Active Window Tracking HELP!!

[efishnn]

Hi
To enable Active Window Tracking and to force the window to also come to the foreground i need to add "0x41" hex.
now, if my existing binary value is:
"UserPreferencesMask REG BINARY 9e 3e 03 80"
to what i need to change it? to active the function?? i dont know how to do it.
thanks

[mysterywolf]

9e 3e 03 80 is not binary.

binary is made of only ones and zeros...it can count between 0 and 1 in each digit, and each digit is weighted by , from right to left...1,2,4,8, etc
hex digits can count between 0 and 15 with 10 thru 15 being represented by a thru f.

so, decinal 14 = binary 1110 = hex e

the value you quote may well be a binary value but using it as such is unwieldy...its a very long string of 0 and 1. so its easier to convert it to hex.

open calculator and view, scientific. click bin and enter a load of 1 and 0 and then click hex. it will convert.
and, you can add hex values too...41+80 hex= c1.

[Dirk_Diggler]

Double-click "UserPreferencesMask" and replace the first two digits "9e" with "c1"

Not quite the newbie I used to be, but still prone to the odd mistake :D

[Nana]

It's been a v-e-r-y long time since these old eyes did Hex numbers, but doesn't 9e+41=DF? Therefore, replace the first two digits with DF, not c1?

Preparing to make a fool of myself,
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[Dirk_Diggler]

I'm sure you are correct Nana, but replacing the 9e with c1 will enable the bottom window to jump to the fore by just moving the mouse over it.

Not quite the newbie I used to be, but still prone to the odd mistake :D

[Nana]

Thanks, Dirk. My hex addition skills obviously need more than a little brushing up. After all, it has been 37 years since I finished high school.

Nursing didn't often call on my ability to use either hex or binary number systems. It managed to confuse me enough using Celsius instead of Fahrenheit, milliliters/cubic centimeters instead of teaspoons and centimeters instead of inches.

That all happened back in the "old days". You know the era I'm referring to - when the world must have been in black & white because that's how TV portrayed it. It was also the time which predated Canada using the metric system for anything.

Live and learn,
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[Dirk_Diggler]

I just tried df and that works fine too /images/forums/icons/smile.gif
It would seem that anything over a0 will activate the lower window, and anything over c0 will raise the lower window to the top. It would seem this only applies to the odd numbers, ie a2, a4 , a6 and so on won't do it.

[Nana]

Thank you for checking that out for me, Dirk.

Later,
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[patrickngai]

hi,

I am new in here too.

After reading through abv, I personally think the function itself, although it's great, is not good enough. I posted on a separate thread that it 's better to add a complementary function. A function that the mouse pointer can open window in the taskbar. Any minimised/behind task can be opened by pointing mouse, and bring to the foreground, of course. Any suggestion?

[Nana]

Patrick,

Welcome to WinGuides! It's a great forum with lots of very knowledgeable members. We're glad that you decided to join us. I hope you will stay around.

There's just one thing I'd like to mention, please. It's preferable that members don't post the SAME question in more than one area of WinGuides. When the same question is posted in more than one place, it leads to confusion - both for the member asking the question as well as for any other member trying to answer it.

With that in mind, I have included a link to the thread you started with the question immediately before my post. Just click on the red link below. Anyone answering YOUR question should post their replies there.

Answers for Efishnn's question should still be posted here, in this thread. Efishnn is the member who started this thread.

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[patrickngai]

Nana and all,

sorry for confusing.

[Nana]

No problem, Patrick. Nobody is expected to know the "ins and outs" of any forum on their first visit.

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