Create window at runtime from scratch

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@JeanYves
This CANT work
When you call

mainWindow = New DesktopWindow

that calls the OS to set the TYPE of window - floating etc
So the window is created with that TYPE then

And later trying to do

mainWindow.Type = DesktopWindow.Types.Document

will have no effect

And its not a bug
The OS works the way it works
Its why you design the window classs with this value already set and then when you create a new instance the TYPE gets used as expected

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thanks Norman for this explaination !
so not only the type but also the resizable and close button and everything ?

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SOME of these things are NOT changeable at runtime after the window is created

Several properties are supposed to be Design Time Only properties but dont behave that way - I forget why that is
Possibly because on Windows & Linux you can change the type after it s created but on MacOS you cant
I really dont remember

But thats why you cant create a window of the right type from scratch the way your code reads
It just doesnt work

Sad no one there could answer you correctly

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In plain Xojo code, yes, but the OS supports changing most of them. The MBS plugin, for example, allows to change closable, zoomable and minimise-able properties.

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