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From: Paul Rudin <paul.nospam@rudin.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Keep one GUI always on TOP while python code is running
Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 09:57:51 +0100
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Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> writes:

> On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 3:57 PM, Jaydeep Patil <patil.jay2009@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I mean to say, One GUI should be always on top from start to end of code running.
>> So that user cant do any other operation.
>> I am using wxpython
>
> Ah, that would be called "System Modal", and should be reserved for
> absolutely critical system-wide alerts. It's also a feature that's
> simply not available to most user-space programs, and not available in
> most GUI toolkits.
>
> Short answer: Don't.

There are commercial software packages that do this sort of
thing. Examsoft is one - the idea being that people can take exams
without access to other software at the same time (so that, for example,
they could look at previously prepared notes).