Keeping a Windows application on top of other windows and in focus - always

Question

I am creating a kiosk application and I want to ensure it is always, no matter what, on top of other Windows applications and the Windows task bar.

I am already bloc

Answer 1

In this scenario you can run your application in full screen with always your window on top. I use the following snippet in some of my opengl apps (from http://nehe.gamedev.net/). It is in win32 but I think you can use pinvoke or System.Management.ManagementClass("Win32_VideoController")

    DEVMODE dmScreenSettings;                               // Device Mode
    memset(&dmScreenSettings,0,sizeof(dmScreenSettings));   // Makes Sure Memory's Cleared
    dmScreenSettings.dmSize=sizeof(dmScreenSettings);       // Size Of The Devmode Structure
    dmScreenSettings.dmPelsWidth    = width;                // Selected Screen Width
    dmScreenSettings.dmPelsHeight   = height;               // Selected Screen Height
    dmScreenSettings.dmBitsPerPel   = bits;                 // Selected Bits Per Pixel
    dmScreenSettings.dmFields=DM_BITSPERPEL|DM_PELSWIDTH|DM_PELSHEIGHT;
// Try To Set Selected Mode And Get Results.  NOTE: CDS_FULLSCREEN Gets Rid Of Start Bar.
if(ChangeDisplaySettings(&dmScreenSettings,CDS_FULLSCREEN)!=DISP_CHANGE_SUCCESSFUL);

This will switch your app to full screen and get rid of taskbar and disallow use from doing something other than using your app.