Force dialog to always stay on top

Summary

This article describes how use Avenue to force a Dialog Designer dialog box to stay on top by setting the Dialog as its server. This applies to Solaris 2.6 using CDE-desktop.

Procedure

1. Add the following to the 'Open' script of the dialog box:
   
   

   Code:
   self.setserver(av.getactivdoc)

   
   
2. Add the following to the 'Close' script of the dialog box:
   
   

   Code:
   self.setsesrver(nil)

   
   
3. Paste the following code into the new script window and compile.
   
   

   Code:
   d = av.finddialog("D1")
   d.setserver(av.getactivedoc)
   d.activate 

   
   
4. Specify the new script in the ServerActivated and ServerDeactivated dialog properties.