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• File Set-TopMost.ps1 — part of check-in [6d3cbea137] at 2018-06-10 13:01:55 on branch trunk — Set applications/windows on top of other windows (user: Shay Levy size: 2872)

# encoding: ascii
# api: powershell
# title: Set-TopMost
# description: Set applications/windows on top of other windows
# version: 0.1
# type: class
# author: Shay Levy
# license: CC0
# function: Set-TopMost
# x-poshcode-id: 1837
# x-archived: 2017-01-29T16:46:31
# x-published: 2011-05-12T07:55:00
#
#
#Requires -Version 2.0 

$signature = @"
	
	[DllImport("user32.dll")]  
	public static extern IntPtr FindWindow(string lpClassName, string lpWindowName);  

	public static IntPtr FindWindow(string windowName){
		return FindWindow(null,windowName);
	}

	[DllImport("user32.dll")]
	public static extern bool SetWindowPos(IntPtr hWnd, 
	IntPtr hWndInsertAfter, int X,int Y, int cx, int cy, uint uFlags);

	[DllImport("user32.dll")]  
	public static extern bool ShowWindow(IntPtr hWnd, int nCmdShow); 

	static readonly IntPtr HWND_TOPMOST = new IntPtr(-1);
	static readonly IntPtr HWND_NOTOPMOST = new IntPtr(-2);

	const UInt32 SWP_NOSIZE = 0x0001;
	const UInt32 SWP_NOMOVE = 0x0002;

	const UInt32 TOPMOST_FLAGS = SWP_NOMOVE | SWP_NOSIZE;

	public static void MakeTopMost (IntPtr fHandle)
	{
		SetWindowPos(fHandle, HWND_TOPMOST, 0, 0, 0, 0, TOPMOST_FLAGS);
	}

	public static void MakeNormal (IntPtr fHandle)
	{
		SetWindowPos(fHandle, HWND_NOTOPMOST, 0, 0, 0, 0, TOPMOST_FLAGS);
	}
"@


$app = Add-Type -MemberDefinition $signature -Name Win32Window -Namespace ScriptFanatic.WinAPI -ReferencedAssemblies System.Windows.Forms -Using System.Windows.Forms -PassThru

function Set-TopMost
{
	param(		
		[Parameter(
			Position=0,ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true
		)][Alias('MainWindowHandle')]$hWnd=0,

		[Parameter()][switch]$Disable

	)

	
	if($hWnd -ne 0)
	{
		if($Disable)
		{
			Write-Verbose "Set process handle :$hWnd to NORMAL state"
			$null = $app::MakeNormal($hWnd)
			return
		}
		
		Write-Verbose "Set process handle :$hWnd to TOPMOST state"
		$null = $app::MakeTopMost($hWnd)
	}
	else
	{
		Write-Verbose "$hWnd is 0"
	}
}



function Get-WindowByTitle($WindowTitle="*")
{
	Write-Verbose "WindowTitle is: $WindowTitle"
	
	if($WindowTitle -eq "*")
	{
		Write-Verbose "WindowTitle is *, print all windows title"
		Get-Process | Where-Object {$_.MainWindowTitle} | Select-Object Id,Name,MainWindowHandle,MainWindowTitle
	}
	else
	{
		Write-Verbose "WindowTitle is $WindowTitle"
		Get-Process | Where-Object {$_.MainWindowTitle -like "*$WindowTitle*"} | Select-Object Id,Name,MainWindowHandle,MainWindowTitle
	}
}

Exaples:

# set powershell console on top of other windows 
gps powershell | Set-TopMost 

# unset
gps powershell | Set-TopMost -disable


# set an application on top of other windows by its windows title (wildcard is supported)
Get-WindowByTitle *pad* | Set-TopMost 

# unset
Get-WindowByTitle textpad | Set-TopMost -Disable