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In article <12qvg31maf6j115@corp.supernews.com>,
 Dave Rudolf <dave.rudolf@usask.ca> wrote:

> Hey all,
> 
> Suppose I want to keep a window open (i.e. visible) but I want to 
> programmatically force it to go to the bottom of the stack, so that all other 
> windows appear to be ontop of it. Is there any way to do that in Java? The 
> target platform is Windows XP, in case there are limitations in that system.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Dave

java.awt.Window has toFront and toBack methods, which are inherited by 
Frame and JFrame.  The latter should serve your needs, but you'll want 
to note that it sends the focused window to the back of all others in 
the current JVM.  If you're looking for something to send the entire 
application behind others, that's a different matter -- and I'm not sure 
if there's a pure Java way to do it.  I do know, however, that using 
toFront has shown in our case to cause the application in question to 
come to the front.

= Steve =
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Steve W. Jackson
Montgomery, Alabama

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