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Max:

I think you meant this for Dana and not me....

-Rich

Max Polk wrote:
> 
> > Dana Scott Kaufman wrote in message <3640D8D7.B53C986A@geocities.com>...
> > If you create a frame that is large enough to cover the Taskbar in
> > Windows 95 or NT, the frame will show up in front of the Taskbar.  All
> > other Windows programs display their windows behind the Taskbar.  Has
> > anyone else seen this problem?
> >
> > I tested it under JBuilder and also JDK 1.1.7.  It is annoying because
> > the user is unable to get to the Taskbar unless they minimize the Frame.
> 
> Not true -- the user can press the magic windows key (between Ctrl and
> Alt if it is there) or can always use Ctrl-Esc to bring up the taskbar.
> 
> I have a 800x600 JFrame that indeed covers the whole screen as it should.
> Windows itself (not Java related at all!) allows applications like
> install programs and other things to cover the taskbar area.
> 
> It's kind of like the user saying: I DON'T CARE if the user wants the
> taskbar on top -- MY APPLICATION NEEDS THE WHOLE SCREEN!  So Windows
> obliges and gives you the whole screen.  That is a fault of the
> application designer making it such a big hog that it has to cover even
> that little strip on the bottom!  It has nothing to do with Java or
> Jbuilder.

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Rich Wilkman
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Borland JBuilder Team

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