Prevent TestStand Popups stealing focus from other application

[svh]

Hi all,

In our company we use dual screen computers. On one screen a TestStand 4.1 execution is active, on the other screen our companies ERP system is active. While a TestStand execution is active, we can prepare and/or complete the testing tasks in the ERP software.

When the TestStand execution runs into a GUI vi or a message, it steals focus from the ERP application. Is there a way to avoid this but still get the TestStand popup on the foreground?

[Norbert_B]

One thing to mention is that a popup dialog is meant to take focus to prevent the user from hiding and forgetting about it.

That being said, the TS Message Popup step includes a module which exactly does this.

If you want a dialog which does not take application focus you have to implement one. The way to show a panel without taking application focus is based in the Windows SDK.

Norbert