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Making window active while behind another window

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From: Jeffrey J. Griglack
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1992 16:24
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I was at the Boston introduction party yesterday, so I got my first
look at OS/2 2.0.  It looked and acted very much like MSWindows.  One
of the things that I cannot do with windows that I would like to be
able to do is have a window that is partially obscured become the
active window (i.e. recieve keyboard input).  The main reason I would
like to do this to allow a user interface that allows me to just move
the mouse to the window and make it active without clicking in it
(okay, I'm a little lazy, but it makes a difference), but there are
other reasons.  

Is there a way to make the window active without having it pop into
the foreground?  Can somebody who has used OS/2 2.0 for a period of
time answer this?  Can an IBMer answer this?

Thanks,

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Subject: Making window active while behind another window
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