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In article <1992Dec17.122321.20939@cs.nott.ac.uk> mak@vulcan.xtel.co.uk writes:

>
>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
>

Using "EnumWindows" isn't necessary.  All you need to do is say:

    if (hPrevInstance!=NULL) {

        // Find the window handle of the previous instance.

        hWnd = FindWindow( "MyClassName", NULL );
        
        // If the window is iconic, restore it.

        if (IsIconic(hWnd)) OpenIcon(hWnd);

        // Bring the window to the front.

        BringWindowToTop( hWnd );
        return 0;
    }

This should do the trick.

Chris
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