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Create GUI that is always active (systemmodal)


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Hi all,

I am wondering if there is a way to create a GUI that is always active. That means it never looses the focus.

What I found is to make a Window (GUI) topmost, even if it is inactive. But this does not fit my intention.

A-Jay

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wakillon,

thanx, but I don't like this workaround because it is a "re-activate" instead of "stay active".

A-Jay

Only one window can be active at any one time. If your window could stay active then you would not be able to use any other program or get to your desktop etc. So what you have asked for is not possible IMO, and the sort of work-around wakillon showed is the best uou will get.

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Only one window can be active at any one time. If your window could stay active then you would not be able to use any other program or get to your desktop etc.

But this is excactly what I want!

Background: I'm programming an application for scanning barcodes. After starting the application the user takes a wireless barcodescanner (keyboard emulation) and scans barcodes far away from the workstaton. Since the user can not see if the application is active or not while scanning the barcodes I want make the application is always active to ensure that all the keystrokes comming from the barcode scanner go to the application. (It is very frustrating if the user see "oops, no barcodes captured" after scanning 50 barcodes, just because a popup catched the focus).

But maybe there is another solution?

A-Jay

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