How to bring MessageBox to foreground

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The following is the InstallShield-2010 XML script with which the message will be displayed in the background. I want it to display in the foreground.

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<setuplanncher.settings>
    <launcherextension>WarningMsgOp.dll</launcherextension> 
    <setup>
        <program>NDP40-KB982638-x86.exe</program> 
        <parameters>/q /norestart</parameters> 
    </setup>
    <postwarningmessage>If you choose to reboot, you must log-in under the same user name. </postwarningmessage> 
</setuplanncher.settings>

Here the message "If you choose to reboot....." will be displayed behind the installer window. I want it in foreground.

Using C#, an exe is created and this xml is passed as a command line argument to that exe.

Posted 26-Aug-13 23:16pm

Rayner Nirmal

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V.Lorz · Answer 1 · 2013-08-27T10:08:00

Solution 1

If you create your own form for displaying the message it's all a matter of setting it's TopMost property to true.

Posted 27-Aug-13 10:08am

V.Lorz

The_Inventor · Answer 2 · 2013-08-27T17:16:00

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<setuplauncher.settings>
    <launcherextension>WarningMsgOp.dll<'/launcherextension> 
    <setup>
        <program>NDP40-KB982638-x86.exe<'/program> 
        <parameters>'/q '/norestart<'/parameters> 
    <'/setup>

<postwarningmessage>If you choose to reboot, you must log-in under the same user name. <'/postwarningmessage>

</postwarningmessage></parameters></program></setup></launcherextension></setuplauncher.settings>

Or something like the above. If you execute the post warning message within the setup launcher settings, it gets displayed behind, so if you execute it directly after the setup settings dialog, then it will display on top, since it the last statement executed.

Oh, and don't forget, spelling counts.