Zugg Software :: View topic - Help with frustrating capture window problem

Wanderer Joined: 20 Dec 2001 Posts: 56 Location: USA

I have a few windows set up to capture stuff, like tells, kingdom channel comments, "you got better at %1" type stuff

unfortunately, when I receive a "notification" and the new window opens up, it shifts emphasis from my main window to the new window.

this is a minor annoyance, except if it happens while i'm in the middle of typing (I type relatively fast), I end up opening a whole bunch of menus because the "emphasis" is switching to the new capture windows, which have no line to type stuff into.

I want the capture window to open up, but i want to remain "focused" on my main window for the MUD.

any ideas how I do this with 6.40? I have under "Windows-Preferences-Window Options", the bottom three boxes are unchecked. Not sure what else I can do.

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

You can use this little script segment to open a window, just replace 'tell' with the appropiate name.
#IF (%ismember("tell",%names)=0) {#WIN tell;#EXEC {%window:}}

By placing it at the beginning of each trigger that captures things it will prevent loss of focus when the window is used for the first time.

Wanderer Joined: 20 Dec 2001 Posts: 56 Location: USA

okay, my trigger is

pattern: You tell

value:

#IF (%ismember("tells",%names)=0) {#WIN tells;#EXEC {%window:}};#capture tells

now, when I have that stuff in there, it prevents the capturing of the tells ina separate window. I want the separate window, I just don't want my entire computer to switch off of what it is doing and switching to that capture window.

I could be, for example, typing this in as we speak, and if a tell popped up, windows 2k would automatically switch to the zMUD tells capture window.

very annoying.

Enchanter Joined: 10 Oct 2000 Posts: 656 Location: USA

obor, you may be better off my setting up all windows you want to use and saving these windows so that they are created when you log on. That way you don't have to worry about window creation while you play.

To do this, create all windows first. click on each window and go to settings/save as. Save the window. You may also want to save layout once you get all the windows positioned the way you want it. You'll only have to do the above procedure once. After that, each time you start your character, all those windows should load.

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GURU Joined: 26 Jul 2001 Posts: 1958 Location: Canada

quote:

if a tell popped up, windows 2k would automatically switch to the zMUD tells capture window

Perhaps:
View-Preferences->General
Click on +Windows
Uncheck [ ] Automatically bring to front window with activity

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