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c# program to move a window on desktop from a side to another when it looses focus

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  • P PIEBALDconsult

    Is that what your users would want to have happen?

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    i want to make a program which can replace the desktop window manager in window... i want my program to handle all the open windows like the way i want it to... is it possible... a window opens it comes to center. when it looses focus of when i'm done with it it goes to either side of screen.. Dwm does it in a different way, it minimizes the windows to taskbar until again activated..and it restores the window in the last opened place...

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      i want to make a program which can replace the desktop window manager in window... i want my program to handle all the open windows like the way i want it to... is it possible... a window opens it comes to center. when it looses focus of when i'm done with it it goes to either side of screen.. Dwm does it in a different way, it minimizes the windows to taskbar until again activated..and it restores the window in the last opened place...

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      Based on this and the other post I think you need to write your own operating system.

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      • P PIEBALDconsult

        Based on this and the other post I think you need to write your own operating system.

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        Really... doesn't any namespace can help me with this... C# has so many namespaces... u must be knowing some which can handle the windows...

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          Really... doesn't any namespace can help me with this... C# has so many namespaces... u must be knowing some which can handle the windows...

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          It is likely possible, but probably very difficult, error-prone, and unlikely to be welcome to the user. All-in-all it's not worth the trouble.

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            Really... doesn't any namespace can help me with this... C# has so many namespaces... u must be knowing some which can handle the windows...

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            He's correct. If you want a smooth version of this, you'd have to rewrite part of the Win32 API. There is no namespace or class in the .NET Framework that can do this for you. The only way you can do it is if you used a couple of the Win32 API functions, constantly polling for the foreground window and moving it when it appears. This will introduce a flicker as you have to wait for the window to show up in one spot then move it, painting the window twice in two different spots. There is no way to avoid this.

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            • P PIEBALDconsult

              It is likely possible, but probably very difficult, error-prone, and unlikely to be welcome to the user. All-in-all it's not worth the trouble.

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              m ready to do the hard work... m ready to do it... just guide me.. plz.. i wanna make this application... guide me...

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                He's correct. If you want a smooth version of this, you'd have to rewrite part of the Win32 API. There is no namespace or class in the .NET Framework that can do this for you. The only way you can do it is if you used a couple of the Win32 API functions, constantly polling for the foreground window and moving it when it appears. This will introduce a flicker as you have to wait for the window to show up in one spot then move it, painting the window twice in two different spots. There is no way to avoid this.

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                the problem u are mentioning... is tolerable.. i mean.. first let it be allowed to open as it opens then my program can take control of it... wat say...

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                  the problem u are mentioning... is tolerable.. i mean.. first let it be allowed to open as it opens then my program can take control of it... wat say...

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                  I say it looks cheesy and is of no benefit to users.

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                    m ready to do the hard work... m ready to do it... just guide me.. plz.. i wanna make this application... guide me...

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                    ayandelhi wrote:

                    m ready to do the hard work... m ready to do it...

                    But are your users ready to use it?

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                      I say it looks cheesy and is of no benefit to users.

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                      m making it for myself... i wanna learn abt wat m thinking... i am wondering about this night and day... i just dont know the way.. m not goin to prove anything to anyone.. i want to make it for myself and only for myself...

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