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Re: How to ... ?

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From: Jos�
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:05
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On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:18:52 +0100, Asger Joergensen <junk@Asger-P.dk>
wrote in borland.public.cppbuilder.nativeapi:

>> >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.
>
>SetWindowPos(Form2->Handle,
>                 HWND_TOPMOST,
>                 Form2->Left,  // horizontal position
>                 Form2->Top,   // vertical position   SWP_NOREDRAW |
>                 Form2->Width, // width
>                 Form2->Height,    // height
>                 SWP_NOACTIVATE | SWP_NOMOVE | SWP_NOSIZE
>                 );
>

Thanks. It does stay on top (fine), but it also takes focus (wrong).
This means, when I am typing and the form appears unexpectedly
(because its Visible property is set), my typing disappears into
oblivion.
-- 
Jos�
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