How to create Photoshop style floating windows?

I need a window that acts like a floating pallete but always stays highlighted.
Also, I don't want any selected document window to become inactive (title bar being shown as inactive) when I press buttons and such on the floater.

VC++ has custom floaters like this as well - which would work fine.

Any ideas?

None of the code here really did what I needed. Either that, or it just didn't work at all.

Thanks!

-V-

I don't know the MFC way, but you can create a window with the WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW style to make it a floating toolbar, I'm not exactly sure how you would keep two windows active, possibly WS_EX_TOPMOST. Well I hope that helps, a little anyways.

Kory Spansel