Not correct.

How do you know?

Like I said in the OP, GetOpenFileName() and GetSaveFileName(), for example, pop up and show at the foreground, on top of all other existing windows. So why should BrowseForFolder() be different? It's the same type of window/interaction.

It isn't. Neither one will pop up if they (the parent, the app) don't have focus (aka permission ) to pop up -- they simply flash on the taskbar

Not correct. That code compiles fine.

Oh really? 

$ perl
$InputDir = Win32::GUI::BrowseForFolder( -root => $TopDir, -includefil
+es => 1,
                                        -title => 'Select directory fo
+r parameter file',
                                        -text =>'text Selext directory
+ for parameter file',
                                        -size => [50/100*$dw, 50/100*$
+dh], -addexstyle => WS_EX_TOPMOST,);

^Z
Undefined subroutine &Win32::GUI::BrowseForFolder called at - line 1.

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Really? 

use Win32::GUI;
use warnings;
$InputDir = Win32::GUI::BrowseForFolder( -root => $TopDir, -includefil
+es => 1,
                                        -title => 'Select directory fo
+r parameter file',
                                        -text =>'text Selext directory
+ for parameter file',
                                        -size => [50/100*$dw, 50/100*$
+dh], -addexstyle => WS_EX_TOPMOST,);
__END__
Name "main::dh" used only once: possible typo at - line 6.
Name "main::InputDir" used only once: possible typo at - line 3.
Name "main::dw" used only once: possible typo at - line 6.
Name "main::TopDir" used only once: possible typo at - line 3.
Use of uninitialized value $dw in multiplication (*) at - line 3.
Use of uninitialized value $dh in multiplication (*) at - line 3.
Use of uninitialized value in subroutine entry at - line 3.

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In reply to Re^3: Win32::GUI: how to find BrowseForFolder()'s handle? by Anonymous Monk
in thread Win32::GUI: how to find BrowseForFolder()'s handle? by HelenCr

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