Is the there a way to force another window to be on top? Not the application's window, but another one, already running on the system. (Windows, C/C++/C#)
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You can use the Win32 API BringWindowToTop. It takes an HWND.
You could also use the Win32 API SetWindowPos which also allows you to do things like make the window a top-level window.
Brian R. Bondy
2009-12-09 14:28:59
The seccond link is incorrect, you mean http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms633545%28VS.85%29.aspxCould you also suggest an example on this function?
Levo
2009-12-09 14:39:04
@Levo: Thanks I mustn't have copied it to the clipboard correctly before I pasted.
Brian R. Bondy
2009-12-09 14:40:31
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SetWindowPos(that_window_handle, HWND_TOPMOST, 0, 0, 0, 0, SWP_NOMOVE | SWP_NOSIZE);
BringWindowToTop moves the window to the top of the Z-order (for now) but does not make it a topmost window.
Jerry Coffin
2009-12-09 14:40:38
@Levo:just substitute the handle of the window you want on top in place of `that_window_handle` in the snippet above.
Jerry Coffin
2009-12-09 15:18:39
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I tried this from VB6 to now C# all because the customers wanted it - nothing really works, nothing holds the window on top, just bring it up for the moment.
But anyway, why should a window be on topmost as long as it is running? I can only imagine a Teacher/Test-Software, where the user should not be able to open up a browser and query google for answers. In such a case I recommend to capture the whole screen, or react on losing the focus/mouse.
BeowulfOF
2009-12-09 14:54:45
Sure, but how to achive this, for cisco-exams? Or any other online-exam?
BeowulfOF
2009-12-10 08:22:05
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BringWindowToTop() has no effect if you want to bring a applications window from behind (or minimized) to front. The following code does this trick reliable:
ShowWindow(hwnd, SW_MINIMIZE);
ShowWindow(hwnd, SW_RESTORE);
RED SOFT ADAIR
2009-12-10 10:19:27