Gadget ignoring "Always on top" during creation

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Hi,

I just bough DesktopX pro and exported my first widget as a gadget. Everything seems to work fine besides these issues:
- the new application ignores the "always on top" of the frame it was created from
- in the settings, the "shadow" check box is not checked, but the application has a shadow (as specified by the frame the gadget was created from)

If I change the application z-order to always on top after the export it works fine, but it should really be AOT /o any user interaction.

I'm pretty sure I'm missing something, just not sure what that might be

Best regards,
Funkelhand
desktopx
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
If you gave the gadget a shadow in DX Builder it will be there when you export, regardless of the shadow settings in gadget properties.

As for z-order, how many objects make up this gadget? Did you set all of them to always on top before exporting?
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
It consists of two objects, a background object hosting the frame and the scripts, and a 2nd object on top to display a status image. Both objects are set to be always on top.

I realized that I shouldn't specify any shadow / glow info, because this seems to mess up the preferences of the resulting exe

But how do I ensure that the default display order is always on top?
Sins of a Solar Empire II
Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
Can anybody confirm this problem?
Is this a DesktopX bug, or am I doing something wrong?
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

But how do I ensure that the default display order is always on top?

You can usually accomplish this by just setting it through the object properties dialog.

Do you have these two objects within a group? Objects within a group will all have the same z-order.

I wouldn't know for sure what's going on without taking a look at it though. You could upload it somewhere and reference it here if you would like.

-Mike
[Stardock Support]