randomly, when I ShowDialog() on some modal window, the main window goes to
background.
and it didn't revert to formost window when the dialog is closed.

I try to call:
WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal;
BringToFront();
Show();

nothing work, my windows is still miniaturized, I have to look for the list
of running program and click activate o bring my window back.

is there any workaround that ?

look at the FindWindow & SetForeGroundWindow API calls. This is the only way
that I have found to "really" bring a window to the foreground.

"Lloyd Dupont" <net.galador@ld> wrote in message
news:e2S%(E-Mail Removed)...
> randomly, when I ShowDialog() on some modal window, the main window goes
to
> background.
> and it didn't revert to formost window when the dialog is closed.
>
> I try to call:
> WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal;
> BringToFront();
> Show();
>
> nothing work, my windows is still miniaturized, I have to look for the
list
> of running program and click activate o bring my window back.
>
> is there any workaround that ?
>
>

I though so but SetForeGroundWindow() failed... I think I don't have a
correct window number, how could I find it.
FindWindow() has a window class name has 1st argument, what could I use ?


"Martin Robins" <martin - robins @ ntlworld dot com> wrote in message
news:OCGu%(E-Mail Removed)...
> look at the FindWindow & SetForeGroundWindow API calls. This is the only
way
> that I have found to "really" bring a window to the foreground.
>
> "Lloyd Dupont" <net.galador@ld> wrote in message
> news:e2S%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > randomly, when I ShowDialog() on some modal window, the main window goes
> to
> > background.
> > and it didn't revert to formost window when the dialog is closed.
> >
> > I try to call:
> > WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal;
> > BringToFront();
> > Show();
> >
> > nothing work, my windows is still miniaturized, I have to look for the
> list
> > of running program and click activate o bring my window back.
> >
> > is there any workaround that ?
> >
> >
>
>

Hi Lloyd,

We've looked at this issue for our next release...sorry you're running into
this. In the meantime I can think of a couple of things that might help
you out here:
1. Make sure your forms arn't set to 'BorderStyleNone'. This can cause
z-order issues.
2. Try using Hide() before using Show().
3. The 'WindowState' property is only used to designate forms to be
fullscreen [maximized] (without the caption bar on the top) or not
fullscreen [normal].
4. Lastly, PInvoking to SetForegroundWindow or SetActiveWindow should work
for you.

Hope that helps you out,
-Katie

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| randomly, when I ShowDialog() on some modal window, the main window goes
to
| background.
| and it didn't revert to formost window when the dialog is closed.
|
| I try to call:
| WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal;
| BringToFront();
| Show();
|
| nothing work, my windows is still miniaturized, I have to look for the
list
| of running program and click activate o bring my window back.
|
| is there any workaround that ?
|
|
|

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