I wonder if anyone know how to activate a window with a given window
handler. I used to do this with the win32 API

static native boolean SetForegroundWindow(int hwnd);

I wonder if there is native support for that within .NET, instead having to
call WIN32 API.

Regards

Michael

Michael,

You can try the Form.Activate() method, but I am not sure this is the exact
equivalent to the SetForegroundWindow() API.

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"Michael Wu" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I wonder if anyone know how to activate a window with a given window
> handler. I used to do this with the win32 API
>
> static native boolean SetForegroundWindow(int hwnd);
>
> I wonder if there is native support for that within .NET, instead having
to
> call WIN32 API.
>
> Regards
>
> Michael
>
>

Still Win32.

Are you looking to just bring a window up?
Does ShowWindowAsync work for what you are doing? This will bring it to
the top of the z-order and restore it if minimized.


Public Const SW_RESTORE = 9
Public Const HWND_TOP = 0
Public Const HWND_TOPMOST = -1
Public Const HWND_NOTOPMOST = -2
Public Const SWP_NOMOVE = &H2
Public Const SWP_NOSIZE = &H1

Declare Function ShowWindowAsync Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Integer, ByVal
nCmdShow As Integer) As Integer

Declare Function SetWindowPos Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Integer, ByVal
hWndInsertAfter As Integer, ByVal x As Integer, ByVal y As Integer, ByVal cx
As Integer, ByVal cy As Integer, ByVal wFlags As Integer) As Integer

ShowWindowAsync(temphwnd, SW_RESTORE)
'bring it to the top of the z-order
SetWindowPos(temphwnd, HWND_TOPMOST, 0, 0, 0, 0, SWP_NOMOVE Or SWP_NOSIZE)
'unlock it where it is
SetWindowPos(temphwnd, HWND_NOTOPMOST, 0, 0, 0, 0, SWP_NOMOVE Or SWP_NOSIZE)

//Win32APIs.ShowWindowAsync(whdl.ToInt32(), Win32APIs.SC_RESTORE);

doen'st work, but the following 2 lines did work. Any idea why?

Win32APIs.SetForegroundWindow(whdl.ToInt32());

Win32APIs.SendNotifyMessage(whdl.ToInt32(), Win32APIs.WM_SYSCOMMAND,
Win32APIs.SC_RESTORE, 0);



"smith" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Still Win32.
>
> Are you looking to just bring a window up?
> Does ShowWindowAsync work for what you are doing? This will bring it to
> the top of the z-order and restore it if minimized.
>
>
> Public Const SW_RESTORE = 9
> Public Const HWND_TOP = 0
> Public Const HWND_TOPMOST = -1
> Public Const HWND_NOTOPMOST = -2
> Public Const SWP_NOMOVE = &H2
> Public Const SWP_NOSIZE = &H1
>
> Declare Function ShowWindowAsync Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Integer,
ByVal
> nCmdShow As Integer) As Integer
>
> Declare Function SetWindowPos Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Integer, ByVal
> hWndInsertAfter As Integer, ByVal x As Integer, ByVal y As Integer, ByVal
cx
> As Integer, ByVal cy As Integer, ByVal wFlags As Integer) As Integer
>
> ShowWindowAsync(temphwnd, SW_RESTORE)
> 'bring it to the top of the z-order
> SetWindowPos(temphwnd, HWND_TOPMOST, 0, 0, 0, 0, SWP_NOMOVE Or SWP_NOSIZE)
> 'unlock it where it is
> SetWindowPos(temphwnd, HWND_NOTOPMOST, 0, 0, 0, 0, SWP_NOMOVE Or
SWP_NOSIZE)
>
>