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try this:

on preOpenStack
set the decorations of this stack to "title","minimize","close"
wait 1 second
end preOpenStack

PS. Don't forget to set your stack decorations back to empty before saving.

on unIconifyStack
set the windowshape of this stack to 1519 -- or whatever your custom shape ID is.
set the decorations of this stack to "title","minimize"
set the visible of this stack to true
end unIconifyStack

correction:

on unIconifyStack
set the visible of this stack to true -- no need to ...

on mouseUp
set the visible of this stack to false
set the windowshape of this stack to 0
set the iconic of this stack to true
end mouseUp

It is not necessary to set the widowShape to 0

my bad!

Finally nailed this ****er.

Works like it's suppose to. Here's what you need to do to make this work:

#1. Your custom shape must be a 1 bit transparency . Gif will work, png-8 will work. png -24 will not work. Haven't tried any other format yet.

# 2. Code:

in your mainstack:

on preOpenStack ...

You did a great job. This works fine for me on Win XP, Rev 3.x.


Thank you Mark. The only problem I have noticed is if you click on the icon in the taskbar, it does not maximize or minimize like your program would if it was not a custom shape window.

Anyhow, at least the program icon is now ...

A work around.

Please let me know if this work around works. It seems to in 3.0 Gm3

on preOpenStack
set the decorations of this stack to "title"
end preOpenStack

I tried this and it did indeed iconify the stack to the taskbar on startup with a custom window shape. Also, if you hit the windows ...

Just learned of the death of Eric Chatonet. Very Sad. His contributions to the rev community will be greatly missed.

In fact I had just purchased List Magic a few days ago from the So Smart Software website. When I did not receive my unlock code, I fired off a couple of angry e-mails to Eric. Not ...

there was a bug report

The bug report you refer to has version 2.81 listed as having this problem. I thought only 2.9 and 3.0 were experiencing this problem.

Note: I have reported the bug to quality control.

http://quality.runrev.com/qacenter/show_bug.cgi?id=7671

I can confirm this. I am having the same problem.

One solution to this problem would be to offer a downloadable version of the DVDs. I was going to order the DVD sets. But after hearing of the delivery problems I am going to put that order on hold.

I would be really pissed-off if I shelled out $250.00 and after 2 months did not receive my order ...

Try removing the slash:

launch "cover.pdf"

Me too! My vote is for Obama. Bush has been absolutely horrible. Not only for America but also the rest of the world.

I hope the Republicans get a real good ass-whipping today. They deserve it. Thank God the nightmare called George W. Bush is almost over.

Thanks for the reply Mark. After looking closely at the Windows dialog, I noticed in the sample window that some of the edges of some of the fonts were jagged.

Leads me to think that it could be the Windows dialog. Good idea to check in a font editor to make sure.

Thanks again,
Tony

Hi Mark,

The Windows dialog is the Windows Common Font Dialog available in a lot of apps developed in VB, C etc.