Re: Give the Focus to my application

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Frederic wrote: 
Hello,

I've got a question that looks simple but that gave me a headache...

I've got an application and this application must always have the focus. I created a timer that expires each second, and each time it expires, it must give the focus to my application (in case user switched to another application).

I tried many functions below to give the focus to my app, but none worker:
* ShowWindow(SW_SHOW);
* SetActiveWindow();
* SetFocus();
* SetForegroundWindow();
* SetRedraw();
* SetWindowPos(&wndTop, 0, 0, 0, 0, SWP_NOMOVE | SWP_NOSIZE);
I also simulated a click within my dialog but it did not worked.

How can I give the focus to my app??? 

In general, WinXP & Win2K are very very tough on applications that demand to
get the focus. They generally don't allow any random app to grab the keyboard
focus; rather, the button in the tak bar blinks indicating to the user an app
is begging for attention.  This is a much better user interface design, but
it sure can be frustrating from the developer point of view.

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Jonathan Arnold
inSORS
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