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Note: This is an archived post that was originally sent to the Hollywood mailing list on Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:52:31 -0000

Hi Andreas,

Could the following two attributes be added to the type #DISPLAY in GetAttribute()?

(1) #ATTRACTIVE---returns TRUE if the display is active, FALSE if it is not
(2) #ATTRHOSTACTIVE---returns TRUE if the screen on which the display is open (usually the desktop screen) is active, FALSE if it is not

I know that InstallEventHandler() can be used with global variables to accomplish the same thing as (1), but it still might be nice to have that option available in GetAttribute().

Actually, what would be even better than (2) would be to have a function that returns a table that contains a list of all open screens as well as the name of the screen that is currently active. And then it would be nice to have a command that could move the Hollywood display (if windowed) to any of the open screens.

Note: This is an archived post that was originally sent to the Hollywood mailing list on Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:35:15 +0200

Hi Andreas,

Could the following two attributes be added to the type #DISPLAY in GetAttribute()? (1) #ATTRACTIVE---returns TRUE if the display is active, FALSE if it is not (2) #ATTRHOSTACTIVE---returns TRUE if the screen on which the display is open (usually the desktop screen) is active, FALSE if it is not

I know that InstallEventHandler() can be used with global variables to accomplish the same thing as (1), but it still might be nice to have that option available in GetAttribute().

#ATTRACTIVE is already implemented in v4.5

Actually, what would be even better than (2) would be to have a function that returns a table that contains a list of all open screens as well as the name of the screen that is currently active. And then it would be nice to have a command that could move the Hollywood display (if windowed) to any of the open screens.

That's not very likely to come because it is an Amiga specific feature. Windows and Mac OS X don't have such things as different "screens"... which is sad because it's a cool and nowadays unique concept.

Note: This is an archived post that was originally sent to the Hollywood mailing list on Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:21:56 -0000

#ATTRACTIVE is already implemented in v4.5

Cool. So would you consider adding a function that could change the display from active to inactive (or from inactive to active)?

And one more obvious question: Any hints as to when v4.5 might become available?

Note: This is an archived post that was originally sent to the Hollywood mailing list on Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:40:50 -0000

Cool. So would you consider adding a function that could change the display from active to inactive (or from inactive to active)?

And one more obvious question: Any hints as to when v4.5 might become available?

I'm *VERY* interested on this topic too ^_^

Note: This is an archived post that was originally sent to the Hollywood mailing list on Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:05:18 +0200

Cool. So would you consider adding a function that could change the display from active to inactive (or from inactive to active)?

ActivateDisplay() is also implemented. I might also add InactivateDisplay() but I'm not sure if it's possible on every OS... have to check this.

And one more obvious question: Any hints as to when v4.5 might become available?

That's not decided yet