On Oct 15, 2009, at 1:39 PM, I wrote:
Since you have mayavi installed, I will tell you that I've implemented MayaviViewer that runs as a separate process, which allows complete interaction with the viewer; at a bare minimum, it should certainly enable you to control Z ordering of its window.
I meant to say that this is not quite ready for release, yet (it's only been tested on my laptop). We will hopefully be able to test it on a couple of platforms, including Windows, in the next few days, but we may rely on your willingness to be a guinea pig.
