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Summary

SetForegroundWindow() - Moves the window associated with the passed handle to the front.

C# Signature:

[DllImport("user32.dll"]
private static extern bool SetForegroundWindow (IntPtr hWnd);

VB Signature:

Declare Function SetForegroundWindow Lib "user32.dll" (hWnd as IntPtr) As bool

User-Defined Types:

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Sample Code:

[DllImport ("user32.dll")]
private static extern bool SetForegroundWindow (IntPtr hWnd);

[DllImport ("user32.dll")]
private static extern IntPtr GetDesktopWindow ();

private void SendToBack ()
{
SetForegroundWindow (GetDesktopWindow ());
}

Documentation

SetForegroundWindow on MSDN

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