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  1. Nov 15th, 2006, 06:14 AM #1
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    Resolved [RESOLVED] Make a window float over the main app

    I have a search form that isn't a MDI child, and I'd like it to float over the MDI.

    I saw a piece of code for it long time ago which I'm not able to find again... although when I tried it long time ago it always made my program to crash.

    I thought of making the form to stay always on top, but then if I set the MDI always on top the search form won't, and if I swap their priorities the MDI won't either.

    Does anyone know how to solve this? Thanks in advance.
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    Re: Make a window float over the main app

    Can you clarify the float over the MDI part?
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    Re: Make a window float over the main app

    Quote Originally Posted by gavio
    Can you clarify the float over the MDI part?
    Well, what I mean is I'd like to have a form that stays always on top of the MDI, without being in vbModal mode, and preferablely just on top of my app, so if I swap to another program that form isn't shown.
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    Re: Make a window float over the main app

    Well, after struggling with this for several hours, trying different APIs, etc I managed to get this working as I wanted... at the end the solution turned out to be a bit stupid...

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