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A form always (ON TOP)

I want to have a form always (ON TOP) and I don't want to use vbModal.

Private Declare Function SetWindowPos Lib "user32" (ByVal hWnd 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
Private Const HWND_TOPMOST = -1
Private Const SWP_SHOWWINDOW = &H40
Private Const SWP_NOMOVE = &H2
Private Const SWP_NOSIZE = &H1

Private Sub ShowWindowTopMost(Obj As Form)
Call SetWindowPos(hWnd, HWND_TOPMOST, 0, 0, 100, 100, SWP_SHOWWINDOW Or SWP_NOMOVE Or SWP_NOSIZE)
End Sub

Private Sub Form_Load()
Call ShowWindowTopMost(Me)
End Sub

You can also show any form using this function without using form1.show else you can use on form which is already shown to make it top most

This is exactly what you asked. :)

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Fuisseran

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Richie_Simonetti

For that code to works, you should full test it with a compiled version of your program.
Cheers

Guy Hengel [angelIII / a3]

try
YourForm.Show vbModeless, MainForm

The API suggestion above will put the form in top of ALL applications, vbModeless only in from of the form MainForm

Cheers

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