Image Preview Bug ? or DDE/OLE related ?

[Michel32]

I use Picaview for viewing images, when I do richtmouse click on a image & psd files than all loaded fine look this preview..

http://www.wolvesheaven.com/tc7/image1.jpg

But when I click on the thumbial a new image window is gonna open so as it always was but that window minimalize automaticly in 3 seconds (it looks a crash but it doesn't close.

http://www.wolvesheaven.com/tc7/image2.jpg

In windows it work fine so it must be a TC bug...

In TC 6 versions it worked also fine .

[petermad]

it must be a TC bug

Or a buggy shell extension delivered by Picaview

[Michel32]

mmm possible but this is the first time that I have a problem with it ,with all older tc versions it worked fine

[ghisler(Author)]

What older versions did you try? I didn't change anything in the way the Explorer extract functions are called...

[Michel32]

6.56 and all versions belong I have used this is my first beta version so i don't know or it was also in beta 1 and 2 ...

I use now Beta 3

[Crocus]

Hi,

I am also using PicaView and the problem, introduced in beta 3 (beta 2 was O.K) is possibly the same as described by Michel32. Namely, after PicaView opens image, a few seconds later TC pops into the foreground. PicaView is unaffected and completely innocent. In addition, there are other cases, where TC just jumps into view. For example, between my right click choices is also "open with Photoline" ... after Photoline opens with the loaded image, TC pops again.

BTW, this is not OS related - the same behaviour could be observed in NT4, Windows 2000 and XP.

Have a nice day !

Crocus

[Crocus]

Hi

Update:

The title of the topic is missleading: this annoyance has nothing to do with images. Almost all items, listed as shell extensions (like doc -> open with MS Word (97), dsw -> open with MSDEV etc.) behave in the same manner. TC just jumps into the foreground, after a called program has finished loading the associated file.

Is it something DDE/OLE related ?

Colchicum

[Michel32]

thanks... I have changed the title a little let the real programmers tell us what the problem is

Yup i have the same problem when I choose a html file and i do right mouse click/open with/internet explorer the page is opening in a new window and after 3 seconds the window shoot from the window to the task bar behind...

[Marlby23]

I can confirm the issue, it happens also with Explorer: Right clicking on the Current Directory bar then clicking on the folder name to open it with explorer results in a succesful opening but after a couple seconds TC jumps in front of it.

[RID500]

Confirmed.
W2k SP4 and pb3.

Double click or <enter> to open works normal.

But 'open' from context menu shows this effect:
* the other app starts
* after 2 till 3 sec TC goes on top and get the focus.
Switching back to the other app lets TC in the back now.

Tested with *.html , *.doc and 'Explore'
No matter if with default 'open' or 'Open with...'
No matter if TC is maximized or only half.

Hmm shell extensions ?
WinRAR and Unlooker.

@Ghisler: do you need an export from NirSoft's "ShellExView" ?

[Hacker]

Marlby23,

I can confirm the issue, it happens also with Explorer: Right clicking on the Current Directory bar then clicking on the folder name to open it with explorer results in a succesful opening but after a couple seconds TC jumps in front of it.

Hm, I also confirm, XP SP2, by right-clicking on a dir in the current directory bar and also by right-clicking on a directory in the filelist itself. Just right-click on a directory and choose Explore.

Roman

[karlchen]

TC 7.0 pb3:
described misbehaviour confirmed.

TC 6.56:
does not exhibit this behaviour, i.e. does not steal focus.

Karl

[petermad]

Just right-click on a directory and choose Explore.

Confirmed - TC steals focus after 1 or 2 seconds (Win XP SP2)

It does NOT happen in TC7pb2 - only in pb3.

[ghisler(Author)]

I think that I found a possible reason: When you right click on TC, a refresh timer is set which should refresh the file list after a certain time. This refresh function sets the focus to the active file panel now, because I received bug reports that the focus was lost. This should not switch from a different application to TC, but apparently it still does it. I will try to find a different solution.

[Michel32]

Thanks for explaining ghisler , I hope you find a solution for it