Quote Originally Posted by Redrobes View Post
If you just want to keep it on top of the main window then you can use the SetWindowPos() func and put in the flags to set up the Z order so that its higher than the main window without being topmost. You can use topmost but they bug the hell out of me when using a dialog app. But sometimes they can be useful.
choice tip.. i haven't seen that mentioned before and something you'd only intuit after having been round the course a few times.

i used vc++e for a while, so i'm familiar with resource files. imo it's the principle of a 5 meg compiler install being as effective as the microsoft install's analogue to the urban sprawl of phoenix or greater los angeles. identical audio routines often perform faster in fclt than vce (really!), which otherwise has nothing to offer me except 'kid gloves'.

having accumulated most of the commands to create and use standard controls in the .cpp file, i'm ~over the hump and things are generally easier now.