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Win Xp Menus and floating Help window causing a freeze

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Subject: Win Xp Menus and floating Help window causing a freeze
From: Karl Holmes <karlh at edalive dot com>
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:34:20 +1000
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I have a situation where I pop up a Help window if the user hasn't 
performed a certain operation within a specified time. The help 
window is initiated via a timer.

On a Mac if the user happens to be accessing a menu when the timer 
fires then the Help window doesn't come up until the user is finished 
with the menu. This is the action I want.

However on Windows the Help window can come up while the user is 
checking what is under the menu headings. This causes a freeze. 
Neither the menu or the Help Window seem to have the focus. The 
displayed menu items remain on the screen even when the mouse button 
is no longer down.The help window is a Floating Window.

Has anybody experienced similar behaviour?
Can anybody explain why Windows XP behaviour is different from the 
Mac AND anything I can do to prevent or work around the Win XP 
behaviour?

I am using RB2007r3 and building on a Mac.


Thanks

Karl
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