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Visual Basic 6 definition

Declare Function BringWindowToTop Lib "user32.dll" (ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long

Visual Basic .NET definition

Declare Function BringWindowToTop Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Integer) As Integer

C# definition

[DllImport("user32")] public static extern int BringWindowToTop(int hwnd)

Description

BringWindowToTop brings a specified window to the top of the Z-order, placing it above any windows previously on top of it. This function has the same effect as using SetWindowPos to place the window at the top of the Z-order. BringWindowToTop Brings the specified window to the top of the Z order. System.Windows.Forms.Form.BringToFront

Return Value

If an error occured, the function returns 0 (use GetLastError to get the error code). If successful, the function returns a non-zero value.

Parameters

hwnd A handle to the window to bring to the top of the Z-order.

Further Information:

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