How to maximize a window in background?

Question

I need to maximize a window in background, meaning without activating (focusing) it. SetWindowPlacement function doesn\'t offer this.. Any ideas?

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Answer 1

The best way I could find to do this was (VB sorry!);

longForeHWnd = GetForegroundWindow
Call ShowWindow(longBackHWnd, SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED)
SetForegroundWindow (longForeHWnd)

This is only a work-around because the Background Window is (briefly) activated and so gets promoted up the Z-Order