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From: jls@hsv3.UUCP (James Seidman)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Keeping a window in front
Message-ID: <5848@hsv3.UUCP>
Date: 19 Nov 90 16:24:17 GMT
Reply-To: jls@hsv3.UUCP (James Seidman)
Organization: Video Seven / Headland Technology
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There are a bunch of utilities (such as clocks, free-memory indicators, etc.)
which keep a window promoted in front of everything else.  I was wondering
what the best way to do this is.  After some poking around with SPY, the
only message I can find which is somewhat reliably produced when a window
is covered is WM_NCPAINT.  (This in itself seems strange... it's not like
part of the window is being exposed, just covered.)  Is there a better way
to keep a window promoted than to do a ShowWindow() on every WM_NCPAINT
message?
-- 
Jim Seidman (Drax), the accidental engineer.
"It doesn't have to work... they'll be paralyzed just from laughing at me."
							- Dr. Who, _Shada_
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