Making The Second Topmost Window The Topmost Window?
Oct 18, 2009I am making an app that hides the topmost window, but when i do this, it leaves no current window selected. how can i make the highest unselected window selected?
View 2 RepliesI am making an app that hides the topmost window, but when i do this, it leaves no current window selected. how can i make the highest unselected window selected?
View 2 RepliesLet's say the user has both Firefox and Chrome running. I'd like to get the MainWindowTitle from the browser that is the topmost, even if none of them have focus.The code below works fine if the user only has one of them running, but I'm not sure how to the get MainWindowTitle from the topmost firefox/chrome window when the user has both of them running.
vb.net
Dim pProcess() As Process = Process.GetProcesses
For Each pr As Process In pProcess
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My VB.NET application is suposed to monitor what application currently is running in the topmost window. I have tried the following approach using a timer:
Declare Function GetActiveWindow Lib "user32" () As System.IntPtr
Declare Function GetForegroundWindow Lib "user32" () As System.IntPtr
Public Declare Auto Function GetWindowText Lib "user32" _
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By this I can see that for example Outlook or Internet Explorer is the topmost window as the name is in Window's title bar. However, if the user crates a new mail in Outlook the title of the window is "Untitled message" givning no hint of what application is running in the the window.
How do I get what application is connected to the topmost window?
What I need to do is Set my new form to be the top most form of only my application while still having click access to the main form. Right now I have tried the property Topmost = True but the thing about that I really do not like is it puts the form above every single windows form. I only want the form to be the topmost of my application. The showdialog also will not work because I no longer have access to my main form with click events.
View 4 RepliesIf I set the TopMost property of my form =True , it becomes and remains the top most window over ALL the desktop windows.how to make my form TopMost ONLY for a specific window (external to my program), knowing the Hwnd of the external window itself?
View 2 RepliesI have so far been able to write the program that glasses the windows I want (via a global keyboard shortcut).
I now need a way to replicate Glass2k's feature which makes glassed windows stay on top of all windows irrespective of which program I switch to (more like setting a WinForm's TopMost property to True. Is there any way of doing this in .NET?
I'm prepared to get down and dirty with DllImports and all so any suggestion is welcome as long as it is in VB.NET or C#.
I am making a crosshair(for a game) which needs to be absolutely topmost!//. This can only be done if the form's topmost property is true, and the next second false, and then true...etc..
But is there a possibililty to make sure your form is absolutely topmost.. Or make another program/application not topmost so that yours is.
My questions is only about the topmost not about the rest of the application because I have made everything already.
im trying to find how can i make some buttons appear on top from other instead of getting behind them.I have programmed a piano and i want all the black keys to appear above from the white ones because they are too small to click and i just cant figure out how to make the white ones stay down instead of hiding my black keys!
View 7 RepliesI have the following function that should make the window always on top of other applications.
Private Declare Function SetWindowPos Lib "user32" _
(ByVal handle As Long, ByVal hWndInsertAfter As Long, ByVal x As Long, ByVal y As Long, _
ByVal cx As Long, ByVal cy As Long, ByVal wFlags As Long) As Long
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The problem is that it reduces the window size so that you can only see the title bar and min/max/close buttons. Also, even that does not stay on top of other windows.
I have used this function before on a windows 7 machine (instead of xp which this one is on) and it worked fine.
I have the following function that should make the window always on top of other applications.
Code:
Private Declare Function SetWindowPos Lib "user32" _
(ByVal handle As Long, ByVal hWndInsertAfter As Long, ByVal x As Long, ByVal y As Long, _
ByVal cx As Long, ByVal cy As Long, ByVal wFlags As Long) As Long
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The problem is that it reduces the window size so that you can only see the title bar and min/max/close buttons. Also, even that does not stay on top of other windows.I have used this function before on a windows 7 machine (instead of xp which this one is on) and it worked fine.
I just read a recent article here at the code guru about the flip-3d feature available on Vista and Windows 7.It allows, you to place an application above, or below the windows being flipped.
Here is a VB example of that code really neat code.
Code:
Const DWMWA_FLIP3D_POLICY As Int32 = 8
Const DWMWA_EXCLUDE_NONE As Int32 = 0
Const DWMWA_EXCLUDE_BELOW As Int32 = 1
Const DWMWA_EXCLUDE_ABOVE As Int32 = 2
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How do I find which form is currently on top? (child forms in a MDI parent form)
View 4 RepliesI am aware of the 'topmost' keyword in VB.NET for specifying a window to be brought to the front or top of the display windows showing. However, specifying 'xlApp.topmost' is resulting in a compile error in my VB 2010 Express project; most likely because my project doesn't include a reference that it needs for 'xlApp.topmost' to start working. What reference do I need to add?
View 2 RepliesI am trying to write a program that displays a medium opacity image as the topmost form. that I can handle, the part that is giving me trouble is that I want windows to "ignore" the topmost picture form and allow me to interact with any forms behind it (mine or otherwise) as if the see-through form isn't there. I have searched all over but cant seem to find a way to do this.
View 8 Repliesi use this code to open powerpoint file :
Shell("C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOFFICE11POWERPNT.EXE C:Cacthuattoan.ppt")
but when it is opened , it only show in tasbar. i want to it appear with max window.
I'm writing a program that's supposed to keep the employees at my work away from doing things they're not supposed to on the computer. So I made a "launcher" window that's only closeable with password. I also disabled task manager. However when I start an application from my launcher window, the launcher window goes over it because of its topmost property.
View 2 RepliesI have a form that has to be on top for a period of time, and then can be set behind other windows normally. Is there anything in addition to setting Me.TopMost to True or False that needs to be done? I ask because it doesn't seem to be working.
View 1 RepliesWith that program, it has extra dialogs within it. They cannot be scrolled out and stay topmost while the whole app is focused. How can I do that?
View 1 RepliesI'm programming a Minesweeper clone in Visual Studio 2010, with VB.NET, as a Windows Form Application, and I'm having trouble with the Game Won and Game Lost forms. When I show those forms, I want the game form to still be visible, so that the player can see where the mines were, but I don't want the game form to be enabled until the Game Won or Game Lost form is closed. Exactly like Windows Minesweeper does when you win or lose.
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Is there a way to limit the topmost property? I have two forms and I only want to one form form topmost to only one form. I don't want it to be topmost to all of the windows in my computer.
View 4 RepliesI'm trying to make one form in my application always on top of other forms. Not the 'topmost' property, I want it on top JUST within the application.
View 8 RepliesI'm trying to embed a form, which works, but it's under all my controls. It should appear on top of everything.
Dim frmEmbedded As New frmLogin()
frmEmbedded.TopLevel = False
frmEmbedded.TopMost = True
Me.Controls.Add(frmEmbedded)
frmEmbedded.Show()
I don't know why this happens, am I missing something?
If I set TopLevel to true, it deosn't show up at all.
I have 2 FormsOne is my mainform, one is a "child" form.The childform has no control box.he mainform has a toggle button to show and hide the childform.
Private Sub ButtonShowHideChildForm_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ButtonShowHideChildForm.Click
If ChildForm.TopMost Then
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Is it possible to set a form Topmost setting only for one commercial program?Say my program is A and commercial program is B... I want Topmost setting for program A will only work when I working on program B, and when I switch to other program than program B the Topmost setting for program A back to false.
View 2 RepliesI am creating a toolbar for the desktop. The only problem I have is that all though I have the windows above all others windows I need to have the other programs (not created by me) to snap or max to below my program etc. I have tried to search but have not found anything to help me or explain how to do it..
I am using Visual Studio 2010 Ultmate (visual basic 2010)..
I want to make a form the topmost form, but without giving it focus.Alternatively, I could check which window has focus, display my form, then give the original window focus again?
View 9 Repliesive search on the net on tab control in vb winforms but no luck. It is possible to change the color of the "rectangle part" at the topmost of the ab pages in tab control ? I have 5 tab pages and i want the tab pages small rectangle at the upper part.[code]Is this possible guys using only the properties on the tab pages? I dont need a very long codes which i don't understand in the first place.
View 1 Replieslooking at some applications like excel and other ms office programs got me wondering: how do you create an area where windows open in but don't appear as separate windows on the windows bar? Basically my question is, is there any way to create a window workspace where new windows are opened but don't appear as an entire new window?
View 4 Repliesdeveloping chat server which as a console application but i want to open that console when i click on to the window form button and another button to close that console application. so how to do that in window form to open console
View 2 RepliesI have currently a major project on the go, and I have made a custom control that I wish to use much like a ToolTip, however, everytime I hover over a "panel", its location does not appear at Cursor Point, and it seems to be appearing behind the panels when shown, and not above (I have attempted re-ordering the panels on my form by sending them to the back, but does not appear to work). Below is my current code:
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