VB window that doesn't disappear 1

[Gittardo]

Can anyone tell me how I can create a window in VB that doesn't disappear when I click in the background window (for example Word)? I would like the VB window to be all the time shown.

Thanks everyone

 

[dsi]

Here is a sample. Add a form with 2 command buttons.

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
' SetWindowPos Flags
Const SWP_NOSIZE = &H1
Const SWP_NOMOVE = &H2
Const SWP_NOZORDER = &H4
Const SWP_NOREDRAW = &H8
Const SWP_NOACTIVATE = &H10
Const SWP_FRAMECHANGED = &H20        '  The frame changed: send WM_NCCALCSIZE
Const SWP_SHOWWINDOW = &H40
Const SWP_HIDEWINDOW = &H80
Const SWP_NOCOPYBITS = &H100
Const SWP_NOOWNERZORDER = &H200      '  Don't do owner Z ordering

Const SWP_DRAWFRAME = SWP_FRAMECHANGED
Const SWP_NOREPOSITION = SWP_NOOWNERZORDER
' SetWindowPos() hwndInsertAfter values
Const HWND_TOP = 0
Const HWND_BOTTOM = 1
Const HWND_TOPMOST = -1
Const HWND_NOTOPMOST = -2

Private Sub Command1_Click()    'Force on Top
    Dim i
    i = SetWindowPos(hwnd, HWND_TOPMOST, 0, 0, 0, 0, SWP_NOSIZE Or SWP_NOMOVE)
End Sub

Private Sub Command2_Click()    'Remove TopMost setting
    Dim i
    i = SetWindowPos(hwnd, HWND_NOTOPMOST, 0, 0, 0, 0, SWP_NOSIZE Or SWP_NOMOVE)
End Sub

Hope this helps!