Controlling desktop windows size and position.

[PatrickJ]

Is there and equivalent functional in GWT to VB's FindWindow,
ShowWindow and MoveWindow?

I would like to write a simple GWT application that would list all
applications running on a Windows PC and have the ability to control
the window's position attributes.

Patrick

[Martin Trummer]

you can't do that with html/javascript, so GWT can't help you

[Patrick Simons]

I'm sure there is a way, I've seen Java applications do this before

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Java is not Javascript.

On Nov 28, 8:01 pm, Patrick Simons <patrickjsim...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm sure there is a way, I've seen Java applications do this before
>

> On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Martin Trummer <martin.trum...@24act.at>wrote:
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> > you can't do that with html/javascript, so GWT can't help you
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> > On 19 Nov., 18:35, PatrickJ <patrickjsim...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Is there and equivalent functional in GWT to VB's FindWindow,
> > > ShowWindow and MoveWindow?
>
> > > I would like to write a simple GWT application that would list all
> > > applications running on a Windows PC and have the ability to control
> > > the window's position attributes.
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[PatrickJ]

I suppose I'm somewhat confused. What I would like to do is base the
interface on GWT but call some server side process that would interact
with the host OS which would allow me to manipulate other applications
which are running on the host.

For example, I've two networked laptops labelled 1 and 2. Laptop 2 is
running 4 remote desktop sessions into four virtual, servers which are
hosted on laptop 2. I would like to have a console on laptop 1
running a web based app (preferably written in GTW) which would allow
me to interact through some server side components running on Laptop
2, which would allow me to control the size and position of the Remote
desktops e.g. position them in quadrants, maximise 1 an minimise the
rest etc.

The console running on laptop 1 would display a graphical thumbnail of
the applications running on laptop two where I could arrange them
using a mouse.

Maybe I'm expecting too much from GWT however I was of the opinion
that I could use GWT to develop a wide range of web based application.

Thanks in advance.

On Nov 29, 1:26 am, "bch...@gmail.com" <bch...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Java is not Javascript.
>
> On Nov 28, 8:01 pm, Patrick Simons <patrickjsim...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I'm sure there is a way, I've seen Java applications do this before
>
> > On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Martin Trummer <martin.trum...@24act.at>wrote:
>
> > > you can't do that with html/javascript, so GWT can't help you
>
> > > On 19 Nov., 18:35, PatrickJ <patrickjsim...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Is there and equivalent functional in GWT to VB's FindWindow,
> > > > ShowWindow and MoveWindow?
>
> > > > I would like to write a simple GWT application that would list all
> > > > applications running on a Windows PC and have the ability to control
> > > > the window's position attributes.
>
> > > > Patrick
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[Isaac Truett]

Patrick,

GWT can do anything that HTML, JavaScript, and CSS together can do in
a browser. The server in your setup is the entity that will be
interacting with the OS to manipulate other processes. Once you get to
the server, you're really outside the realm of GWT and you're free to
do whatever you want with Java or whatever server-side language you
choose.

So to answer your first question: no, GWT does not have functions
equivalent to VB's FindWindow, ShowWindow and MoveWindow. You'll want
to look for a Java library for that.

Hope that helps.

- Isaac

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[PatrickJ]

It's very helpful thanks, can you put me on the right track as regards
to how I would interact with the server side through GWT. Would I
simply post requests to the server side script or could I interact
with in using Ajax?

I suppose I just need to understand the high-level aspects around how
I would communicate and pass parameters to a server side application
written in Java.

For example, if I wrote an server side application that listens to a
port can I feed information to it through GWT or would I need to go
about it in a different way?

Patrick.

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[Isaac Truett]

I'd start with this section of the Developer's Guide:

http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/doc/1.6/DevGuideServerCommunication.html

GWT RPC is what I use and would recommend if you're running a Java
server on the backend.