Make a win32 console app display a window

I've been developing a win32 console app and now I'd like it to be able to optionally show a non modal status / notification window. Is t开发者_运维问答here any way I can do this from a console app or will I need to rewrite it as a windows app?

This is for a kiosk system so I'll need to call SetWindowPos() with the topmost flag on the window handle.

As far as I remember the main difference is that you'll need a message pump. This question describes a basic message pump: Why are "TranslateMessage" and "DispatchMessage" separate calls?

This tutorial might also be helpful: Understanding the Message Loop

see a CreateWindow / CreateWindowEx functions