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How to keep a form always in the background (bottommost)

 

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By assigning the desktop handle to be the form's parent, it will always be in the backgroud, even when it gets focused.

procedure TForm.CreateParams(var Params: TCreateParams); 
begin { TForm.CreateParams } 
  inherited CreateParams(Params); 
  if Assigned(Application.MainForm) then 
  begin 
    Params.WndParent := GetDesktopWindow; 
    Params.Style := WS_CHILD
  end; { Assigned(Application.MainForm) } 
end; { TForm.CreateParams }
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