Bringing Application Windows to the top

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From: Martijn Koster
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 12:23

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Hi,
I`ve got fairly simple question:

	Given a HWND, how can I bring an Application window to the top?

I want only one instance of my application to run, and like in the
File Manager I'd like the current instance of my program to come
to the front when the user selects my program-item from the 
Program Manager.
To do this I check for a previous instance on startup, and if there
is one I use EnumWindows to step through the windows looking for
the one belonging to the previous instance. This works fine, I
can set the title of that window. But now I want to bring that 
application to the top. I tried SetWindowPos(hwnd, HWND_TOPMOST,
0, 0, 0, 0, WPS_NOSIZE | WPS_NOMOVE), but nothing happens.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

-- Martijn

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