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Posted: **Mon Feb 24, 2014 2:09 am**

I've got a window which I've "pinned" to the desktop so it's
always underneath all other windows:

SetParent_(WindowID(win),FindWindow_(0,"Program Manager"))

And it works totally fine. But now I need to toggle it so that
it's sometimes on top of all other windows for a while. I tried
this, but it doesn't work:

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SetParent_(WindowID(win),0)
SetWindowPos_(WindowID(win),#HWND_TOPMOST,0,0,0,0,#SWP_NOMOVE|#SWP_NOSIZE)

Normally the SetWindowPos line does it, but it's failing because
of SetParent. What else can I try? Thanks.

Posted: **Mon Feb 24, 2014 2:29 am**

PB wrote:...I need to toggle it so that it's sometimes on top of all other windows for a while.

Hi PB. Try this:

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  SetParent_(WindowID(win), 0)
  StickyWindow(win, 1)

Posted: **Mon Feb 24, 2014 5:03 am**

Agree with TI-994A. StickyWindow is what I use and it's worked well for years. I guess the only reason you might look for another option is if the window you're working with is an api window and not a PB window. Dunno if that's a consideration or not, but if it's a native window, StickyWindow should give good results.

Posted: **Mon Feb 24, 2014 6:35 am**

Thanks TI-994A, using StickyWindow did it!

Don't know why SetWindowPos failed, though.
I shouldn't use so much API code, I guess.

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