MIAW position - want to just replace stage

[David]

Hi

I'm doing a dictionary type MIAW that pops up and completely replaces the
stage with no border, and goes away when an "exit" button is pressed (ie it
is to look as though you have "gone" to another movie, even thought the old
movie is just paused and unable to be seen in the background as it's covered
by the dictionary).

Initially the MIAW had a border and was off centre. So I've set the
WindowType to 3, and in the movie property location in the MIAW selected
centred.

The stage is 640x480 - windows app.

It seems to work on my system, but does this seem to be the way to do it?
I've read behaviour can be funny on different resolutions etc so I'm hoping
to get some comfort this is the generic sort of way to replace the stage
while the MIAW is visible.

Thanks

David.

[JB]

Before opening the miaw you can set it's rect.

window("Pop").rect = (the stage).rect

window("Pop").visible = true

-- might have to assign a file to the miaw before setting property

window("Pop").file = the pathName & "MMIAWfile"

have you looked into setting the modal of the miaw


mouse enter/leave envents might still be getting to the stage.

[David]

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Thanks, I've done this now.
 

I have set it now.

One thing that's strange is that the MIAW has a text field with a scroll bar
in it. When it becomes visible the scroll bar is the last thing to come up,
so I get a flash of what's under the scroll bar in the window what opens the
MIAW when the MIAW becomes visible. Strange.