>>>How can i bring the Microsoft excel window (ie) to top from vfp?
>>
>>Carlos,
>>
>>You can use the Is_Run32 function (available in the download section under Win32 and other APISs), to retrieve the window for Execl by passing it the known portion of the title bar (ie - "Microsoft Excel"). Then you can use the following:
>>DECLARE SHORT BringWindowToTop IN Win32API;
>> INTEGER hWnd
>>* lnhWnd is the value returned from Is_Run32
>>llresult = (BringWindowToTop(lnhWnd) # 0)
>>If the function succeeds, llresult will equal .T.
>>
>>hth,
>
>But, if the window for Excel was minimized you need to use the ShowWindow function to restore it.
>...
>#define SW_RESTORE 9
>declare SHORT ShowWindow in wi32api INTEGER hWnd, INTEGER nCmdShow
>ShowWindow( lnhWnd, SW_RESTORE)
>...
>
>Alexander Grigorjev

Alexander,

Actually both are needed, since if the window isn't an icon, ShowWindow() won't bring it to the top of the Z order. So...

DECLARE SHORT IsIconic IN Win32API;
  INTEGER hWnd
llresult = (IsIconic(lnhWnd) # 0)
IF llresult
  = ShowWindow(lnhWnd, SW_RESTORE)
ENDIF
= BringWindowToTop(lnhWnd)

Solves both problems.