Ed

Thanks for the reply!

The plot thickens.

SetForegroundWindow() only works for Word if a document is open!

I'm going to < gasp > post the code...


Procedure MakeWordComeToTheFront

if type('pgHwndWord')="U"
  DECLARE integer GetForegroundWindow in WIN32API
  DECLARE integer SetForegroundWindow in WIN32API integer
  DECLARE short IsWindow in WIN32API integer
  public pgHwndWord,poWordApplication
endif

if empty(pgHwndWord) or ! iswindow(pgHwndWord)

  ** create WORD server
  poWordApplication= createobject("word.application")
  poWordApplication.visible = .t.
  ** maximize WORD
  poWordApplication.windowstate = 1
  poWordApplication.activate

  pgHwndWord = GetForegroundWindow() && Save word window handle
else
  SetForegroundWindow(pgHwndWord)
endif


Yeah, in "real life" all those publics are object properties.

If you try it, Word only comes to the front if you have a document open.

Looking at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/psdk/winui/windows_1eev.htm I see that this flashing business is the default behaviour- it calls SetActiveWindow() and FlashWindowEx() if the user is using another window which they are by default in an app. Apparently at application install time you can alter the behaviour using


SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETFOREGROUNDLOCKTIMEOUT, 0, (LPVOID)0, SPIF_SENDWININICHANGE | SPIF_UPDATEINIFILE);


I'm afraid this is much too complex for me, so can you tell me whether this is something I can do easily using the VFP install Wizard or is this something clever? Or can I run it somehow from my app?

Thanks for your assistance,

Regards

JR