Forms always on top

[wrov]

Hi everybody

Is there a way to do a form "always on top", no matter that the user does ?

In another words: if the program Advice.exe is running then the user can't use Word neither Excel neither nothing more than Advice.exe

The idea is the following: The SysAdmin send a message to a user and he could answer the message before continue using the computer.

Walter.

 

[Zathras]

I don't think so. The pre-emptive multitasking doesn't allow for an application to take over the system the way it could under Win 3.1.

You can come close with a system modal message box that will stay on top of all applications until the user closes it:

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
  Application.MessageBox(
     'I won''t go away until you click OK',
     'Important Message',
     MB_SYSTEMMODAL )
end;

Hope this helps.

 

[wrov]

To Zathras

Thank you very much. I think that you give me the right answer. I will try your code and if it work then you will have a star.

Walter.

 

[bbegley]

I haven't tried this, but if you make your modal form big and set the formstyle property to fsStayOnTop, it may stay in front of the other applications. This formstyle sure as !@#!$ stays in front of my IDE while I'm trying to debug. Brian
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[wrov]

To bbegley

No, that's not the idea. I want that the user can use any program but when the SysAdmin send a message it could be seen, it could be showed over all the windows.

Anyway, I had found a good solution looking for in Internet.

Walter.

 

[griffe]

If you had found a good one, this is a good place to share it

G.