Re: How to know when my application is active

Wouldn't this work ?

-SM

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static bool bSkip = false;
void CVcClientView::OnActivateFrame(UINT nState, CFrameWnd*
pDeactivateFrame)
{
        if(bSkip)
        {
             CView::OnActivateFrame(nState, pDeactivateFrame);
             return;
        }

        if (nState==WA_INACTIVE && !m_bAlreadyDeactivated)
        {
                m_bAlreadyDeactivated = TRUE;
                m_bAlreadyActivated = FALSE;
                TRACE(_T("Deactivate\n"));
                ActivateApp2(FALSE);
        } // if (nState==WA_INACTIVE)
        else if(nState !=WA_INACTIVE && !m_bAlreadyActivated)
        {
                m_bAlreadyDeactivated = FALSE;
                m_bAlreadyActivated = TRUE;
                TRACE(_T("Activate\n"));
                ActivateApp2(TRUE);
        }

}

void CVcClientView::ActivateApp2(BOOL activate)
{
        if(activate)
        {
bSkip = true;
                ::SetWindowPos(m_App2Hwnd,HWND_TOPMOST,0,0,0,0,
SWP_NOMOVE | SWP_DRAWFRAME);
bSkip = false;
        }
        else
        {
bSkip = true;
                ::SetWindowPos(m_App2Hwnd,HWND_NOTOPMOST,0,0,0,0,
SWP_NOMOVE | SWP_DRAWFRAME);
bSkip = false;
        }

}