C# - APP - HELP with selecting windows..

[flashsilverlight]

Question:
How do you put focus back in your application window programatically when another application window opens up (say,, a pop-up)? How do you put your application window on top and currently selected/active, programatically?

Alternatively, is it possible NOT TO LOSE FOCUS in the first place?


Note:
showDialog() cannot be used here.. because we cannot stop (close()) the application from running.

i have heard and read of the SetForegroundWindow function, but have no idea and confused on how to use it,, or if it will even work.


APP runs on .NET1.1 Platform, Windows CE 4.1

[Shashi Sadasivan]

Hi flashSiverlight,
Seems you have run into a non solvable problem!
I did try to look around for some hints.
Picked up this forum
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/186908
It does tell you how to check if your application looses focus.
Its all in VB, and i couldnt get my head around it. If you get it or not please do let me know. I would also like to figure it out

cheers

Question:
How do you put focus back in your application window programatically when another application window opens up (say,, a pop-up)? How do you put your application window on top and currently selected/active, programatically?

Alternatively, is it possible NOT TO LOSE FOCUS in the first place?


Note:
showDialog() cannot be used here.. because we cannot stop (close()) the application from running.

i have heard and read of the SetForegroundWindow function, but have no idea and confused on how to use it,, or if it will even work.


APP runs on .NET1.1 Platform, Windows CE 4.1

[Shashi Sadasivan]

this seems to be a code made for what you want

http://www.vbprofs.com/Source_Codes/...always_on_top/
cheers

[flashsilverlight]

do you know how to translate that to c#? i couldn't seem to figure it out at all... thanks in advanced!

(btw, i tried a SetForegroundWindow code,, it worked, but then it raised an error.. so i gues we can't use it either.)

this seems to be a code made for what you want

http://www.vbprofs.com/Source_Codes/...always_on_top/
cheers