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List:       kfm-devel
Subject:    Re: QXEmbed reparent patch
From:       George Staikos <staikos () kde ! org>
Date:       2002-07-15 0:10:12
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On July 14, 2002 17:33, Till Krech wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I discovered a problem in QXEmbed (kdelibs/kdeui/qxembed.cpp).
> QXEmbed is now also used by the java applet server and the nspluginviewer.
>
> Problem:
> http://www.shockwave.com embeds several flash movies. Although
> QXEmbed::embed() is called, the movies are not always embedded but appear
> in a toplevel window managed by the windowmanager.
>
> I think that this is the same problem why applets are not always embedded
> when running konqi under sawfish/gnome.
>
> The trick is, to retry to XReparentWindow the window for up to 50 times
> with slight delays (usleep(1000)) and look if it has already the required
> parent with XQueryTree.
>
> Could you please look at the attached patch, if it solves the problem or if
> it is just a workaround. Some Xlib knowledge required.

   What a great idea :)  I'm going to try it right now!

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George Staikos

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