester that is not really a child window and the data entered need to affect the window behind it. If i use the above statement, the requester is the activechildwindow. How do i find out what is the child behind the requester?
I hope i'm making sense.
Thanks.
PO

 

[whosrdaddy]

the requester should be a non MDI modal form, then will the above statement work...

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[pierrotsc]

Thanks, I changed it from fsstayontop to fsnormal and it is working. I wonder why it did not work with fsstayontop. It is not a mdi window.
PO

 

[whosrdaddy]

you don't need the fsstayontop. just show the requesterform with .ShowModal instead of .Show, this will disable all the windows except the requester (this means the user can no longer put another MDI child into focus)

/Daddy

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