always on top style?

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im trying to make a button but my program is drawing to the screen and the button is getting erased. i know its being created because i turned off the program code and the button is there and functioning.

is there a style with the CreateWindow function that specifies always on top? i looked through the docs and couldnt find one.

[novacain]

there is the style for dialogs

DS_SETFOREGROUND

but for a control ? The parent dialogs z-order is important not the controls.

try

SetWindowPos() and modify the z-order, HWND_TOPMOST will put the dialog on top of ALL other windows even if the focus changes.

HWND_TOP just puts it there temporarily.

EDIT::

I have dialogs covered with a skin (texture) and the controls show thru without need to do anything.

[bennyandthejets]

Post your code.

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i got it taken care of.