Always on top again

[davidq]

I'm sure this one has been asked a million times already, but I need to know how to keep a form on top. I have a large form on screen, when I click a button a smaller form pops up and hovers about a bit, but when I click on a control on the main form again the smaller one disappears, I need it to stay visible until other events take place. Any ideas anyone ?

[S@NSIS]

Hi,
try:

Form2.Show vbModal

and this will keep your second form on top util you close it down.

Hope this helps

Shaun

[davidq]

Thanks, It does keep it open. However one problem, it doesn't allow me to return focus back to the main form so I can continue to type stuff in on the main form.

[DiGiTaIErRoR]

If have a form open then call a form like:
form2.show , form1

form1 will act like MDIForm, except form2 can go beyond form1's edges

but it will stay above form1 at all times

[S@NSIS]

OK

Try this:

Private Const HWND_TOPMOST = -1
Private Const HWND_NOTOPMOST = -2
Private Const SWP_NOMOVE = &H2
Private Const SWP_NOSIZE = &H1
Private Const SWP_NOACTIVATE = &H10
Private Const SWP_SHOWWINDOW = &H40
Private Const TOPMOST_FLAGS = SWP_NOMOVE Or SWP_NOSIZE

Private Declare Function SetWindowPos Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal hWndInsertAfter As Long, ByVal x As Long, y, ByVal cx As Long, ByVal cy As Long, ByVal wFlags As Long) As Long

Public Sub MakeNormal(Handle As Long)
	'// Replaces the window in the ZOrder
	SetWindowPos Handle, HWND_NOTOPMOST, 0, 0, 0, 0, TOPMOST_FLAGS
End Sub

Public Sub MakeTopMost(Handle As Long)
	'// Sets the window in the ZOrder
	SetWindowPos Handle, HWND_TOPMOST, 0, 0, 0, 0, TOPMOST_FLAGS
End Sub

then to make Form2 stay on top use:

MakeTopMost Form2.hwnd

and to return it to its normal state use:

MakeNormal Form2.hwnd

Hope this helps

Shaun


[Edited by S@NSIS on 08-22-2000 at 08:13 AM]

[Joacim Andersson]

Or if you just want the form to be on top of your main form and not on top of all program windows you could just show it like this:

From2.Show vbModeLess, Me 'or the form you want it to be on top of

Good luck!