My Dialog-Window (not minimized), is hidden under other windows, how to make active/top/etc

ohadp

I've tried: ShowWindow(SW_SHOW); ActivateWindow(); SetForegroundWindow(); My window is a derived CDialog. What's missing ?

Antony M Kancidrowski

Use SetWindowPos() and the HWND_TOP flag for zorder.

e.g.
SetWindowPos(hWnd, HWND_TOP, 0, 0, 0, 0, SWP_NOMOVE | SWP_NOSIZE);

Ant.

jmkhael

SetWindowPlacement SetWindowPos Papa while (TRUE) Papa.WillLove ( Bebe ) ;

ohadp

This has no affect :-( The only thing that changes something is : SetForegroundWindow(); It makes my window's entry in the task-bar blink, but the window doesn't jump to the foreground. Perhaps this is privellege related, my call to SetForegroundWindow(); is done in response to a BroadcastSystemMessage with the BSF_ALLOWSFW flag. I don't thinks is the cause though as my window does start blinking...

ohadp

I don't follow... SetWindowPos on itself didn't do the job...

Antony M Kancidrowski

Strange!?! Could you please post a snip of your code where you are using this. Ant.

ohadp

Sender: Sure, snippet below. My guess is that my window-style or default-message-handling somehow affects this... But I can't point out exactly what. DWORD target = BSM_APPLICATIONS; BroadcastSystemMessage( BSF_ALLOWSFW | BSF_POSTMESSAGE, &target, m_guiMsgId, 0, 0); Receiver: Sure: if (IsIconic()) ShowWindow(SW_RESTORE); SetForegroundWindow();

jmkhael

How did you call it? Papa while (TRUE) Papa.WillLove ( Bebe ) ;

Antony M Kancidrowski

OK, how did you call SetWindowPos() when you called it instead of SetForegroundWindow() ? Ant.

ohadp

SetWindowPos(&wndTop, 0, 0, 0, 0, SWP_NOMOVE | SWP_NOSIZE);

Antony M Kancidrowski

Um, that is the correct syntax and should put the dialog on top. I can't think what would be preventing it in your situation. Ant. I'm hard, yet soft.
I'm coloured, yet clear.
I'm fuity and sweet.
I'm jelly, what am I? - David Williams (Little Britain)