Hello ERIC!

In a message written on Thursday June 08 1995, ERIC CARMODY insanely
babbles to PAUL SIDORSKY:

 EC>   WinSetWindowPos( winhwnd, HWND_TOP, 0,0,0,0, SWP_ZORDER );

 EC> This is done every 3 seconds in my timer loop which is in my timer
 EC> thread. Its much easier to have a thread which just loops rather than
 EC> trying to work in a call to WinSetWin... into your main program logic.

Hmmm, I'll have to give this a try.  It definitely sounds easier than
trapping messages, especially since I already have a thread running that I
can put this into.

However, it also sounds like it may strain the CPU a little (well, only
about 5% for a half second, but I am worried about that since I want to
keep my program's CPU usage as low as possible), and it also sounds like it
won't keep the window "Always On Top", just "Mostly On
Top".  What I mean is that if the focus changes right after the call
to WinSetWindowPos() has happened, it won't get back on top for another 3
seconds.  This isn't too big of a deal, but I would prefer to do it more
seamlessly if possible.

At any rate, thanks for the tip, and I'll give it a try.  If anything it'll
be good for me while I'm testing, especially because it's so easy to
implement.

 -- PaulS

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