Evening all.

I've a macintosh 3.5.1b4 VM which allows you to change the window type  
and attributes when launched.
This has the enables the interesting ability to have a squeak window  
that floats above all applications
on your desktop. A bit odd, but perhaps someone might find it useful.   
Hint if you use the AppleScript application controller class I've been  
building you can build a DVD controller in Squeak to control the DVD  
Player application and have much more than the dumb controller Apple  
gives you.

If you want to try this, please email me for a VM to test.

This will roll into the 3.5.1 VM stream and gives you the flexibility  
to decide which window attributes
(min/max/resize/zoom/title) should be displayed and what type of window  
(document, plain, etc...)
should be used. If one digs around in MacWindows.h you'll find there  
are lots to interesting things to do

Also see
http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/macosx/Carbon/ 
HumanInterfaceToolbox/WindowManager/Window_Manager/wind_mgr_ref/ 
constant_2.html#//apple_ref/c/tdef/WindowAttributes
&
http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/macosx/Carbon/ 
HumanInterfaceToolbox/WindowManager/Window_Manager/wind_mgr_ref/ 
constant_1.html#//apple_ref/doc/c_ref/WindowClass
ps kUtilityWindowClass is what you want, not kFloatingWindowClass.

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