Can I get the Write window in the foreground when called from another application?
When windows applications create a new message through thunderbird (quickbooks wants to send an invoice for example) the new message appears in the background and bothers the user who prefered the way outlook would pop up newly created messages in the foreground. The foreground popup is the preferred work flow as the operator clicks 'send invoice' and then the message pops up for review and for the operator to hit send. Now migrating to Thunderbird, in frustration the user is creating many drafts but not always sending the invoice.
How can I set Thunderbird to popup a new message window in the foreground in this case?
Thanks in advance.
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What happens if you keep TB minimized to the task bar or notification area?
Hi, I have the same problem, any version of TB, win7x64 or winXP32... for me is not a problem, but less experienced users, or old people, get puzzled by not seeing the expected window, and usually keep trying, ending with multiple "compose" windows, until they realize they're open in the background...
I'm trying to get around this using a small free utility I already have in my windows startup folder: Deskpins (see http://www.snapfiles.com/get/deskpins.html). This little app, which sits in the taskbar icon area, can force any window stay on top, (visually) "pinning" it also. Very handy. This little gem also has an optional "autopin" feature, which can "intercept" a new window by class & title (with wildcards). Which windows to intercept,y ou define creating specific rules, from its help:
<< You can configure DeskPins to automatically pin certain windows as soon as they are created. This should be useful in case you always want to make an application topmost (e.g. Calculator, console windows, etc).
Rules You can specify which windows will be auto-pinned by adding auto-pin rules (see Autopin options). Every time a window is created, DeskPins will check whether it satisfies any rules, and if so, it will pin it. A rule consists of two parameters: a title and a class, which are explained below. Both parameters can contain DOS-style wildcards (* and ?) and they are not case sensitive. >>
I tried, and it seems to work.
when a new "compose" window is created, even when "sending a file to recipient" using windows standard tools (eg: right click on file and send>mail recipient) now I see the window "on top" and is "pinned"... of course it would have been much, much better to have a native better behaviour, but in the meanwhile... this could work. Maybe similar solutions are available for other OSes...
Marco
Modified by m.ardito