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From: jls@hsv3.UUCP (James Seidman)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Keeping a window "almost" in front
Message-ID: <6252@hsv3.UUCP>
Date: 13 Dec 90 21:41:12 GMT
Reply-To: jls@hsv3.UUCP (James Seidman)
Organization: Video Seven / Headland Technology
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I'm writing a utility program which I'd like to have (optionally) keep
itself in front of all other programs.  I could, of course, just do a
SetWindowPos() with hWndInsertAfter set to NULL.  The only problem with
this idea, though, is that it gets ugly with screen savers such as Magic,
Screen Peace, and IdleWild.

So, I decided to be real clever:  I set hWndInsertAfter equal to
GetFocus(), figuring that at least most of the time the window with
the focus would be in front.  But doing this makes Windows hang as soon
as it tries it!

I'm sure I'm doing something obvious and stupid here, but I can't for
the life of me figure out what it is.  Any pointers would be appreciated!

-- 
Jim Seidman (Drax), the accidental engineer.
"There's a certain freedom to being completely screwed." - The Freshman
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