Always on top GUI

[MrCreatoR]

Can MsgBoxes be moved?

Yes.

[Kiti]

To set a GUI on top you can use $WS_EX_TOPMOST style:

#include <GuiConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

$GUI = GUICreate("Test Script", 300, 200, -1, -1, -1, $WS_EX_TOPMOST)

GUICtrlCreateButton("Button", 20, 40, 60, 20)

GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $GUI)

While 1
    $nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $nMsg
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit
    EndSwitch
WEnd

After MsgBox shown the script is paused, therefore WinSetOnTop (or any other function that goes after) can't work on it.

Thank you a lot! I saw this method (using $WS_EX_TOPMOST) here, but the included file was wrong, thus I couldn't make it work. Thanks! Edited June 14, 2008 by Kiti

[JailDoctor]

Thanks Kiti, it worked perfectly.

So that's what Top-most Attribute set means.

Do you know what the Modality choices mean?

I selected Task Modal and System Modal and the only thing that happened is that there was no default beep during the procedure.

[Kiti]

Thanks Kiti, it worked perfectly.

So that's what Top-most Attribute set means.

Do you know what the Modality choices mean?

I selected Task Modal and System Modal and the only thing that happened is that there was no default beep during the procedure.

Flag: | Modality:

_____|____________

0 | Application

4096 | System modal (dialog has an icon)

8192 | Task modal

Modality determines how the system handles a dialog box.

The modality often causes confusion. If you don't specify a system-modal intType value of 4096,

the user's application will not continue until the user closes the message box. However,

the user can switch to another Windows program by pressing Alt+Tab or using the application's control menu.

If, however, you do specify that the message box is system modal,

the user will not be able to switch to another Windows program until the user responds to the message box because

the message box will have full control of the system. Reserve the system-modal message boxes for serious error

messages that you want the user to read and respond to before continuing the program.

You may make a message box a System Modal message box by adding 4096 to the intType value of the message box.