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From: rpomeroy@tpoint.net (Ronald Pomeroy)
Subject: Re: VW2.0: Window create question
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In <30B52778.4A@Cherniak.ON.CA> Dennis Smith wrote:
> How do I (or can I) create a window which is "always on top"?
> I want to pop-up a floating toolbar, but it must stay on top
> of the window I am in even when the main window is the current
> window.
> 

There is an un-documented-probably-non-portable way to do this if you are
running under Windows 3.1.  If you create the window with the type
#reserved. It will remain on top of other scheduled windows created from
within VisualWorks. Hint: browse references to #windowType and #windowType:.

Hope this helps.

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Ronald Pomeroy
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