I have 3 programs that run normally on a system, but only one can be seen at a time.
Is it possible to control which program is maximised (and minimise the others) with the touch of a key? (eg F1,F2 etc)

TIA!

Ok. Is it possible to write a wrapper in VB6 using "tabs" to start and select the applications? EG: MP3 player, GPS, or Word?
Does this help at all?

To try and solve your problem:

To make it detect a keypress (like F1, F2, etc.), you'd need something like:

Private Declare Function GetAsyncKeyState Lib "user32" (ByVal uAction As Long) As Long Private keyDown as Long 'I don't know the real value of these, if they exist, off the top of my head, and the comp I'm on doesn't have VB on it Private Const VK_F1 = &H1 Private Const VK_F2 = &H2 Private Const VK_F3 = &H3 Private Sub Timer1_Timer()     keyDown = GetAsyncKeyState(VK_F1)     If keyDown <> 0 Then         'Call the first window     End If 'etc. End Sub

Better example could be found here.

Of course, depending on a timer control could be costly on the processor (especially if the interval is 0 or 1).  You might want to throw a DoEvents in the Timer control before the End Sub or any Exit Sub so it doesn't absorb the whole processor and lock up (it's happened to me before, but I think it's only an issue with older processors, like lower than 600 MHz or so).

You could, though, have a tabbed feature.  Just make a form that stays always on top (using SetWindowPos), have it put itself where you want it, and just have three buttons that change what window is in focus (you'll need to have FindWindow or FindWindowEx, to find/know what window you want to effect, and SetWindowPos to change the position, either by depth, on top or on bottom, or change the X and Y coords).

SetWindowPos Examples
http://www.andreavb.com/tip020014.html
http://www.andreavb.com/tip050002.html

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