BringWindowToTop for Win98?

[Worrow]

It(BringWindowToTop) works fine in Win2K. But it doesn't work on Win98.

Is there any alternative other than this api function?

 

Please help. :confused:

[Worrow]

BTW, I am talking about bringing an external program to the focus, not my own program.

[HJB417]

did you try SetForegroundWindow ?

[Worrow]

Still not working. It seems like I can't call any api function in Win98.

Here is the code:

 

Private Declare Function SetForegroundWindow Lib "user32.dll" (ByVal hwnd As System.IntPtr) As Integer

 

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

Dim cal As New Process

cal.StartInfo.FileName = "C:\Program Files\calc.exe"

cal.Start()

SetForegroundWindow(cal.MainWindowHandle)

Application.Exit()

end Sub

 

Anyway, thanks for your suggestion.

[HJB417]

SetForegroundWindow returns a bool

what was the return value when u called it?

[Worrow]

SetForegroundWindow returns a bool

what was the return value when u called it?

 

It returns nothing(neither true nor false).

 

Here is the error message:

 

System.PlatformNotSupportedException: Feature requires Windows NT.

at System.Diagnostics.ProcessManager.GetProcessIdFromHandle(IntPtr processHandle)

[divil]

That means you cannot use the Process class in the way you are from Windows 98. It doesn't have anything to do with the API you're using.

[Worrow]

That means you cannot use the Process class in the way you are from Windows 98. It doesn't have anything to do with the API you're using.

 

But "calc.exe" did start. Do you mean process handle can't be used in Win98?

[divil]

It sounds like it can't handle getting the main window handle.