Clicking MDI child form doesn't always activate it

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Paul E Collins

We have recently converted a solution from .NET 1.1 (VS 2003) to .NET
2 (VS 2005).

Since the upgrade, two of my co-workers can no longer bring MDI child
windows to the front by clicking anywhere on them; it only works if
they click directly on the window title bar. Clicking anywhere else
activates the window (gives it focus) but doesn't bring it to the
front. I, however, can bring windows to the front by clicking
anywhere, just as I always could. We are all running the exact same
version of Windows XP*, and they get this problem even with binaries
that I compile personally.

I am quite mystified by this. Is it a known glitch, perhaps relating
to upgrades from 2003 to 2005? Since the MDI functionality is part of
..NET, how would I go about diagnosing the problem? The only WinAPI
call we use is SetSysColors.

Thanks in advance.

Eq.

* Version 5.1 (Build 2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254 : Service Pack 2).
 

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