I don't want to GetFocus

[arsmakman]

Can I make a form that isn't able to get a focus?
Example: I start WinAmp, then click my form. WinAmp should keep it's focus.

Or else: Is there a way to reset the focus to the form that lost it.
Example: I start WinAmp, then click my form. My form get's the focus but the code in GetFocus resets the focus to the previous form, being WinAmp.

(It should work for other programs too, not just WinAmp)

I hope you understand what my problem is....

[veryjonny]

May I ask, whats that you are trying to achieve, maybe theres a work-around

[arsmakman]

I'm making somesort of desktop.

I can start a program from the desktop by clicking on an item. The selected program starts and runs. Then, when I click the desktop, the program loses its focus. That shouldn't happen. The program should keep it's focus even though my desktop is selected.

[Insane_Magician]

Hi you can do this:

In your form:

Private Sub Form_Load()
    Call ShowWindow(Me.hwnd, SW_SHOWNOACTIVATE)
End Sub

In a module:

Declare Function ShowWindow Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nCmdShow As Long) As Long
 
Private Const SW_HIDE = 0
Private Const SW_MAXIMIZE = 3
Private Const SW_MINIMIZE = 6
Private Const SW_RESTORE = 9
Private Const SW_SHOW = 5
Private Const SW_SHOWDEFAULT = 10
Private Const SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED = 3
Private Const SW_SHOWMINIMIZED = 2
Private Const SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE = 7
Private Const SW_SHOWNA = 8
Private Const SW_SHOWNOACTIVATE = 4
Private Const SW_SHOWNORMAL = 1

Hope it works! Good luck.

[Insane_Magician]

OPS i misunderstood your question. So i think you want to keep focus at all times, you want to make the window stay on top at all times, seach this forum for how to do that,I remember seeing that. Sorry for the misunderstanding

[veryjonny]

Originally posted by Insane_Magician
OPS i misunderstood your question. So i think you want to keep focus at all times, you want to make the window stay on top at all times, seach this forum for how to do that,I remember seeing that. Sorry for the misunderstanding

no brother, u understood him correctly in the first case. he doesnt want to get focus on his application.

[Insane_Magician]

K cool, thanks veryjonny. I wrote that all out then I re read the question and I think i second guessed myself. Oh well, Ill wait for them to reply to see how it works