Windows 7: how to bring a window to the front no matter what other window has focus?

Question

I\'m implementing a task-bar replacement, dock-like application-switcher style program. It\'s doing some unique stuff with OpenGL, and with keyboard shortcuts, so the way it

Answer 1

This is how I got mine working:

import win32gui
from win32con import (SW_SHOW, SW_RESTORE)

def get_windows_placement(window_id):
    return win32gui.GetWindowPlacement(window_id)[1]

def set_active_window(window_id):
    if get_windows_placement(window_id) == 2:
        win32gui.ShowWindow(window_id, SW_RESTORE)
    else:
        win32gui.ShowWindow(window_id, SW_SHOW)
    win32gui.SetForegroundWindow(window_id)
    win32gui.SetActiveWindow(window_id)