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[Mingw-notify] [ mingw-Bugs-648282 ] Missing: AllowSetForegroundWindow

[Mingw-notify] [ mingw-Bugs-648282 ] Missing: AllowSetForegroundWindow

From: <noreply@so...> - 2002-12-04 09:21:26

Bugs item #648282, was opened at 2002-12-04 09:21
You can respond by visiting: 
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=102435&aid=648282&group_id=2435

Category: w32api
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Pat Thoyts (patthoyts)
Assigned to: Earnie Boyd (earnie)
Summary: Missing: AllowSetForegroundWindow

Initial Comment:
The newer Windows versions don't permit
SetForegroundWindow to actually raise the window unless
the current foreground process permits this. Instead
you just get the desktop bar icon flashing at the user.

From the MSDN documentation: 

"AllowSetForegroundWindow
The AllowSetForegroundWindow function enables the
specified process to set the foreground window using
the SetForegroundWindow function. The calling process
must already be able to set the foreground window. For
more information, see Remarks later in this topic.

BOOL AllowSetForegroundWindow(
  DWORD dwProcessId   // process identifier
);
"

This also requires ASFW_ANY to be defined to -1 for the
any-process ID (discovered experimentally)

So, to summarise: WinUser.h requires:

#if (WINVER >= 0x0500)
#define ASFW_ANY ((DWORD)-1)
BOOL WINAPI AllowSetForegroundWindow(DWORD);
#endif

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[Mingw-notify] [ mingw-Bugs-648282 ] Missing: AllowSetForegroundWindow

From: <noreply@so...> - 2002-12-04 09:21:26

Bugs item #648282, was opened at 2002-12-04 09:21
You can respond by visiting: 
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=102435&aid=648282&group_id=2435

Category: w32api
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Pat Thoyts (patthoyts)
Assigned to: Earnie Boyd (earnie)
Summary: Missing: AllowSetForegroundWindow

Initial Comment:
The newer Windows versions don't permit
SetForegroundWindow to actually raise the window unless
the current foreground process permits this. Instead
you just get the desktop bar icon flashing at the user.

From the MSDN documentation: 

"AllowSetForegroundWindow
The AllowSetForegroundWindow function enables the
specified process to set the foreground window using
the SetForegroundWindow function. The calling process
must already be able to set the foreground window. For
more information, see Remarks later in this topic.

BOOL AllowSetForegroundWindow(
  DWORD dwProcessId   // process identifier
);
"

This also requires ASFW_ANY to be defined to -1 for the
any-process ID (discovered experimentally)

So, to summarise: WinUser.h requires:

#if (WINVER >= 0x0500)
#define ASFW_ANY ((DWORD)-1)
BOOL WINAPI AllowSetForegroundWindow(DWORD);
#endif

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You can respond by visiting: 
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[Mingw-notify] [ mingw-Bugs-648282 ] Missing: AllowSetForegroundWindow

From: <noreply@so...> - 2002-12-04 09:25:23

Bugs item #648282, was opened at 2002-12-04 09:21
You can respond by visiting: 
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=102435&aid=648282&group_id=2435

Category: w32api
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Pat Thoyts (patthoyts)
Assigned to: Earnie Boyd (earnie)
Summary: Missing: AllowSetForegroundWindow

Initial Comment:
The newer Windows versions don't permit
SetForegroundWindow to actually raise the window unless
the current foreground process permits this. Instead
you just get the desktop bar icon flashing at the user.

From the MSDN documentation: 

"AllowSetForegroundWindow
The AllowSetForegroundWindow function enables the
specified process to set the foreground window using
the SetForegroundWindow function. The calling process
must already be able to set the foreground window. For
more information, see Remarks later in this topic.

BOOL AllowSetForegroundWindow(
  DWORD dwProcessId   // process identifier
);
"

This also requires ASFW_ANY to be defined to -1 for the
any-process ID (discovered experimentally)

So, to summarise: WinUser.h requires:

#if (WINVER >= 0x0500)
#define ASFW_ANY ((DWORD)-1)
BOOL WINAPI AllowSetForegroundWindow(DWORD);
#endif

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>Comment By: Pat Thoyts (patthoyts)
Date: 2002-12-04 09:25

Message:
Logged In: YES 
user_id=202636

Along with this we also have LockSetForegroundWindow:

#if (WINVER >= 0x0500)
#define LSFW_LOCK 1
#define LSFW_UNLOCK 2
BOOL WINAPI LockSetForegroundWindow(UINT);
#endif

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[Mingw-notify] [ mingw-Bugs-648282 ] Missing: AllowSetForegroundWindow

From: <noreply@so...> - 2002-12-12 09:23:54

Bugs item #648282, was opened at 2002-12-04 22:21
You can respond by visiting: 
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Category: w32api
Group: None
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Fixed
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Pat Thoyts (patthoyts)
Assigned to: Earnie Boyd (earnie)
Summary: Missing: AllowSetForegroundWindow

Initial Comment:
The newer Windows versions don't permit
SetForegroundWindow to actually raise the window unless
the current foreground process permits this. Instead
you just get the desktop bar icon flashing at the user.

From the MSDN documentation: 

"AllowSetForegroundWindow
The AllowSetForegroundWindow function enables the
specified process to set the foreground window using
the SetForegroundWindow function. The calling process
must already be able to set the foreground window. For
more information, see Remarks later in this topic.

BOOL AllowSetForegroundWindow(
  DWORD dwProcessId   // process identifier
);
"

This also requires ASFW_ANY to be defined to -1 for the
any-process ID (discovered experimentally)

So, to summarise: WinUser.h requires:

#if (WINVER >= 0x0500)
#define ASFW_ANY ((DWORD)-1)
BOOL WINAPI AllowSetForegroundWindow(DWORD);
#endif

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>Comment By: Danny Smith (dannysmith)
Date: 2002-12-12 22:23

Message:
Logged In: YES 
user_id=11494

Thanks.
Fixed in CVS
Danny

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Comment By: Pat Thoyts (patthoyts)
Date: 2002-12-04 22:25

Message:
Logged In: YES 
user_id=202636

Along with this we also have LockSetForegroundWindow:

#if (WINVER >= 0x0500)
#define LSFW_LOCK 1
#define LSFW_UNLOCK 2
BOOL WINAPI LockSetForegroundWindow(UINT);
#endif

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