Question

I’m using ComfyJ 2.7 to try and open a new Word document in MS Word 2007 on Windows 7. I have been create the word document and save it but the application remains minimized in the task bar.

I have tried using the following calls on the application to try and activate the window and bring it to the fore.

app.activate();
app.getActiveWindow().activate();
app.getActiveDocument().activate();

App.activate seems to make the application request that it move to the fore because the task bar item starts flashing, but it does not bring the word application to the fore.

Has anyone been able to use comfyJ to successfully interop with MS Word?

Answer 1

Problem is actually caused by new rules of focus in Windows 7.
Applications cannot force themselves other windows into focus, they can only notify that they want focus.