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[prozacrefugee]

I'm currently running IS 7.1, and all our installs always show up behind any other windows that open at launch.  This is a major problem for both DemoShield launched and web launched installs.  Apparently this is a known IS 7 bug.

I've tried 2 workarounds to force the window to gain focus, neither of which seems to work.  They are:

1 - Suggested by IS)  SdShowMessage("",FALSE);

2)  HWND installWindow;

begin
   installWindow=GetWindowHandle(HWND_INSTALL);
   SetFocus(installWindow);

Both of these compile fine, make the taskbar flash like they should, but the window remains behind.  Any one have any suggestions?

[kmackey]

We found the problem with the installer window starting in the background/losing focus started happening when we first used skins.

If you're using skins, you might solve the problem by removing them. It's a tradeoff.

In your code sample, did you mean SetForegroundWindow?

I'm surprised that IS knows about the problem, but there is nothing in their knowledge base that I could find.

[prozacrefugee]

Yes, I meant SetForeground.

Thanks for the tip on the skins, I'll give that a try.

I couldn't find this on the InstallShield site either - their tech support informed me it was a known issue.

Thanks again!