Re: BringWindowToTop: "Simulate" "ALT-Tab" keys
No need to post a new message, there are people answering in your original
post.
I had this same problem when I was writting my OLE drag and drop example.
(See COleDragAndDropListBox::ActivateWindow)
http://www.codeproject.com/combobox/oledragdroplistbox.asp
What I did was I made sure I call
SetForegroundWindow();
BringWindowToTop();
SetActiveWindow();
in that order on the main window of the application. That does it for me
everytime.
On other thing to concider is that the order that you restore your windows
is also important. I am not sure which application is controling which, but
if the one in the background is controlling the fullscreen one, then it
needs to tell the fullscreen one to maximize before the small one gets
maximized, otherwise this might happen:
Small application gets maximized, and you call SetForgroundWindow, then the
fullscreen window gets maximized.
Ali
"Guido Franzke" <guidof73@yahoo.de> wrote in message
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Hello NG,
so I still have the problem, that I have a CDialog occupying the total
screen (without Windows style, but not topmost), and in it a second
programme, of which I only have the HWND.
In my dialogue, one can maximize and minimize the second programme to show
or hide the application. It's the same functionality like the normal
Windows
system menu.
After the second programme has started, it is in the foreground. When in
my
dialog I switch the second programme (minimize and then maximize), the
programme does not repaint itself. I tried BringWindowToTop(hwnd) and
SetForegroundWindow(hwnd) and SetWindowPos(hwnd, HWND_TOPMOST,...) and
SetActiveWindow(hwnd), but the programme stays unpainted i.e. hidden. When
I
force the programme to popup a warn message, I can see that the programme
is
in the foreground - I see its popup window, but not the whole background
of
the programme. Is this possible?
Ok, if I use the Windows keys "ALT-Tab", I can bring the second programme
to
the top and it is repainted.
My question: Is it possible to programme the behaviour of "ALT-Tab" in my
dialog, so that I can show the second programme?
Thanks in advance,
Guido