How? GUI set always on top, *always*

[Burgaud]

This is a function I used to display a text on the screen:
 

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func _CreateToolTip($name, $x, $y, $width=200, $height=15, $style=0x01, $bgcolor=0xC0C0C0, $fontsize=11, $fontface="Verdana", $fontcolor=0x0, $fixwidth=1)
    local $handle[7]
    $handle[0] = GUICreate($name, $width, $height, $x, $y, 0x80000000, 0x80)    ;$WS_POPUP = 0x80000000, $WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW = 0x80
    GUISetBkColor($bgcolor,$handle[0])

    local $yy = int($height/2) - $fontsize*1.5 - 5    ;assume 2 lines
    $handle[1] = GUICtrlCreateLabel($name, 5, $yy, $width-10, 3*$fontsize, $style)    ;Create label with styled text
    GUICtrlSetFont ($handle[1], $fontsize, 400, 0, $fontface, 5)
    GUICtrlSetColor($handle[1], $fontcolor)

    GUISetState(@SW_HIDE, $handle[0])        ;No Show
    WinSetOnTop($handle[0], "", 1)            ;OnTop
    WinSetTrans($handle[0], "", 255)        ;Transparency

    $handle[2] = 0
    $handle[3] = $fixwidth
    $handle[4] = ''
    return($handle)
endfunc

func _HideToolTip(ByRef $handle)
    GUISwitch($handle[0])
    GUISetState(@SW_HIDE, $handle[0])       ;No Show
    return(1)
endfunc

func _PrintToolTip(ByRef $handle, $text)
    ;local $h = WinGetHandle("[ACTIVE]")
    if $handle[4] = $text then  ;this prevents flickering of screen
        return
    else
        $handle[4] = $text
        GUISwitch($handle[0])
        GUICtrlSetData($handle[1], $text)
        GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $handle[0])       ;Show
        ;if $handle[5]> 0 then GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $handle[5])        ;Show
        ;if $handle[6]> 0 then GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $handle[6])        ;Show
    endif
    ;WinActivate($h)
endfunc

I used it by:

GLOBAL $FullScreen = _CreateToolTip("FullScreen", 0, 0, @DesktopWidth, @Desktopheight, 0x01, 0x000000, 60, "Verdana", 0xFFFF00, 1)

; Display a message
_PrintToolTip($FullScreen, "Computer is resting... Take this time to move around...")
sleep(....)
; unDisplay the message
_HideToolTip($FullScreen)

I want it to always be "OnTop" regardless whether user is running a web browser, watching youtube, watching video via VLC, or playing games - especially games.

It works flawlessly on my computer. Yet somehow, this popup is not displayed OnTop and getting covered by other apps on my Kid's computer. He managed to find a loophole, able to watch youtube, watch VLC, play games!

Any reason?

thanks!

[seadoggie01]

First, lol, that's hysterical. This sounds like something my brother would do  Make sure that your script is still running somewhere, if it isn't then I'd guess these things:

I found that I could press the Start button, which revealed the taskbar, where I could click "Exit" on the tray icon on your script. Fixable with:

Opt("TrayMenuMode", 1) ; Don't use the default icons
Opt("TrayIconHide", 1) ; Hide the tray icon

Alternately, I could restart/sign out and the script would be ended. To fix this, you'd need to start your script on login, probably with the Task Scheduler.