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Window Face Options part of new View doc describes 'activate-on-show 
option. So - does it mean my app will be activated (it will flash 
at taskbar or eventually brought to the front), or does it provide 
me with always-on-top window option?

Is it currently possible with REBOL to have always-on-top dialog 
box, so I can e.g. urge user to select/enter something and will not 
allow him/her to go back to underneath window screen?

Not always-on-top. The Window becomes active (take OS window focus) 
or task bar button blinks each time you 'show the window.

can I have always-on-top window somehow easily with View? And also 
- how difficult is it to get Rebol working in system tray? Do I need 
SDK for that? (I do own one, not just 1.3 yet)

For Always-on-top, nothing else than digging in Win32 API !!

For system tray, may be this example can help understanding its usage

http://www.rebol.org/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/rebol/view-script.r?script=simple-system-tray.r

I'm getting hard crashes when closing an 'inform window sometimes. 
If I change the windows to view/new they no longer happen, but I 
lose the always-on-top functionality.


I was wondering if anyone has experienced similar crashes and know 
a precise cause? Perhaps some events are blocked?

modal, yes. always-on-top, no (that needs native support)

as for always-on-top or other modes of Windows, it is a pity we don't 
have them. It is just one single function call, which even C lamer 
as me was able to wrap ;-) ShowWindow or ShowWindowPos

you can get to it, but it ignores events. again, always-on-top needs 
native support, there's nothing we can do about it.