SendMail called from MDI Child Form

rbuser

I'm using RBuilder 10.07 with D7 on Windows XP. As reported to me, this
problem is specific to XP (doesn't happen on Vista), although I have not
confirmed that.

If I call the SendMail method of a TppReport object from an MDI child window
(MAPI client is MS Outlook), focus does not return to my application when I
close the email message window. It returns to the window behind my
application (next in the Z-Order, I suppose). I realize this is related to
popping up a window from a different application (Outlook, in this case),
but do you have any ideas as to how I can correct it or get around it? I
have tried various Windows API calls SetForegroundWindow, etc. to no avail.

When calling SendMail from modal dialogs, the problem isn't so blatant. At
least the application stays in the foreground, although the modal dialog is
not active.

The email report code is below...

///set email settings
rptTest.EmailSettings.ShowEmailDialog := False;
rptTest.EmailSettings.PreviewInEmailClient := True;

///initialize the email
rptTest.EmailSettings.Subject := rptTest.PrinterSetup.DocumentName;

///send the email
rptTest.SendMail;

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,
Keith Thomspon
keith.thompson@acstechnologies.com

nicocizik

Hi Keith,

If possible please give me the exact steps I can take using the MDI demo
located in the \RBuilder\Demos\3. EndUser\4. MDI\... directory to recreate
this issue on my machine. I have tried a number of scenarios and have been
unable to see this behavior.

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Regards,

Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com

rbuser

Thanks, Nico, for looking into this. Unfortunately, I don't have much of an
answer. Basically, I open the MDI.dpr, set EmailSettings.Enabled to True on
the TppReport object on the mdichild form, then, compile. If I run that
MDI.exe on each of my three pc's, when I click the email report button I get
this issue on two of the three. Our team testers are getting it
consistently on their test PC's as well (mostly win xp with office 2003). I
have Outlook XP (2002), Outlook 2003, and Outlook 2007 represented on my
three Win XP machines, and the one machine that doesn't have this issue is
the Outlook 2003 machine. I have recreated it on other machines with Office
2003, however. I think it must be related somehow to a system setting,
since I have one machine that does not have the issue. I just can't isolate
what it is. I turned off the use Microsoft Word as email editor option in
Outlook XP (can't be done in 2007), but that didn't make a difference. The
only thing that is obviously different about the one PC that works is that
it uses multiple Outlook profiles. None of my other machines do that.

Keep in mind you must have at least two applications open when you do this.
An unrelated application (Word, Excel, etc.) must be in the background
behind the MDI.exe application. When you click the email report icon and
cancel the email dialog, focus returns to the application in the background
behind the MDI.exe window..

I would write it off as one of those fluke Windows Z-Order issues that are
not uncommon, but it happens so consistently that I can't get away with that
one.

Thanks,
Keith Thompson

nicocizik

Hi Keith,

We created a patch for RB 10.08 that seems to solve the issue on the
machines in which we can recreate it. Send a small email to
support@digital-metaphors.com requesting the patch and we will send it to
you as soon as possible.

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Regards,

Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com