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AlwaysOnTheTop – Move a form on top of all other windows

AlwaysOnTheTop – Move a form on top of all other windows

Private Declare Function SetWindowPos Lib "user32" (ByVal hWnd As Long, _    ByVal hWndInsertAfter As Long, ByVal X As Long, ByVal Y As Long, _    ByVal cx As Long, ByVal cy As Long, ByVal wFlags As Long) As LongConst SWP_NOSIZE = &H1Const SWP_NOMOVE = &H2Const SWP_SHOWWINDOW = &H40Const HWND_NOTOPMOST = -2Const HWND_TOPMOST = -1' Set a form always on the top.'' the form can be specified as a Form or object' or through its hWnd property' If OnTop=False the always on the top mode is de-activated.Sub SetAlwaysOnTopMode(hWndOrForm As Variant, Optional ByVal OnTop As Boolean = _    True)    Dim hWnd As Long    ' get the hWnd of the form to be move on top    If VarType(hWndOrForm) = vbLong Then        hWnd = hWndOrForm    Else        hWnd = hWndOrForm.hWnd    End If    SetWindowPos hWnd, IIf(OnTop, HWND_TOPMOST, HWND_NOTOPMOST), 0, 0, 0, 0, _        SWP_NOMOVE Or SWP_NOSIZE Or SWP_SHOWWINDOWEnd Sub

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