[Bluej-discuss] bluej-discuss Digest, Vol 52, Issue 7

[Jason Madar]

Hi Davin,

The plug-in can be found at http://env3d.sourceforge.net 

Thank you for giving this your attention.  I really appreciate it.

Jason

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>    1. Re: Change between versions 2.1.3 and 2.2.0 (Davin McCall)
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> Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:04:43 +1000
> From: Davin McCall <davmac at bluej.org>
> Subject: Re: [Bluej-discuss] Change between versions 2.1.3 and 2.2.0
> To: General discussion for users of BlueJ <bluej-discuss at bluej.org>
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> Hi Jason,
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> I'm one of the BlueJ developers. What you describe is quite strange and 
> I don't recall anything to do with focus being changed in 2.2.0 (but 
> that's not to say that something was inadvertently changed). Is the 
> plug-in publicly available (or would it otherwise be possible for me to 
> obtain it) - I'd like to have a look myself.
>
> Davin
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> Jason Madar wrote:
>   
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have a question regarding plug-ins changes between the two versions.  
>> My plug in gives students access to a 3d environment for easy 
>> visualization of their objects.  First, the student would create an 
>> object that has a minimum of 3 fields (float x, y, z).  Once the object 
>> is created on the object bench, the student would then select "start 
>> env" from the tools menu.  A separate window would then pop up with a 3d 
>> environment.  Students can go back to the object bench and call some 
>> methods of the object (let's say the method moveX() would increase the x 
>> field by a certain amount).  The object in the 3d environment would 
>> change accordingly.
>>
>> Here is the strange part, in version 2.1.3, everything works fine.  In 
>> 2.2.0, the environment would come up without problems if there were no 
>> objects on the object bench.  As long as there are objects present, the 
>> IDE would not allow the user to bring the 3d window to the foreground.  
>> If I tried to click on the 3d window, the IDE would grab the focus right 
>> away.
>>
>> I'm just wondering why would the IDE want complete control over the 
>> window focus in 2.2.0?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Jason
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