Flex :: Manage Windows In External Applications?
Feb 6, 2012
I have 2 AIR applications (A and B) that are able to communicate via a LocalConnection object. I've verified that messages are definitely being sent/received appropriately.
I want to be able to have A tell B to come to the front. Both applications are full screen:
stage.fullScreenSourceRect = new Rectangle(0, 0, 1080, 1920);
stage.displayState = StageDisplayState.FULL_SCREEN_INTERACTIVE;
I've tried several permutations, but as of yet nothing seems to work.
private function initSlave(channel: String): void {
conn = new LocalConnection();
conn.client = {
[Code]...
If I leave both applications in windowed mode (stage.displayState = StageDisplayState.NORMAL), then toggling alwaysInFront actually works. Calling activate() or orderToFront() still do nothing. If I try to toggle alwaysInFront and then set the application to fullscreen, the application ends up fullscreen behind my windowed app. Maybe there is an event I should wait for before setting the app to fullscreen?
I found a thread mentioning that orderToFront() only works relative to windows within the same application, which explains why it doesn't seem to do anything.
Does anyone have any insights into pulling this off? Maybe there is a way for me to embed B into application A so they are actually the same application? I am not sure how to do this with an AIR application as simply as just loading the SWF due to requiring external resources.
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