>>If you have a background app, how can you tell what the has the current focus? ie MyBackground app is running and I want to see what the user is currently 'in' before my background app moves to the front/top.
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>You can use the GetForegroundWindow and GetWindowText API calls. Sample:

>Private Declare Function GetForegroundWindow Lib "usre32" () As Long
>Private Declare Function GetWindowText Lib "user32" Alias "GetWindowTextA" _
>   (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpString As String, ByVal cch As Long) As Long

Sweet.  GetForegroundWindow is just what the doctor ordered.  Thanks! I had a 'focus' mindset when searching through the API's and got nowhere. thanks again!

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