[Mono-winforms-list] Starting Form on top of Child Form Issue - Mono 2.4.2.3 with SUSE 11
Petit Eric
surfzoid at gmail.com
Mon Nov 30 03:08:17 EST 2009
Did you have same version of libgdiplus ?
2009/11/30 Steve <utnsteve at gmail.com>:
> Hi All,
>
> Well, you'll be glad to know that it does not seem to be a Mono issue.
>
> SLES 11 and openSUSE 11.1 had that Starting Form on top issue.
> But when we used a fresh install of openSUSE 11.2, everything worked
> beautifully using the current release of Mono 2.4.2.3
>
> I am not sure why, I'm guessing it could be something to do with the
> specific hardware currently in use as when we tried on different hardware
> configuration, everything worked fine in openSUSE 11.1 and Mono 2.4.2.3
>
> For you information, this is the hardware that causes issue with version 11
> and 11.1:
> Intel Atom N270 (945GSE + ICH7) with Intel GMA 950 type of system.
>
> Maybe a Gnome pre-2.28 or driver issue... unsure...
>
> Since we dictate what OS goes with our software it does not create an issue
> for us anymore...
>
> Thanks for your help on this issue.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve
>
> On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 9:26 PM, Petit Eric <surfzoid at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> How are you playing with ShowDialog(); you use this as Container or
>> anything else, your winforms are TopMost or not in their property, do
>> you have something about this.MdiChildren and this.Parent ?
>>
>> 2009/11/26 Steve <utnsteve at gmail.com>:
>> > Hi All,
>> >
>> > As Jonathan mentioned, we downloaded Mono 2.6, including the latest
>> > MonoDevelop from the site link provided.
>> >
>> > Unfortunately, it has not solved our problem of the Starting Form
>> > getting
>> > stuck on top randomly. I really wished it was not random...
>> >
>> > We are compiling our program code in OpenSUSE 11.1 with Mono and
>> > MonoDevelop. Should we compile it another way?
>> >
>> > Maybe the "ShowDialog() method" is not working for us in Mono, is there
>> > an
>> > alternative method that would achieve the same results and is known to
>> > work
>> > in Mono?
>> >
>> > Thank you for all your replies so far.
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Steve
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 11:17 PM, Jonathan Pobst <monkey at jpobst.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> 2.7 would mean getting the Mono source from SVN and compiling it
>> >> yourself.
>> >>
>> >> Instead, you can grab the 2.6 preview installer from here and see if it
>> >> fixes it:
>> >>
>> >> http://mono.ximian.com/monobuild/preview/download-preview/
>> >>
>> >> Jonathan
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Steve wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Hi All,
>> >>> Thank you for your replies.
>> >>>
>> >>> Can you provide me with a link to the Mono JIT Compiler version 2.7?
>> >>> Can only find version 2.4.2.3...
>> >>>
>> >>> Once I know where to get it from, I'll compile and do some testing and
>> >>> will le tyou know the results.
>> >>>
>> >>> Cheers.
>> >>>
>> >>> On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 1:25 AM, Petit Eric <surfzoid at gmail.com
>> >>> <mailto:surfzoid at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> you could also try to upgrade mono , no ?
>> >>> Mono JIT compiler version 2.7
>> >>>
>> >>> 2009/11/23 Carlos Alberto Cortez <calberto.cortez at gmail.com
>> >>> <mailto:calberto.cortez at gmail.com>>:
>> >>> > That seems like a bug. We have a lot of bug fixes in the new
>> >>> upcoming
>> >>> > versions, but it would of of great help if you could provide a
>> >>> test case or
>> >>> > a VC# solution so we can test.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Carlos.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > 2009/11/23 utneflyte <utnsteve at gmail.com
>> >>> <mailto:utnsteve at gmail.com>>
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> Hi All,
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> I am using Mono 2.4.2.3 on OpenSUSE 11.1 and SUSE Linux
>> >>> Enterprise 11
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> I have a kiosk application created with VS2008, compiled in
>> >>> MonoDevelop on
>> >>> >> OpenSUSE 11.1 and then exported to the machine running SUSE and
>> >>> Mono.
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> All forms are of a fixed size taking the full aspect of the
>> >>> screen. Screen
>> >>> >> resolution 800x600 and so is all form sizes.
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> I only have 1 issue left... and need community help.
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> The first form (Starting Form) of the program, thus the one
>> >>> that
>> >>> should
>> >>> >> always be under all other forms... sometimes appears as the
>> >>> top-most form.
>> >>> >> When it does, that form is inactive (in a frozen state) and the
>> >>> only way
>> >>> >> to
>> >>> >> close it is via ALT-F4. Once it's closed, we can see the form
>> >>> that the
>> >>> >> user
>> >>> >> clicked to try to open the other form.
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> There is a need to open forms using ShowDialog() method.
>> >>> Actually i am
>> >>> >> using, frm.Owner = this; frm.ShowDialog(this); where frm is the
>> >>> child form
>> >>> >> to open depending on user action (e.g. button press). That way,
>> >>> there can
>> >>> >> be
>> >>> >> 10-15 forms open one after another in a hierarchy. but, as all
>> >>> form are
>> >>> >> displayed using ShowDialog() method, there can be at most one
>> >>> direct child
>> >>> >> form open at any given time from a parent form. Also, that
>> >>> child
>> >>> form can
>> >>> >> open another child form too. This is how navigation goes.
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> When the Starting Form on-top stuck issue happens, it occurs
>> >>> randomly when
>> >>> >> a
>> >>> >> user clicks and the program opens a form on top of the current
>> >>> form. It
>> >>> >> doesn't matter what is on the form loading or the form that it
>> >>> comes from.
>> >>> >> It is random, the user could be clicking very slowly, one click
>> >>> per minute
>> >>> >> or 10 clicks per second, it occurs so randomly...
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> Anyone experience this type of behavior and have a
>> >>> >> solution/work-around/different manner that should be used to
>> >>> open these
>> >>> >> forms?
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> Looking forward to your replies.
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> Thank you.
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