how good "should" things work?

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   I find myself scratching my head sometimes, trying to deal with an issue presented by this software.

I've been playing with "CXTPopupControl", and have even released it in my software.

But, I find myself finding bugs in this software -- things that one might expect it to "just do"....

Personally, I'd expect this popup control to be a toaster windows that pops up on top of the system tray.

In a basic situation, this is true.  But if anything unusual happens, then this is no longer true.  

For example, if someone changes the resolution on their monitor, while the application is running.  Then all of a sudden the popup displays in the wrong place.

Another example, is when the user places their tray at the top of the screen...  

I can and will fix these problems myself.  But it leads me to question why...  and how much to assume from this toolkit?

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scruzer Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 01 February 2008 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 13	Post Options Post Reply Quote scruzer Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: how good "should" things work? Posted: 04 April 2008 at 5:33am
	I find myself scratching my head sometimes, trying to deal with an issue presented by this software. I've been playing with "CXTPopupControl", and have even released it in my software. But, I find myself finding bugs in this software -- things that one might expect it to "just do".... Personally, I'd expect this popup control to be a toaster windows that pops up on top of the system tray. In a basic situation, this is true. But if anything unusual happens, then this is no longer true. For example, if someone changes the resolution on their monitor, while the application is running. Then all of a sudden the popup displays in the wrong place. Another example, is when the user places their tray at the top of the screen... I can and will fix these problems myself. But it leads me to question why... and how much to assume from this toolkit?

Oleg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 21 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11234	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oleg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 April 2008 at 7:46am
	Him There is public method SetPopupPos that you can call and show popup where you want.
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

scruzer Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 01 February 2008 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 13	Post Options Post Reply Quote scruzer Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 April 2008 at 8:18am
	I was really looking for the most philosophical answer, I guess. Why make a popup class which only does part of the work? Don't get me wrong, I am happy with what the toolkit does. I just kinda assume that I don't have to fix things for the tookit, too.

znakeeye Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 26 July 2006 Status: Offline Points: 1672	Post Options Post Reply Quote znakeeye Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 April 2008 at 10:37am
	Take software like Kaspersky Antivirus. It also shows popups with the same "bug" as XTP:s popup control. The same goes for many other worldwide-spread applications. Hence, the popup control has the quality one would expect.

terrym Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 13 April 2007 Status: Offline Points: 836	Post Options Post Reply Quote terrym Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 April 2008 at 6:27am
	We ourselves are very happy with this control even thou now we have moved some popup messages :) to the new CXTPMessageBar's due to how cool they look. Eg. to tell user a software update is available. CTPMessageBar was added to XTP 12 and is in beta but very stable so far for us. Cheers Terry
	Thank you, Terry Mancey email terry@tmancey.ltd.uk \| linkedin www.tmancey.ltd.uk \| twitter @tmancey