Bringing Window to the Front in C# using Win32 API

Question

I am writing an application that needs to bring window of an external app to the foreground, and not necessarily steal focus (there is a setting the user can toggle to steal

Answer 1

Have you tried using SetWindowPos. This is the canonical function for moving, resizing and setting z-order in Windows. There is a SWP_NOACTIVATE flag you can use. Look at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms633545(VS.85).aspx. I have not tried this on a window belonging to another process, but it is probably worth a try.