Re: Any recommendations of software to keep a window on top?
VB? I suppose that's a possibility... seems though, as you noted, that
there are already indications of that functionality, though generally via a
JAVA script popup [annoying Internet popups], seems wscript should have
something similar.. and ActiveX...
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=prevent+application+from+stealing+focus&btnG=Google+Search
Then again, Windows has been configured in manufacturing environments to
ONLY allow a single application to run except for background necessities...
policies ...
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"Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message
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| It's my understanding here that what's desired is that a *particular*
window
| always stay on top. TUI and the other hacks I've heard of only make sure
| that the focus isn't stolen from the currently active window. The way I
read
| it, Box45 wants that certain window to stay on top even if it doesn't have
| focus.
|
| I don't know. Doesn't sound possible to me. Not in 9x, or in any Windows
| except... Vista has its transparency technology, with at least a few
things
| that can be "always on top", but I'm not familiar enough with it to know
| whether it's what Box54 is looking for, or if MS went anywhere near making
| it customizable to the extent that you can assign the effect to a
particular
| window or application. I seriously doubt it, but that still leaves open
the
| third-party possibility.
|
| Then again, the way some message boxes can stay on top even though you can
| access windows underneath them, that implies that the desired effect
| *could_be* programmed into an app. In fact, it implies that some app could
| be written to apply the effect to an open window or to an app.... But
that's
| a topic for a programmer (VB?).
|
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| "MEB" <meb@not
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| news:e9LwOGy0IHA.2224@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
| > "box45" <box454355@yahoonospam.com> wrote in message
| > news:%23NLRjyR0IHA.1240@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
| > | Does anyone have any recommendations on software that will keep a
| > | particular window always on top?
| >
| > Search in this group via Google for application "focus"....
| > Several long discussions, registry hacks, and other have been addressed.
| >
| > This was previously addressed by several MVPs and others with this
| > suggestion:
| >
| > Tweak UI 1.33 for Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows Millennium
| > Edition, Windows 98 or Windows 95.
| > Details at: (may wrap)
| >
http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads/PowerToys/Networking/NTTweakUI.asp
| > or
| >
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q237/9/20.ASP
| > Download at:
| >
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winme/Install/1.0/WinMe/EN-US/Tweakui.exe
| >
| > FWIW, in Win98,though I don't recall if I did this myself at some
| > time, I have "Prevent applications from stealing focus" unchecked in
| > TweakUI and the Registry value ForegroundLockTimeout is zero, so it
| > looks safe enough to try either option in Win98.
| >
| > ...Alan
| >
| >
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| > MEB
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