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From: Jos�
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:20

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On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:41:36 -0800, "Remy Lebeau \(TeamB\)"
<no.spam@no.spam.com> wrote in borland.public.cppbuilder.nativeapi:

>> A program displays some status information. I want it
>> to be "Always On Top" without taking focus for input.
>> Can it be done?
>
>Sure.  "Stay on Top" and "input focus" are two separate things.  Just 
>because a window is on top does not mean that the user can't still click on 
>other windows.

But how? I can find no functions which force a window on top. And I
think it is easy to take focus, but not to deny focus.
>
>> Can a program force the computer to shut down?
>
>Look at the EWX_POWEROFF and EWX_SHUTDOWN flags of ExitWindowsEx()

Yes, that was really helpful. Thanks
-- 
Jos�

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