function ForceForegroundWindow(hwnd: THandle): boolean;
const
SPI_GETFOREGROUNDLOCKTIMEOUT = $2000;
SPI_SETFOREGROUNDLOCKTIMEOUT = $2001;
var
ForegroundThreadID: DWORD;
ThisThreadID : DWORD;
timeout : DWORD;
begin
if IsIconic(hwnd) then
ShowWindow(hwnd, SW_RESTORE);
if GetForegroundWindow = hwnd then
Result := true
else begin
if ((Win32Platform = VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT) and (Win32MajorVersion > 4))
or ((Win32Platform = VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_WINDOWS) and ((Win32MajorVersion > 4)
or ((Win32MajorVersion = 4)and (Win32MinorVersion > 0)))) then
begin
Result := false;
ForegroundThreadID := GetWindowThreadProcessID(GetForegroundWindow,nil);
ThisThreadID := GetWindowThreadPRocessId(hwnd,nil);
if AttachThreadInput(ThisThreadID, ForegroundThreadID, true) then
begin
BringWindowToTop(hwnd); // IE 5.5 related hack
SetForegroundWindow(hwnd);
AttachThreadInput(ThisThreadID, ForegroundThreadID, false);
Result := (GetForegroundWindow = hwnd);
end;
if not Result then begin
// Code by Daniel P. Stasinski
SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETFOREGROUNDLOCKTIMEOUT, 0, @timeout, 0);
SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETFOREGROUNDLOCKTIMEOUT, 0, TObject(0),SPIF_SENDCHANGE);
BringWindowToTop(hwnd); // IE 5.5 related hack
SetForegroundWindow(hWnd);
SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETFOREGROUNDLOCKTIMEOUT, 0,TObject(timeout), SPIF_SENDCHANGE);
end;
end
else begin
BringWindowToTop(hwnd); // IE 5.5 related hack
SetForegroundWindow(hwnd);
end;
Result := (GetForegroundWindow = hwnd);
end;
end;
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ForceForegroundWindow(form1.Handle):