Try to write: SetWindowPos(&wndTopMost, ... ); When I use (for example) SetWindowPos(&wndTopMost,1,1,200,200,SWP_SHOWWINDOW ); my dialog window is always on top. Best regards, Vitaliy

What do you mean by "enumerate child windows of Start Menu"? the start menu button does not have any child windows, unless you mean the menu, but it will not exist until you depress the start menu button(though its probably cached somewhere). -Ben --------- On the topic of code with no error handling -- It's not poor coding, it's "optimistic" ;)

whose class name should be "MsoCommandBarPopup"

Just call ShowWindow with SW_HIDE.

If you pass NULL as first parameter, WM_HOTKEY messages are posted to the message queue of the calling thread and must be processed in the message loop - no window procedure will receive them. If you create hidden window and pass its handle to RegisterHotKey, the window should receive the message. Of course, the calling thread needs a message queue. Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com

Or you could use strtod() and strtol(). strtol() is useful if you want to read a number that is not in base 10. For example to read hex numbers use strtol("0x12345678", NULL, 16) _tcstol() and _tcstod() are the macros for UNICODE/MBCS portability Stephen Kellett -- C++/Java/Win NT/Unix variants Memory leaks/corruptions/performance/system problems. UK based. Problems with RSI/WRULD? Contact me for advice.

Well, that call to InvalidateRect will invalidate all windows causing WM_PAINT messages to be sent to all of them, since the HWND is NULL. And the TRUE for the bErase means that when each WM_PAINT handler calls BeginPaint (directly or by constructing a CPaintDC) the WM_ERASEBKGND message will be sent as well, causing much flicker. It sounds like you know where to draw the icon, so I would suggest that you have all the info you need to fill in these values - which window, a RECT corresponding to the icon location, and, depending on the nature of the window, perhaps FALSE for bErase, and things will be much smoother.

PaintDesktop worked OK with memory device context in NT 4. In Windows 2000 it fails. The funny thing is that you can call PaintDesktop with HDC obtained using ::GetDC or CClientDC and it will work, even on Win2000. Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com.pl