Bringing Smart Client Window to front

[LXS]

Hi,

we have the following customer request (Smart Client on Mac):

Is it possible to bring the Servoy Smart Client Window to the front, when the customer is currently in another application (e.g. Word etc)?

I've already tried this on my Windows machine, but it did not work:

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var window = application.getActiveWindow();
if (window != null) {
   window.toFront();
}

Are there any other ways?

Usecase: Bring Servoy to front on incoming phone call

Thank you very much!

Greetings,
Alex

[LXS]

No idea? Is it possible at all?

[Bernd.N]

In case there is no way with standard Servoy, it might be possible to create a tiny plugin that does this job.
There are several plugin experts who could answer that question.

[jcompagner]

i don't think windows allows you really to do that.
That window.toFront() already does what java api gives us as far as i know
But for a long time already the only thing that happens is that it brings attention to the user (the taskbar lights it up) but it will not force everything over the current window that the user is showing.

[Bernd.N]

I am not an api expert, but Google brings some links when asking for "windows api bring window to front" and for "mac api bring window to front".
Maybe that could be used for a plugin, possibly by circumventing Java, if that is allowed at all.

"java window to front" also brings several solutions for Java. It could be that some of them work better than window.toFront().