Is it possible to display a window on top without it stealing focus? (and
I'm not talking about stealing focus from my application - I'm talking about
it stealing focus from any application.) I've read that calling
ShowWindow() with SW_SHOWNOACTIVA TE would work but I tried and it didn't.
I'm implementing a Windows Messenger-style notification window that
occasionally pops up with information.
Thanks,
Robert
2  9404 
Hi Robert,
Try the following(code for C#):
private const int SW_SHOWNA = 8;
[DllImport("user 32", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
private extern static int ShowWindow(IntP tr hWnd, int
nCmdShow);
public void ShowWindow()
{
ShowWindow(owne rForm.Handle, SW_SHOWNA);
//ownerForm is the form that you want to retain the
//focus on
}
Please let me know if you still have problem getting it to
work. :)
regards,
Sean
Hi Sean-
Yes, it worked, thank you! I actually tried using SW_SHOWNA before I posted
but I also had TopMost set to true - calling it without setting TopMost
works fine.
Robert
"Sean" <an*******@disc ussions.microso ft.com> wrote in message
news:1c******** *************** *****@phx.gbl.. . Hi Robert,
Try the following(code for C#):
private const int SW_SHOWNA = 8;
[DllImport("user 32", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
private extern static int ShowWindow(IntP tr hWnd, int
nCmdShow);
public void ShowWindow()
{
ShowWindow(owne rForm.Handle, SW_SHOWNA);
//ownerForm is the form that you want to retain the
//focus on
}
Please let me know if you still have problem getting it to
work. :)
regards,
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