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Author
13 Oct 2005 6:04 PM
Tod
On my main form is a button that opens an IE window and displays a web
page. Easy enough. But once the IE application is launched, my form is
gone. The application is still running, but the form is no longer
there. I can't toggle to it or nuttin'.

Any ideas?

tod

Author
13 Oct 2005 6:11 PM
Jeff Johnson [MVP: VB]
"Tod" <todt***@swbell.net> wrote in message
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> On my main form is a button that opens an IE window and displays a web
> page. Easy enough. But once the IE application is launched, my form is
> gone. The application is still running, but the form is no longer
> there. I can't toggle to it or nuttin'.
>
> Any ideas?

Show us the code that opens the IE window.
Author
13 Oct 2005 6:13 PM
Someone
What's the API call that you are using and how it was declared? My guess is
that you have incorrectly made the call and your application crashes.

Is it running in the process list after it disappears?

You could use Spy++ in VS Tools in the start menu to view the list of
processes. Go to Spy|Processes. It also shows your forms when you expand the
item that represent your EXE, whether these forms are visible or not.


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"Tod" <todt***@swbell.net> wrote in message
news:1129226655.784129.224230@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> On my main form is a button that opens an IE window and displays a web
> page. Easy enough. But once the IE application is launched, my form is
> gone. The application is still running, but the form is no longer
> there. I can't toggle to it or nuttin'.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> tod
>
Author
18 Oct 2005 3:05 PM
Tod
I figured out my problem. My borderstyle was set to Fixed Dialog.
Setting it to Fixed Single solved my problem.