Hiya! I'm creating a boot menu for the games my classmates and I've created in Torque, Game Maker etc(sitting on windows). I use C++ and SDL and use the system() call to run the executables. If I run the program in windowed mode, it all works as expected. -The game starts up, I can play and when I quit it goes back into the menu. But I have a problem when I init video with SDL_FULLSCREEN parameter. What happens is when I run another executable it doesn't change focus to the new application. The game starts though, sound works and it receives the input, but I can't jump to it (using alt+tab or similar). I'm stuck in the frozen SDL application. I found the SetActiveWindow function (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms646311(VS.85).aspx) when searching for solutions, but I'm not sure it would help me since it seems that the window is active (receives input) and I don't want to switch to win32 programming either. Can't find much else and can't figure it out. Any takers?

Quote:Original post by MJPWhy don't you just bring the boot menu window out of full-screen mode

Heh, didn't think of that actually. I'll try that out. Hopefully it'll look OK in terms of aesthetics. Thanks :)

Quote:Original post by MJP..or kill it completely before calling your friend's game?

The plan is to put the menu into an arcade cabinet and if I kill it, it need to boot up again after the other game quits. Out of curiosity, how would I achieve that functionality?

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Quote:Original post by MJPWhy don't you just bring the boot menu window out of full-screen mode

Heh, didn't think of that actually. I'll try that out. Hopefully it'll look OK in terms of aesthetics. Thanks :)

Quote:Original post by MJP..or kill it completely before calling your friend's game?

The plan is to put the menu into an arcade cabinet and if I kill it, it need to boot up again after the other game quits. Out of curiosity, how would I achieve that functionality?

you could just iconify (minimize) it.