[Info-vax] DECwindows: keep a window always on top?

[Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply]

In article <h98771$m97$1 at usenet01.boi.hp.com>, "FredK"
<fred.nospam at dec.com> writes: 

Thanks for the pointer; I'll research when I have time.

> The window attribute CWOverrideRedirect tells the window manager to keep 
> it's mitts off the window.

Can I set this in a resource file or from DCL?

> Normally when you create a window, the window manager intercepts the 
> creation to do things like wrap the window decorations around it.  Setting 
> the above attribute tells the window manager to not redirect the window 
> creation and to leave it alone.  That as a side effect means that the window 
> manager will ALSO not try to restack the window.  

OK.

> The application (like the 
> workstation locked app) needs to handle events to make sure that it remains 
> on top - or can grab the pointer to prevent it.

Will have to re-read that a few times.

> But consider the question of how to keep a window always on top is tricky - 
> what happens when two applications try to do the same thing? 

I don't know.  I'll have to try it.  In practice, of course, this 
wouldn't be a problem, if one can position the windows.