>Thanks Herman. Works like a charm. I see the second parameter is WM_ACTIVATE. What is the third parameter (1) for?
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>>>Is there a way to activate a child IDE window (code window, etc.) using a Win32 API call? I have the hWnd, but for some reason I can't get it to activate from a toolbar button. I've tried SetWindowPos(), ShowWindow(), SetActiveWindow(), and SetForegroudWindow(), but none of these seem to work. Will VFP allow activating a window in this manner?
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>>Hi Joel,
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>>You can Post/Send WM_ACTIVATE Message. Try something like this:
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>>PostMessage( hWnd, 6, 1, 0 )
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>>HTH

You're welcome Joel :)

The third params is an activation options.
1 = WA_ACTIVE, means activate the window by a method other than mouse click event.

For more detail info you can read it here:

WM_ACTIVATE Notification
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winui/winui/windowsuserinterface/userinput/keyboardinput/keyboardinputreference/keyboardinputmessages/wm_activate.asp

Regards