is there a way to tell an MDIChild window to always stay on top of the other
in Visual Basic 6?

Yes, there is. I got the following code from a member of another group quite
some time ago. I wish I could remember who it was so I could give credit
where credit is due, but below is what I got and it works great for me.
start by creating a basic module called modSetAlwaysOnTop and put in the
following code:

Option Explicit

Public Const SWP_NOMOVE = 2
Public Const SWP_NOSIZE = 1
Public Const Flags = SWP_NOMOVE Or SWP_NOSIZE
Public Const HWND_TOPMOST = -1
Public Const HWND_NOTOPMOST = -2

Declare Function SetWindowPos Lib "user32" _
(ByVal hwnd As Long, _
ByVal hWndInsertAfter As Long, _
ByVal x As Long, _
ByVal y As Long, _
ByVal cx As Long, _
ByVal cy As Long, _
ByVal wFlags As Long) As Long

Public Function SetTopMostWindow(hwnd As Long, Topmost As Boolean) _
As Long

If Topmost = True Then 'Make the window topmost
SetTopMostWindow = SetWindowPos(hwnd, HWND_TOPMOST, 0, 0, 0, _
0, Flags)
Else
SetTopMostWindow = SetWindowPos(hwnd, HWND_NOTOPMOST, 0, 0, _
0, 0, Flags)
SetTopMostWindow = False
End If
End Function
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Next, in the form you want to keep on top, put the following in the
Form_Load event

Private Sub Form_Load()
Dim lR As Long
'Keep this window on top
lR = SetTopMostWindow(Me.hwnd, True)
End Sub
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Hope this helps!

David Hodgkins, MCSD, MCDBA, MCSE
JSTAR Software Solutions
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"Oin Zea" <OinZea (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

It works but not on a MDI form. If I set the form to be a mdichild it will
hide behind other mdichild windows.

"Oin Zea" <OinZea (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote