>Hello,
>
>My application makes use of multiple forms. The problem is that if one form
>is loaded and shown, and I close this form to go back to the previous form,
>the previous form is displayed, but sometimes the focus is returned to a
>background app, and not the main app.
>
>My code to show the next form:
>
>Private Sub btnStock_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
>System.EventArgs) Handles btnStock.Click
>        Me.Hide()
>        frmStockGUI.btnStockCreate.Select()
>        frmStockGUI.ShowDialog()
>        Me.Show()
>        btnStock.Focus()
>End Sub
>
>I even set the focus to a button on the main form, but no luck :-(
>
>Any ideas?
>

"Jan Hyde" wrote:

> "pkruger" <pkru***@discussions.microsoft.com>'s wild
> thoughts were released on Tue, 31 May 2005 23:35:29 -0700
> bearing the following fruit:
>
> >Hello,
> >
> >My application makes use of multiple forms. The problem is that if one form
> >is loaded and shown, and I close this form to go back to the previous form,
> >the previous form is displayed, but sometimes the focus is returned to a
> >background app, and not the main app.
> >
> >My code to show the next form:
> >
> >Private Sub btnStock_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
> >System.EventArgs) Handles btnStock.Click
> >        Me.Hide()
> >        frmStockGUI.btnStockCreate.Select()
> >        frmStockGUI.ShowDialog()
> >        Me.Show()
> >        btnStock.Focus()
> >End Sub
> >
> >I even set the focus to a button on the main form, but no luck :-(
> >
> >Any ideas?
> >
>
> To Quote Rick
>
> Almost everybody in this newsgroup is using VB6 or lower.
> While you may get a stray answer to VB.NET (including VB2003
> and VB2005 which has dropped .NET from its name) questions
> here, you should ask them in newsgroups devoted exclusively
> to .NET programming. Look for newsgroups with either the
> word "dotnet" or "vsnet" in their name.
>
> For the microsoft news server, try these newsgroups for
> Visual Basic .NET related questions...
>
> microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb
> microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb.upgrade
> microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb.controls
> microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb.data
>
> And these for more general .NET questions
>
> microsoft.public.dotnet.general
> microsoft.public.vsnet.general
>
> Note: There are many other .NET newgroups (use the first
> three "fields" from the last two as templates when searching
> for them), but the above ones should get you started.
>
>
> Jan Hyde (VB MVP)
>
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