alert message/prog on top of dos style screen

[Guthro]

Sorry about the weird subject description.

Basically I'm asking is there a way to have a program sit on top of a screen that has been taken by a program. Dos can run in full screen mode and "take" the screen. Some other programmes such as games also set the screen to their own required resolution so all you get is the game full screen rather than windowed.
If I wrote a little program that showed a ping rate or other net info, can I have this sit "above" any game or full screen display.
A bit like the "AlwaysOnTop" function I suppose.

Hopefully that made some sort of sense.

Thanks.

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[sggaunt]

Set your main form property Formstyle to 'stayontop'

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