Re: Set foreground window to foreground when external tool used as a diff/merge

On 08.12.2009 19:51, Nikolay Belyh wrote:
> Windows Vista/7 (with UAC on?) prevents windows from "popping up" more
> strictly than it was in XP
> SO, there here is a problem: when you try to see a difference from the
> previous version, the diff/merge tool's window is opened BEHIND the
> tortoise's window. This seem to be extremely inconvenient.
>
> To fix this, tortoise shall allow "child" diff/merge tool to set
> foreground window. There is a function that does exactly this thing -
> AllowSetForegroundWindow.
> I think it would be good enough to just call that function with child
> process id.
>
> Please see the patch attached (single line added - that call to
> AllowSetForegroundWindow).
> Works for me.

Ups, completely missed your patch. But I've implemented the very same
thing in r17906 myself.

Stefan

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