[Solved] Force a GUI to appear behind everything else (the opposite of "$WS_EX_TOPMOST")

[Taskms4]

Greetings,

I was just wondering if there is a way to force a GUI appear under everything else (what I want would be the opposite of "$WS_EX_TOPMOST").
In fact, I want to create a $WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW GUI that would stay stuck to the Desktop under everything.

Thanks in advance for any kind of help/hint.

--Taskms4

Edited August 30, 2019 by Taskms4

[seadoggie01]

I'm not familiar enough with C#, but I think this could be done with a Dll call... take a look at this StackOverflow answer to get started maybe?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/527950/how-to-make-always-on-bottom-window

[Taskms4]

@seadoggie01 Not familiar with C# either, but I'll take a look, thanks  

[nend]

I use this befor, it's not perfect but I never find anything better.

_WinAPI_SetWindowPos($Gui, $HWND_BOTTOM, Default, Default, Default, Default, $SWP_NOMOVE)

 

[Taskms4]

13 hours ago, nend said:

I use this befor, it's not perfect but I never find anything better.

_WinAPI_SetWindowPos($Gui, $HWND_BOTTOM, Default, Default, Default, Default, $SWP_NOMOVE)

 

Thanks for your reply @nend but when I use this, my GUI does not show up.. Tried some other flags inside the function but I still have the same result..
(Maybe this doesn't work on Win10)

[Nine]

Tested on win7 and win10 and it is working fine with this :

_WinAPI_SetWindowPos($hWnd, $HWND_BOTTOM, 0, 0, 0, 0, BitOR($SWP_FRAMECHANGED, $SWP_NOMOVE, $SWP_NOSIZE))

 

[Taskms4]

2 minutes ago, Nine said:

Tested on win7 and win10 and it is working fine with this :

_WinAPI_SetWindowPos($hWnd, $HWND_BOTTOM, 0, 0, 0, 0, BitOR($SWP_FRAMECHANGED, $SWP_NOMOVE, $SWP_NOSIZE))

 

Thanks @Nine !

[seadoggie01]

12 minutes ago, Nine said:

Tested on win7 and win10 and it is working fine with this :

_WinAPI_SetWindowPos($hWnd, $HWND_BOTTOM, 0, 0, 0, 0, BitOR($SWP_FRAMECHANGED, $SWP_NOMOVE, $SWP_NOSIZE))

 

Where do you put this code? It doesn't work for me, but I run it once after creating the GUI. Do you repeat the code on some event?

[Nine]

After GUISetState() 

[seadoggie01]

Weird. And it stays under other windows? When I click on the taskbar, it gets activated. I thought that it was supposed to stay under other windows even when activated or something. I must've misunderstood the question

[Nine]

It is the last "active" window.  Even if it is at the bottom of all other windows.  

[Taskms4]

Thank you, the solution proposed by @Nine worked for me. I just placed it after my GUISetState() statement and it's doing exactly what I needed. 

EDIT: I marked this topic as solved !